Lead DevOps Engineer

About the position

The Lead DevOps Engineer is responsible for infrastructure and software deployment automation as well as architecting and implementing the underlying platform. This position brings high-level technical strength to review and choose solutions, implement technology that supports the cloud delivery needs of the organization, and functions as part of a team that works closely with Architecture, Engineering, Software Development, QA, and Security teams to achieve streamlined continuous integration/delivery objectives.

Responsibilities

• Manage cloud implementations, upgrades, migrations, and change requests on client cloud environments with reusable components.
• Create, implement, and assist in the development of scripts to automate everyday operations.
• Establish deployment pipelines strategy and implementation.
• Create reference architecture and steer implementation.
• Analyze and troubleshoot complex technical problems.
• Develop and maintain provisioning code for DevOps to support application environments including servers, containers, network, and monitoring.
• Influence stakeholders and leadership members to ensure solutions are implemented consistently.
• Provide cloud experience on the implementation of the technology.
• Participate in Problem Solving to address quality issues and concerns to meet the satisfaction of internal customer representatives.
• Provide strategic analysis of a tower technology; identifying linkages and opportunities across the enterprise.
• Proactively identify, assess and prioritize technology needs, clearly eliciting, translating, and documenting business, functional and non-functional requirements.
• Effectively facilitate discussions with stakeholders and leaders to define clear business requirements for complex, unclear, or large-scale business problems.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of progressively responsible software development and IT operations experience with responsibility for leading large scale change initiatives within an IT context and in a complex, multi-faceted environment.
• Experience with multiple continuous integration/delivery automation tools and current trends.
• Experience with infrastructure automation.
• Experience writing automation for at least one cloud-platform (AWS preferred).
• Experience using software version control.
• Experience in managing cloud providers and solutions in a managed services environment.
• Experience with project management methodologies and SDLC processes as related to DevOps.
• Knowledge of Linux administration.
• Strong programming skills with at least one dynamically typed language such as Python, Perl, or Ruby.
• Understanding of the Agile development methodology.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships and work across the organization.
• Good decision making, problem solving and analytical skills, able to identify problems; apply structured and disciplined methodology to identify root cause using data.
• Results-oriented, highly autonomous, and demonstrated ability to take initiative.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated ability to support, mentor, coach and advise team members.
• Ability to lead team through changes in a rapidly transforming organization.

Nice-to-haves

• Cloud certifications.
• Experience with multiple IT Infrastructure technologies and Managed Services providers.
• Contributor to an IT industry body or industry related major corporation advisory group.
• Enterprise software development experience.

Benefits

• Company paid life insurance.
• Medical, dental, vision insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) with company contributions.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid time off.