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Lead DevOps Automation Engineer
Location
Virginia
Posted
10 days ago
Salary
$149.5K - $213.0K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Lead DevOps Automation Engineer
Excella
• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise DevOps solutions, aligning with business goals. • Define and enforce DevOps best practices across multiple teams, optimizing pipelines for scalability and efficiency. • Architect and manage automated infrastructure deployment in cloud environments. • Guide security integration into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring compliance with industry standards. • Optimize test automation strategies to enhance system reliability and deployment confidence. • Develop test data management solutions, ensuring high-quality data for automated testing. • Influence tooling and technology choices for version control, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation. • Provide mentorship and technical guidance to other DevOps Engineers. • Communicate DevOps strategy and progress to stakeholders and clients.
Job Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in DevOps, automation, or cloud engineering.
- Proven leadership experience in enterprise-level automation solutions.
- Expertise in CI/CD tools (GitLab, Jenkins, Bamboo, CircleCI, TravisCI).
- Advanced scripting and automation skills in Python, Ruby, Go, Node.js, C#.
- Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, and network access management in AWS and/or Azure.
- Strong command-line skills with Bash or PowerShell.
- Established experience creating, deploying, and orchestrating code changes using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Elastic Container Service.
- Experience in AWS and Azure.
- Strong background in configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Packer).
- Familiarity with DORA metrics, DevOps Research and Assessment, and Agile methodologies.
- Excellent communication skills, engaging executive stakeholders and decision-makers.
Benefits
- top of industry medical, dental, and vision benefits with multiple options to choose from
- employer-contributed health savings account
- infertility coverage
- orthodontia options
- 8 weeks of Parental Leave
- discounted pet insurance
- Care.com membership with 3 back-up emergency child or elder care days annually
- 15 days of paid vacation
- 6 federal holidays
- 4 floating holidays
- bonus eligibility starting day one
- multiple options for technology needs through TechEleX program including hardware replacement
- internet reimbursement of $25 per month
- 3 days of paid professional development every year
- mindfulness and overall well-being support through wellness events, HeadSpace membership, and mental health coverage through medical plans
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