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:

Terraform or Azure Bicep

Containers:

Docker or Podman

Scripting:

Python and/or Bash

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:

GitLab CI

TeamCity

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD or Flux

Configuration Management:

Salt

Puppet

Chef

Programming:

Python

Golang

Other

Languages

English: B2 Upper Intermediate

Seniority

Lead