DevOps - Lead Software Engineer

Overview

About the Role

The role is for a

Lead Software Engineer – DevOps

candidate with a solid and successful background in driving

CI/CD, automation, infrastructure as code, configuration management, monitoring, and custom tool development

for enterprise software and systems. These systems operate in cloud environments, private data centers, on-premises VMs, and

Kubernetes clouds

using

Python, Groovy, Shell scripting, Perl, and Java

.

This role will

design and support continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD), and engineering processes.

The candidate will provide direct support to software engineers in testing and pre-production environments.

By developing original code and integrations, this role will enhance CI/CD tooling and applications to accelerate feature delivery by

reducing human effort, eliminating process bottlenecks, increasing repeatability, and enabling self-service

. The ideal candidate must possess

strong communication skills, a passion for CI/CD, and a strong sense of ownership

. A

proven track record of designing, developing, and maintaining reliable, repeatable, and mission-critical build pipelines, systems, and products

is essential.

Responsibilities

Assist in interpreting DevOps product requirements and designing corresponding solutions.

Collaborate with the

Architecture team

to develop technical designs and drive

DevOps architecture evolution

.

Develop original tools, enhancements to existing tools/pipelines, and new services using

Python, Java, and Groovy

.

Conduct peer code reviews.

Proactively identify

automation and self-service

opportunities.

Continuously monitor the health of

CI/CD tools

and take corrective actions when needed.

Investigate and resolve

CI/CD tooling issues

.

Assist in

triaging custom and third-party application environments

.

Investigate

pipeline and build failures

, determine root causes, and implement fixes.

Support

Production Support teams

in the use of release and other tooling.

Research, design, and implement

new CI/CD technologies and standalone applications

.

Collaborate with

feature developers

to onboard/integrate applications per WSI best practices.

Support the

development team’s delivery process through the SDLC

up to production handoff.

Work with the

Infrastructure team

to provision and deprovision capacity.

Lead or participate in major updates supporting

new requirements and system maintenance

.

Develop and maintain

procedures and system documentation

.

Enforce and contribute to

best practices, strategies, and standards

.

Optimize

system resources

and implement

monitoring tools and thresholds

.

Support the resolution of

production incidents

.

Provide

work breakdown planning and estimation

.

Anticipate

risks and propose contingency plans and timelines

.

Suggest and implement

process improvements

and

best practices

.

Interact with

business users, functional teams, and management

.

Guide

contract resources

, providing direction and quality assessments.

Share technical and professional knowledge through

mentorship and training

.

Foster

team collaboration and ensure consensus

.

Criteria

8+ years of relevant DevOps experience

.

Expertise in

Docker and Kubernetes stack

.

Experience using

Helm/Helm charts

for Kubernetes deployments.

Strong knowledge of

Jenkins and Jenkins Pipeline

.

Proficiency in

Groovy, Python, Shell scripting, and/or Java

.

Experience with

Maven

.

Expertise in

Git and GitHub Enterprise

.

Experience with

Node/npm

.

Ability to

interpret Java stack traces and Node.js error logs

.

Bachelor’s or advanced degree

in Computer Science or a related field.