Lead DevOps Engineer / Onsite in Wilmington, NC

Wilmington, NC, US • Posted 2 days ago • Updated 3 hours ago
Full Time
On-site
$170000 - $190000/yr
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Skills

  • DevOps
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Hardening
  • Computer Networking
  • Infrastructure Architecture
  • Java
  • Reliability Engineering
  • Incident Management
  • Optimization
  • Cloud Security
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Terraform
  • Workflow
  • GitHub
  • Routing
  • Mentorship
  • IaaS
  • Management
  • Kubernetes
  • Continuous Integration
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Cloud Computing
  • Identity Management

Summary

This organization is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to help build and lead its Site Reliability Engineering function as it scales toward production. This is a full-time hybrid role based in Wilmington, NC, with onsite expectations Tuesday through Thursday.

The infrastructure team supports engineering across all product teams and is building an operating model centered on software, automation, and AI. The environment includes AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform/Terragrunt, Argo CD, GitHub Actions, Datadog, and cloud security tooling, with significant ownership over reliability, monitoring, disaster recovery, and cost optimization. Required Skills & Experience
  • Deep hands-on AWS experience, including EKS, Fargate, and Aurora
  • Terraform and Terragrunt
  • Lead-level Kubernetes expertise with strong understanding of core fundamentals
  • Argo CD and Argo Workflows
  • GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipeline development and hardening
  • Datadog monitoring, alerting, dashboarding, and incident response
  • AWS security services including GuardDuty and Security Hub
  • IAM roles and permissions best practices
  • Networking fundamentals including VPCs, subnets, and routing
  • Experience mentoring engineers, assigning work, and reviewing pull requests
  • Hands-on infrastructure design and implementation experience
Desired Skills & Experience
  • Cloudflare
  • Cilium
  • Familiarity with Java build tooling
What You Will Be Doing
  • Build and lead the Site Reliability Engineering function
  • Mentor full-time SREs and contractors
  • Assign work and review pull requests
  • Design and build cloud infrastructure
  • Develop and maintain Kubernetes-based platforms
  • Manage CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
  • Own monitoring, alerting, dashboarding, and incident response processes in Datadog
  • Conduct root cause analysis for production incidents
  • Lead disaster recovery planning initiatives
  • Drive cloud cost optimization efforts
  • Implement and maintain cloud security best practices
Tech Breakdown [Technology percentages not provided]
  • AWS (EKS, Fargate, Aurora)
  • Terraform
  • Terragrunt
  • Kubernetes
  • Argo CD
  • Argo Workflows
  • GitHub Actions
  • Datadog
  • GuardDuty
  • Security Hub
  • IAM
  • VPCs, Subnets, Routing
  • Cloudflare (preferred)
  • Cilium (preferred)
Daily Responsibilities [Responsibility percentages not provided]
  • Lead and mentor SRE team members and contractors
  • Design and implement cloud infrastructure
  • Manage Kubernetes environments and related tooling
  • Develop and harden CI/CD pipelines
  • Monitor platform health and respond to incidents
  • Perform root cause analysis and reliability improvements
  • Plan and maintain disaster recovery strategies
  • Optimize cloud spend and resource utilization
  • Support security initiatives and access management practices
The Offer
  • Full-time employment
  • Strong benefits package
  • PTO offered
  • Hybrid work arrangement (Tuesday through Thursday onsite)
  • Location: Wilmington, NC
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  • Dice Id: 10105282
  • Position Id: 887962
  • Posted 2 days ago

Company Info

About Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC

Motion Recruitment delivers IT Talent Solutions for Contract, Direct Hire, Managed Solutions and Statement of Work to all of North America from our 21 delivery centers. Our high-touch, specialized, team-based recruitment model’s success is proven through our exemplary track record in filling the most challenging IT positions for startup and enterprise clients alike. Our hyper-specialized tech focus results in a truly consultative approach for both our clients and candidates, within our recruiting areas of expertise: Software, Mobile, Data, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Product + UX and Functional.

Motion also delivers IT Consulting Solutions through the Motion Consulting Group (MCG) that create true digital transformation for IT projects in Agile Development & Coaching, DevOps & DevSecOps Solutions, and Managed Services for IT Operations.

We’re also the proud creators of Tech in Motion and the Timmy Awards, our North American community platform, events series and award program that connects over 250,000 tech enthusiasts to meet, learn, and innovate.

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