Lead DevOps Engineer

Production Deployment & Release Engineering 

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of software deployments into production environments, ensuring high availability, minimal downtime, and predictable releases.   
• Share ownership of production deployment operations with the US Platform Engineering team, providing global coverage and operational continuity across production environments.   
• Partner with Engineering, SRE, QA, Release Managers, and Product teams to plan, coordinate, and execute production software releases, maintenance windows, and emergency deployments while ensuring deployment readiness, operational stability, and clear stakeholder communication.
• Develop and maintain deployment standards, release readiness processes, rollback procedures, and operational playbooks.   
• Lead post-release reviews and drive continuous improvements that increase deployment reliability and reduce operational risk.   
• Serve as the technical escalation point during complex production deployments and critical release activities.   

Deployment Engineering & Automation 

• Design and implement automated deployment solutions that improve software delivery speed, consistency, and reliability.  
• Build reusable deployment frameworks, standardized deployment workflows, and self-service deployment capabilities.   
• Lead CI/CD modernization initiatives using CircleCI and related technologies.   
• Identify opportunities to eliminate repetitive operational work through automation and engineering solutions.   
• Improve deployment frequency, release quality, and engineering efficiency through continuous process improvements.   

Technical Leadership 

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to DevOps engineers and software engineering teams.  
• Drive engineering best practices, deployment standards, and operational excellence.   
• Collaborate with Architecture, Engineering, and Platform leadership on strategic platform initiatives.   
  • Communicate project status, technical risks, and delivery milestones to stakeholders and leadership.