DevOps Practice Lead

We are seeking a DevOps Practice Lead to lead the design and implementation of scalable DevOps, SRE and platform engineering solutions, driving enterprise-wide cloud transformation initiatives and setting technical standards across engineering teams.
Responsibilities
Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable DevOps, SRE and platform engineering solutions across cloud and hybrid environments
Define DevOps strategy, reference architectures, engineering standards and golden paths for CI/CD, IaC, Kubernetes, observability and DevSecOps
Drive automation across infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, configuration management, monitoring and operational processes
Establish and improve SRE practices, including SLI/SLO definition, error budgets, incident management, reliability engineering and post-incident improvement
Provide technical governance and architecture leadership for complex cloud transformation and large-scale DevOps programs
Lead technical solutioning for RFPs/RFIs, proposals, estimations and client presentations, translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions
Mentor architects and engineering teams, conduct architecture/design reviews and drive capability building across DevOps, SRE and cloud technologies
Collaborate closely with customers, engineering teams and leadership to improve delivery velocity, platform reliability, security, operational efficiency and cloud cost optimization
Requirements
20-25 years of overall experience in IT, with strong experience in DevOps, SRE, Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Engineering, including proven hands-on architecture and technical leadership experience
Expertise in CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code and GitOps, using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI and GitHub Actions
Proficiency in Azure DevOps, Terraform/OpenTofu and Ansible, along with ArgoCD or Flux
Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes and managed Kubernetes platforms such as EKS, AKS or GKE, including Helm and service mesh and platform engineering concepts
Understanding of AWS, Azure and/or GCP architecture, including landing zones, networking, security, governance and enterprise-scale cloud environments
Expertise in SRE and observability, including SLI/SLOs, error budgets, incident management, monitoring, logging, tracing, capacity and performance engineering
Experience with DevSecOps, cloud security, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, policy-as-code and security integration across CI/CD pipelines
Proven ability to design enterprise DevOps/SRE transformation solutions, define reference architectures, engineering standards and reusable automation frameworks
Strong client-facing and solutioning experience, including RFP/RFI responses, estimations, technical proposals, architecture discussions and stakeholder management
Nice to have
Exposure to AIOps, GenAI-assisted operations/SDLC, automated RCA and intelligent remediation
Experience with Internal Developer Platforms such as Backstage, along with FinOps and cloud cost optimization practices
Relevant professional certifications across AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes or Terraform

Work arrangement
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