[Remote] Lead DevOps Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dale WorkForce Solutions is hiring a Lead DevOps Engineer to guide a DevOps team supporting internal software engineering teams. The role combines team leadership with hands-on ownership of CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native infrastructure, GitOps, DevSecOps, observability, and collaboration with development, architecture, security, and senior management stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration
- Support career development and skill-building within the team
- Act as a bridge between DevOps, Architecture, and Development teams to align strategies and execution
- Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Gradle
- Optimize infrastructure for cloud-native deployments, ensuring scalability and reliability
- Support and refine build automation, infrastructure as code (IaC), and containerization strategies
- Develop and maintain observability solutions, ensuring reliability, security, and performance of services
- Drive the transition towards GitOps practices, automating deployment workflows and reducing manual interventions
- Implement DevSecOps principles to enhance security automation and compliance within CI/CD pipelines
- Guide the team in leveraging cloud-native architectures and technologies effectively
- Work closely with development teams (Java & Angular) to enhance developer experience and streamline software delivery
- Partner with security teams to embed security-by-design principles into DevOps workflows
- Communicate technical strategies and progress to senior management and stakeholders
Skills
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering
- 2+ years of leadership experience (formal or informal) in a DevOps or software engineering team
- Strong expertise in CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure-as-code
- Experience with Jenkins, Bitbucket, Gradle, and GitOps tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux)
- Solid background in cloud-native architectures and deployment strategies
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration
- Understanding of DevSecOps best practices and security automation
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, able to work across teams and geographies
- Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their DevOps toolchains
- Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack)
- Background in performance tuning and system reliability engineering (SRE)
- Familiarity with progressive delivery techniques (e.g., feature flags, canary releases)
- AWS and EKS preferred; AKS or GKE also considered
- AI experience is a significant plus
Benefits
- Full-time/permanent position
- 100% remote - must be located in eastern time zone
- Support career development and skill-building within the team
Company Overview