Senior DevOps Tech Lead — CI/CD & Platform Security

OpenTalent; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenTalent is seeking a Technical Team Lead to guide the technical direction and delivery of our Client CI/CD platform. You will blend hands-on engineering with leadership, guiding a small team while collaborating with clients, product owners, security teams, and stakeholders.

You will lead design and delivery of CI/CD pipelines, define scalable automation, and drive DevSecOps practices across the platform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading or coordinating a software/DevOps team.
• 5+ years in a DevOps engineering or platform role.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems and cloud platforms.
• Azure experience preferred; strong security mindset.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines and platform capabilities.
• Define scalable, reliable, and secure automation for building and deploying client customizations.
• Develop infrastructure and deployment automation using Azure DevOps, Terraform and Ansible.
• Use LLM-based tools for automating reviews, risk analysis, and troubleshooting.
• Establish and maintain DevSecOps practices, including security testing and vulnerability scanning.
• Troubleshoot production issues involving pipelines, infrastructure, and deployments.
• Lead technical estimation, architecture decisions, and delivery planning.
• Collaborate with clients and stakeholders to refine requirements and solutions.
• Mentor a small development team and maintain technical docs and runbooks.
• Improve platform reliability, security, observability, performance, and developer experience.

Skills

Technical leadership

CI/CD

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

TeamCity

CircleCI

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Python

Java

SQL

GitHub Copilot/AI tools

DevSecOps

Security testing

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

TeamCity

CircleCI

Job description

OpenTalent is seeking a Technical Team Lead to guide the technical direction and delivery of our Client CI/CD platform. You will blend hands-on engineering with leadership, guiding a small team while collaborating with clients, product owners, security teams, and stakeholders.

You will lead design and delivery of CI/CD pipelines, define scalable automation, and drive DevSecOps practices across the platform.