Lead DevOps Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on May 22, 2026.
Description:
We are seeking a hands-on Lead DevOps Engineer to architect, build, and operate our AWS cloudinfrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. This role combines technical leadership with deep individualcontribution, requiring someone who leads by example while actively designing, implementing, andimproving DevOps capabilities.
You will work closely with engineering, QA, and platform teams to ensure our systems are highlyavailable, secure, scalable, and cost-efficient, while mentoring a team of DevOps engineers and driving modern DevOps and SRE practices across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Ownership
Act as a hands-on technical resource, setting the bar for DevOps engineering excellence
Mentor and guide DevOps engineers through design reviews, automation standards, and operationalbest practices
Define and enforce DevOps standards, patterns, and tooling across teams
Partner with application, QA, and architecture teams to align DevOps strategy with business anddelivery goals
AWS Infrastructure & Automation
Design, implement, and operate scalable, secure, and resilient AWS infrastructure
Own Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or AWS-nativeservices
Automate environment provisioning, deployments, and operational workflows
Containers & Platform Engineering
Design and support containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS)
Enable best practices for microservices deployment, scaling, and resilience on AWS
Support platform capabilities such as blue/green and canary deployments
Monitoring, Reliability & Operations
Implement proactive monitoring, alerting, and dashboards using tools like Prometheus, Grafana,Datadog, and CloudWatch
Own logging and observability solutions (oTel, Splunk etc.)
Lead root cause analysis, incident response, and continuous reliability improvements
Participate in and help mature on-call and operational support processes
Security, Compliance & Cost Optimization
Enforce AWS security best practices, including IAM design, secrets management, and vulnerabilityscanning
Well experienced with all kind of scanning SCA, DAST, SAST and WIZ.IO
Drive AWS cost optimization through right-sizing, automation, and cost-management tooling
Required Qualifications
5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering with strong hands-on delivery
Proven experience leading or acting as a technical lead for DevOps or SRE teams
Deep expertise with AWS services and cloud architecture patterns
Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
Extensive experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS preferred)
Solid background building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows
Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence across engineering teams
Preferred Qualifications
AWS certifications (DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect, or equivalent)
Experience with GitOps tools such as Argo CD, Gitlab
Familiarity with micro-services and advanced Kubernetes networking
Experience operating production systems at scale with a focus on reliability and cost efficiency