ZR_2899_JOB

Zohorecruit; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit in Jacksonville, Florida seeks an experienced TechOps & SRE Lead Engineer to design scalable AWS infrastructure, drive DevOps practices, and lead the TechOps team across production environments.

This role blends strategic architecture with hands-on delivery, focusing on reliability, security, cost optimization, incident management, and cross‑functional collaboration with Engineering, Product, Security, and Data teams to ensure 24/7 uptime.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.
• 10+ years in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure roles.
• 5+ years leading SRE technical teams.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda).
• Deep knowledge of networking, Linux systems, and distributed systems.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar).
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and Kubernetes (EKS preferred).

Responsibilities

• Architect and manage secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure on AWS.
• Design multi-account AWS environments using AWS Organizations.
• Implement VPC architecture, IAM policies, networking, and security best practices.
• Oversee EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFront, and related AWS services.
• Optimize AWS cost management and resource utilization.
• Implement Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices.
• Define SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
• Manage monitoring and alerting (CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and postmortems.
• Ensure 24/7 uptime and operational resilience.
• Implement IAM best practices and least-privilege access controls.
• Manage secrets and key management (AWS KMS, Secrets Manager).
• Conduct vulnerability management and patching.
• Support compliance initiatives (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR as applicable).
• Lead disaster recovery planning and backup strategies.
• Lead and mentor a team of DevOps/TechOps/ engineers.
• Establish operational KPIs and performance benchmarks.
• Manage on-call rotations and escalation processes.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Security, and Data teams.
• Contribute to long-term infrastructure strategy and cloud roadmap.

Skills

AWS

SRE leadership

DevOps practices

Cloud infrastructure design

Automation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes (EKS)

EC2

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

IAM

Job description

Jacksonville, United States | Posted on 04/28/2026

Department:Technology / Engineering

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experiencedTechOps & SRE Lead Engineerwith deep expertise inCloudto lead our cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, reliability engineering, and operational excellence initiatives. This role is both strategic and hands‑on — responsible for designing scalable architectures, improving automation, ensuring system reliability, and leading the TechOps team.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and manage secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure on AWS.
  
• Design multi-account AWS environments using AWS Organizations.
  
• Implement VPC architecture, IAM policies, networking, and security best practices.
  
• Oversee EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFront, and related AWS services.
  
• Optimize AWS cost management and resource utilization.
  

Site Reliability & Production Operations

• Implement Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices.
  
• Define SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
  
• Manage monitoring and alerting (CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).
  
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and postmortems.
  
• Ensure 24/7 uptime and operational resilience.
  

Security & Compliance

• Implement IAM best practices and least-privilege access controls.
  
• Manage secrets and key management (AWS KMS, Secrets Manager).
  
• Conduct vulnerability management and patching.
  
• Support compliance initiatives (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR as applicable).
  
• Lead disaster recovery planning and backup strategies.
  
• Lead and mentor a team of DevOps/TechOps/ engineers.
  
• Establish operational KPIs and performance benchmarks.
  
• Manage on-call rotations and escalation processes.
  
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Security, and Data teams.
  
• Contribute to long-term infrastructure strategy and cloud roadmap.
  

<>Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  
• 10+ years in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure roles.
  
• 5+ years leading SRE technical teams.
  
• Strong hands‑on experience with AWS services (EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda).
  
• Deep knowledge of networking, Linux systems, and distributed systems.
  
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
  
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar).
  
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and Kubernetes (EKS preferred).
  
• Strong architectural thinking
  
• Hands‑on technical leadership
  
• Crisis and incident management
  
• Strategic planning and execution
  
• Excellent cross‑functional communication