Technology Lead | DevOps | Continuous Delivery Environment Management & Provisioning

Technology Lead | DevOps | Continuous Delivery   Environment Management & Provisioning
 Location: Chicago, IL (60604)
Duration: Long Term
Experience: 8 10 Years
 

Job Summary 
We are seeking an experienced Technology Lead   DevOps & Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to support production environments and cloud-native platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Azure cloud services, Kubernetes, monitoring/observability, and production support. This role will drive environment provisioning, deployment automation, reliability engineering, and operational excellence for enterprise-scale applications.

Required Skills 
DevOps & CI/CD

• 8+ years of experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines

• Strong expertise in deployment automation, release management, and environment provisioning

• Experience with DevOps tools and continuous delivery practices

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with:

  • Terraform

  • YAML

  • Liquibase

• Experience automating infrastructure deployment and configuration management

Azure Cloud

• 3+ years of experience working with Azure services including:

  • Azure Service Bus

  • Azure Databricks

  • Azure Functions

  • Azure Logic Apps

• Strong understanding of Azure infrastructure and cloud operations

Containerization & Kubernetes

• 3+ years of experience provisioning and managing container platforms

• Hands-on experience with:

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

  • Container orchestration and deployment

  • Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting

Monitoring & Observability

• 8+ years of experience with monitoring and observability tools

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with:

  • Grafana

  • Prometheus

  • KQL (Kusto Query Language)

  • Azure Application Insights

• Experience in performance monitoring, alerting, and root cause analysis

Preferred Skills

• Experience with cloud-native application architectures

• Knowledge of:

  • Java

  • Spring Boot

  • React

• Understanding of SRE principles and reliability engineering best practices

• Experience supporting large-scale production environments

Key Responsibilities

1. Production Reliability & Incident Management

   • Lead troubleshooting, analysis, and resolution of production issues.

   • Investigate unexpected system behaviors impacting service quality and availability.

   • Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive measures.

2. Performance Monitoring & Optimization

   • Gather, analyze, and interpret operational metrics.

   • Support performance tuning, capacity planning, and fault identification.

   • Build dashboards and monitoring solutions to improve visibility.

3. Automation & Platform Engineering

   • Automate infrastructure provisioning and operational tasks.

   • Manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.

   • Ensure high availability, scalability, and reliability of cloud environments.

   • Proactively identify risks and implement solutions before incidents occur.