Lead DevOps Engineer

Lead DevOps Engineer

Position Overview

A technology company developing advanced hardware and software platforms is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to drive the evolution of its development infrastructure, CI/CD ecosystem, and engineering productivity initiatives.

This role combines technical leadership with hands-on DevOps expertise. The successful candidate will lead a team of DevOps engineers while acting as a key interface between software, hardware, and IT organizations. The position focuses on ensuring reliable development environments, scalable infrastructure, and efficient delivery pipelines across complex engineering programs.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Strategy

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of DevOps engineers.
• Support hiring activities, including technical interviews and onboarding.
• Define and maintain the tooling and infrastructure roadmap in collaboration with engineering and business stakeholders.
• Prioritize requests, allocate resources, and provide regular status reporting.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and operational excellence.

CI/CD & Infrastructure Management

• Ensure the availability, reliability, and continuous improvement of key development tools and platforms.
• Manage and evolve CI/CD environments, including:
  • Build automation
  • Continuous integration
  • Automated testing
  • Deployment workflows
• Oversee compute infrastructure supporting engineering workflows and CI pipelines.
• Plan capacity requirements and ensure long-term infrastructure scalability.
• Optimize resource utilization and system performance.

Developer Productivity & Automation

• Collaborate with software and hardware teams to design and optimize development workflows.
• Improve developer productivity through automation, tooling enhancements, and process improvements.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, monitoring systems, and reporting tools.
• Reduce CI/CD noise and improve issue visibility through:
  • Automated alerting
  • Trend analysis
  • Failure monitoring

Monitoring & Observability

• Implement and maintain observability solutions for engineering infrastructure.
• Track infrastructure health, performance, and operational metrics.
• Drive proactive identification and resolution of bottlenecks.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as the primary contact for engineering teams regarding tooling and CI/CD processes.
• Work closely with IT teams on:
  • Infrastructure management
  • Security requirements
  • Networking and access controls
• Gather requirements and communicate changes effectively across teams.
• Promote DevOps best practices and engineering standards.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in:
  • DevOps
  • Software engineering
  • Infrastructure engineering
  • Platform engineering
• Experience leading or mentoring engineering teams.

Technical Skills

CI/CD & Source Control

• Strong experience with CI/CD platforms such as:
  • Jenkins
  • GitLab CI
  • Similar enterprise automation solutions
• Expertise in:
  • Pipeline-as-Code methodologies
  • Source control systems (Git)
  • Code review and branching workflows

Infrastructure & Systems

• Strong Linux system administration skills.
• Experience managing large-scale engineering infrastructure.
• Knowledge of capacity planning and infrastructure scalability.

Automation & Development

• Proficiency in scripting and automation using:
  • Python
  • Bash
  • Groovy
  • Ruby
• Experience with infrastructure automation and operational tooling.

Containers & Observability

• Experience with:
  • Docker and containerized environments
  • Monitoring and observability platforms
  • Metrics collection and visualization tools

Collaboration Tools

• Familiarity with project tracking and engineering workflow platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in mixed hardware/software environments such as:
  • Embedded systems
  • Semiconductor development
  • AI infrastructure
  • Datacenter technologies
  • IoT platforms
• Experience supporting engineering organizations with complex build, validation, or silicon development workflows.
• Background in large-scale engineering productivity initiatives.

Personal Attributes

• Strong technical leadership balanced with a hands-on approach.
• Service-oriented mindset focused on improving engineering efficiency.
• Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and prioritization abilities.
• Proactive, autonomous, and solution-oriented.
• Ability to balance operational stability with long-term strategic improvements.