Lead DevOps - GitHub Actions, Azure Cloud - NV

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced DevOps Lead to join our dynamic team. As a DevOps Lead, you will play a pivotal role in driving our DevOps initiatives, fostering a culture of automation, and ensuring the smooth delivery of our software products. You will lead a team of talented DevOps engineers, mentor them, and guide them towards achieving operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture.
• Strategy: Develop and implement a robust DevOps strategy aligned with the organization's goals.
• Automation: Drive automation initiatives across the entire software delivery lifecycle, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure provisioning, and deployment processes.
• Infrastructure: Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure on cloud platforms (AWS and Azure).
• Monitoring: Implement comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems to ensure system health and performance.
• Security: Prioritize security best practices and implement measures to protect our infrastructure and applications.
• Collaboration: Collaborate closely with development, operations, and security teams to ensure smooth workflows and efficient delivery.
• Problem-Solving: Troubleshoot complex technical issues and provide innovative solutions.
• Continuous Improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve our DevOps processes and tools.

Requirements:

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in DevOps roles, with a proven track record of leading teams and delivering successful projects.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash), configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef), CI/CD pipelines (Github Action, and Azure Devops), cloud platforms (AWS and Azure), and infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• Leadership Skills: Strong leadership skills to motivate and inspire teams, as well as excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and provide innovative solutions.
• Continuous Improvement: A passion for continuous improvement and a drive to automate processes.
• Security Mindset: A strong understanding of security best practices and the ability to implement them.
• Change Request Management: Strong understanding of software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall); and experienced with task tracking tools (Jira and Azure Devops).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications: Relevant certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Experience with: Emerging technologies like serverless computing, machine learning, and AI.
• Open-Source Contributions: A history of contributing to open-source projects.

Compensation, Benefits and Duration

Minimum Compensation: USD 47,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 188,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is also available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post