Lead DevOps Engineer

Xpansiv•New York, NY

12d•$160,000 - $180,000

About The Position

We are looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to lead our group of IT specialists in maintaining and improving our software infrastructure. You'll collaborate with software engineers, QA engineers, and other IT pros in deploying, automating, and managing the software infrastructure. As Senior DevOps engineer you will also be responsible for setting up CI/CD pipelines, monitoring programs, and cloud infrastructure.

Requirements

BSc in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field
12+ years of professional experience as a DevOps/System Engineer
Experience maintaining and deploying highly-available, fault-tolerant systems at scale
A drive towards automating repetitive tasks (e.g. scripting via Terraform, Powershell, Bash, Python, Ruby, etc.)
Practical experience with Docker containerization and clustering (Kubernetes/ECS)
Expertise with Azure, AWS or GCP
Version control system experience (e.g. Git)
Working knowledge of databases and SQL
Experience implementing CI/CD (e.g. Azure DevOps, Jenkins)
Operational (e.g. HA/Backups)
Experience with configuration management tools (e.g. Powershell with DSC, Ansible, Chef)
Experience with infrastructure-as-code
Experience in managing on-premise Active Directory and Domain Controller
Experience in managing on-premise infrastructure
Effective communication skills
Professional experience and a high-level understanding of working with various operating systems and their implications
Problem-solving attitude
Collaborative team spirit

Nice To Haves

Certified SysOps Administrator, Azure/AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Master's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
Experience with software engineering and customer experience
Experience developing engineering applications for a large corporation

Responsibilities

Deploy and maintain critical applications on cloud-native microservices architecture
Implement automation, effective monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code
Deploy and maintain CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments
Support and work alongside a cross-functional engineering team on the latest technologies
Iterate on best practices to increase the quality & velocity of deployments
Have on call responsibilities in rotation with the engineering team
Increase the sophistication of our alerting and escalation mechanisms
Help increase system performance with a focus on high availability and scalability
Propose, scope, design, and implement various infrastructure architectures
Develop and maintain solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery, and security/performance monitoring
Continuously evaluate existing systems with industry standards, and make recommendations for improvement
Perform root cause analysis for production errors
Continue to keep the lights on (day-to-day administration)