Lead DevOps Engineer

LAB49 is hiring a Lead DevOps Engineer for an exciting opportunity Elevate your career with an unparalleled experience in working with a global top tier financial partners. Join us and be part of a visionary team shaping the future of innovation and growth. Don'tmiss out on this extraordinary opportunity – apply now and ignite your career  

The Lead DevOps Engineer will help build enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure. Working in a collaborative and innovative project team, with direct enterprise client-facing interactions, you will have an opportunity to apply your skills and expertise to design sophisticated solutions that solve client challenges and enhance outcomes for them and their clients. 

• Architect, design, develop, and deploy DevOps flows to support cloud-native applications.   
• Work with team leadership and other technologists to create enterprise solutions based on business and technical priorities.   
• Actively contribute to the adoption of robust cloud architecture, development and engineering best practices, and the adoption of new cloud technologies.   
• Break down complex problems into elegant technical solutions to intelligently solve problems for Lab49's clients.   
• Provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to development teams to build cloud competencies.   
• Describe complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.   
• Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance.   

• 10+ years of experience working on cloud infrastructure & automation.  
• 5+ years of leadership experience. 
• Experience with and knowledge of software development lifecycle and infrastructure-as-code tooling - Terraform. 
• Experience with architecting, designing, developing, and deploying cloud-native applications, in particular Microsoft Azure, though exposure to additional public cloud providers is a positive. 
• Good working knowledge of various cloud services provided by Microsoft Azure. 
• Strong knowledge of Serverless and containerized solutions including Azure Functions, AWS Lambda, Docker and Kubernetes (AKS) 
• Knowledge of DevOps technology and approaches including Pulumi, Terraform, Hashicorp tools, GitHub/GitLab and Internal Developer Portals. 
• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions and / or Jenkins or other CI/CD tools. 
• Experience working with Microservices architectures including API Gateways and Service Catalogs. 
• Experience building APIs including REST and Async. 
• Ability to collaborate across multi-discipline teams on architecture, features, and problem-solving. 
• Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively, both written and orally, as well as interpersonal skills required to collaborate effectively with customers and colleagues from diverse technical teams.
• Good grasp of software design patterns and effective development methodologies. 
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience. 

• Ideally, experience with other tools like CloudFormation, CDK, Helm   
• Experience with migrating legacy applications to the cloud.   
• Experience with and understanding of cloud security concepts and tooling, such as AWS IAM, HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk, etc.   
• Experience with cloud data services, such as Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for PostgresSQL, Azure SQL Database, Azure Event Hub, AWS Aurora, and DynamoDB. 
• Good knowledge of at least one programming language (Java, JavaScript, Python, Go), Python preferred.   
• Serverless Architectures experience

 Lab49/ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.  

Lab49/ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.