Lead DevOps Engineer

1. DevOps Strategy, Architecture & Delivery (Hands-On)

• Own DevOps strategy across multiple applications
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps)
• Implement and run low-downtime deployments (blue/green, canary)
• Develop and manage Terraform-based IaC
• Architect and operate Azure infrastructure
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability
• Embed security and compliance into pipelines
• Deliver DevOps outcomes end-to-end

1. Leadership, Coordination & Execution (Player-Coach)

• Mentor and guide the DevOps engineer
• Act as hands-on lead (“player-coach”)
• Prioritize and manage work across applications
• Coordinate with dev, QA, product, and business teams

1. Operations, Support & Continuous Improvement

• Lead incident response and root cause analysis
• Ensure system reliability and performance
• Continuously improve pipelines, tooling, and practices
• Use AI to enhance delivery with proper governance

Core technical profile

• CI/CD & Azure DevOps
  • Strong experience with Azure DevOps Pipelines
  • Able to design and operate blue/green deploymentsand other low‑downtime deployment strategies
• Infrastructure as Code
  • Hands‑on experience with Terraformfor Azure
  • Able to define and maintain reusable IaC patterns and modules
• Azure Services
  • Solid understanding of core Azure services(compute, storage, networking, monitoring, etc.)
  • Experience partnering with central Cloud/Azure teamsto get designs implemented and approved

Leadership / ownership

• Comfortable taking the leadon DevOps for a complex application
• Can design an overall DevOps solution(build, release, environments, monitoring, rollback)
• Able to track work from initiation through completion, coordinating across developers, PM/BA, and cloud/platform teams

AI usage

• Uses AI effectivelyto improve pipeline reliability, infrastructure quality, and documentation
  • Applies appropriate guardrails(e.g., validation of AI output, security and compliance awareness)