Description:
We are looking for a hands-on DevOps Team Lead to join and lead our DevOps team. This role is a player-coach position where you will not only guide and mentor the team but also actively contribute as an engineer. You will help shape our cloud-native transformation, drive the adoption of GitOps and DevSecOps practices, and ensure the efficiency, scalability, and security of our development and deployment pipelines.
Key Responsibilities:
- Team Leadership & Coaching
- Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
- Support career development and skill-building within the team.
- Act as a bridge between DevOps, Architecture, and Development teams to align strategies and execution.
- Hands-On DevOps Engineering
- Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Gradle.
- Optimize infrastructure for cloud-native deployments, ensuring scalability and reliability.
- Support and refine build automation, infrastructure as code (IaC), and containerization strategies.
- Develop and maintain observability solutions, ensuring reliability, security, and performance of services.
- Cloud-Native & GitOps Transformation
- Drive the transition towards GitOps practices, automating deployment workflows and reducing manual interventions.
- Implement DevSecOps principles to enhance security automation and compliance within CI/CD pipelines.
- Guide the team in leveraging cloud-native architectures and technologies effectively.
- Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
- Work closely with development teams (Java & Angular) to enhance developer experience and streamline software delivery.
- Partner with security teams to embed security-by-design principles into DevOps workflows.
- Communicate technical strategies and progress to senior management and stakeholders.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering.
- 2+ years of leadership experience (formal or informal) in a DevOps or software engineering team.
- Strong expertise in CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Experience with Jenkins, Bitbucket, Gradle, and GitOps tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux).
- Solid background in cloud-native architectures and deployment strategies.
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration.
- Understanding of DevSecOps best practices and security automation.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, able to work across teams and geographies.