Lead DevOps Engineer

Lead DevOps Engineer 

As the Lead DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role as a technical leader, overseeing the design, implementation, and management of our cloud environment. Your primary responsibility will be to lead a team of skilled cloud/devops engineers, fostering collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful delivery of innovative cloud-based solutions. Your expertise will be instrumental in optimizing cloud automation, processes, performance, fortifying security measures, and driving continuous improvement within our dynamic cloud environment.

What we offer:

• Full-Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
• 401(k) with company match
• Training and Career Development
• Generous Paid Time-Off 

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure solutions, adhering to best practices and industry standards.
• Lead and mentor a team of cloud/devops engineers, offering technical guidance, conducting performance evaluations, and cultivating a culture of collaboration and excellence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including architecture, software developers, DevOps, and security, to design and implement cloud-based solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Automate cloud infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment processes using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure timely incident resolution by collaborating with support and operations teams as needed.
• Optimize and fine-tune cloud environments to ensure maximum performance, cost efficiency, and scalability.
• Implement and enforce cloud security measures, including identity and access management, data encryption, and vulnerability assessments, to safeguard the integrity of cloud services.
• Stay abreast of emerging cloud technologies and industry trends, evaluating their potential impact on the company's cloud strategy.
• Actively participate in developing and maintaining disaster recovery and business continuity plans for cloud-based services (SLAs).
• Collaborate with cloud service providers and vendors, ensuring compliance with service-level agreements.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance overall cloud service delivery.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience (5 - 10+ years) in systems and cloud engineering, with a focus on designing and managing scalable and secure cloud infrastructure, with minimum 4 years experience working with Azure
• Strong understanding of cloud computing and hands-on experience of migrating workloads to Azure.
• Extensive knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, and hands-on experience with cloud services, virtualization, and containerization technologies.
• Experience building cloud automation, including CD/CI pipelines.
• Good scripting skills in PowerShell for Azure. Ability to create complex automation scripts
• Experience of working with Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Functions, Azure Automation, App Service, Scale Sets, Azure DevOps, Azure Policy, Azure Monitor, Azure Backup, Azure storage, Application Gateway, Azure DNS, Load Balancer.
• Solid understanding of networking concepts, including TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, and firewalls.

• Expertise in creating/updating/maintaining IaC templates
• Experience building High Availability/Fault Tolerant Systems
• Experience working in an Agile SCRUM environment
• Excellent troubleshooting and technical problem-solving skills
• Experience with monitoring tools.
• Experience with Windows and Linux platforms

• Good working knowledge of Azure Policy and understanding of cloud governance.

• Proficient at multitasking and proactive in work responsibilities

Additional Skills:

• Working knowledge of at least one configuration management tool, such as Ansible, Chef, and/or Puppet
• Working experience with JavaScript Frameworks (Angular), RESTful APIs, JSON and XML

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, automating its deployment and configuration (manifests/helm/Docker/etc.)

• Possess an understanding of system testing including platform, integration, load testing.
• Ability to write technical documentation (platform architecture, strategy, etc.)
• Ability to work on multiple concurrent complex projects and to coordinate the work of others in the cloud environment.

Job will remain open until filled