Lead DevOps
Project description
Project Goal: Ongoing development and optimization of a large-scale eCommerce platform for a major US retail company serving millions of omnichannel customers weekly. The cloud migration phase has been completed. The current focus is on: - CI/CD process optimization and standardization - Infrastructure improvement and operational maturity - Security hardening and compliance - Performance, reliability and scalability improvements - Continuous modernization of the cloud-native platform
Responsibilities
- The role focuses on improving engineering efficiency, infrastructure reliability, and security posture across a cloud-native microservices ecosystem. Key Responsibilities: - Improve and standardize CI/CD pipelines across teams - Optimize build, test, and deployment processes - Enhance Infrastructure as Code practices - Improve observability, reliability, and scalability of the platform - Drive security improvements across infrastructure and delivery pipelines - Implement DevSecOps best practices - Collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve operational processes - Participate in architectural decision-making and continuous platform evolution - Contribute to pre-sales and technical consulting activities when required
SKILLS
Must have
- Core Technical Competencies:
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure
- Strong Kubernetes experience (production environments)
- CI/CD pipeline design and optimization
- Infrastructure as Code: o Terraform or Azure Bicep
- Containers: o Docker or Podman
- Scripting: o Python and/or Bash o PowerShell
- Experience with security best practices in cloud-native environments Leadership & Communication:
- Experience leading or mentoring engineers
- Strong client-facing communication skills
- Ability to drive cross-team improvements
Nice to have
• DevSecOps tooling (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, container scanning) • Experience improving SDLC governance • CI/CD platforms: o GitLab CI o TeamCity o Azure DevOps o GitHub Actions o ArgoCD or Flux • Configuration Management: o Salt o Puppet o Chef • Programming: o Python o Golang