DevOps Team Lead - Development Platform

As a DevOps Team Lead, you will manage a cross-location team while driving CI/CD modernization, infrastructure reliability, and DevOps adoption for a Java/Springboot development department. You'll combine people management with hands-on proficiency in Jenkins, ArgoCD, AWS/Kubernetes, Terraform, and DevSecOps/GitOps practices. You'll be architecting build systems, designing scalable build infrastructure, improving team processes, and collaborating across leadership to deliver technical solutions and roadmap execution.

Responsibilities

Line Management of a cross location team (onsite / nearshore); People development, performance, knowledge and skills management; Optimizing team ways of working; Fostering a sense of ownership and collaboration with other department teams; Understanding development teams needs and designing CI/CD solutions (Java/Springboot stack); Driving observability, reliability and software development technologies adoption in the department; Maintaining, architecting and evolving our development environment to improve efficiency and productivity; Collaboration with ops team on technology adoption in higher environments; Owning, improving and architecting build pipelines; Ensuring maintenance of our Jenkins cluster; Proactively coordinating with tech leadership and peers; Breaking down work programs into phases and actionable work items; Driving refinements, prioritizing work; Arbitrage of project work VS ad-hoc requests; Roadmap planning

Requirements

Experience managing senior Individual contributors across locations; Proven track record of onboarding and adapting to new technologies; Strong ownership mindset with effective problem-solving capabilities; Experience building/packaging JVM based projects with a focus on security compliance; Hands-on Jenkins experience: shared libraries, declarative/scripted pipelines, Job DSL; Proficient in GitLab code hosting and CI/CD practices; Experience with containers and container orchestration systems; Experience with IaC, cloud computing; Experience with an observability stack

Nice to have

Java/Springboot projects experience; GitOps proficiency with ArgoCD (ApplicationSets, sync policies, multi-environment promotion); AWS (EKS, EC2, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, S3) with production-grade reliability experience; Kubernetes workload management, Helm/Helmfile chart authoring, Docker image best practices; Terraform module development and state management for AWS infrastructure; Monitoring with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK; incident investigation skills; Experience implementing DevSecOps practices across pipelines and infrastructure; Familiarity with container and IaC vulnerability scanning; Proficiency with secrets management using External Secrets Operator (ESO) with AWS Secrets Manager/SSM; Ability to document systems, runbooks, pipelines, and platform processes

Benefits

Clearly defined salary ranges aligned with industry benchmarks and internal equity standards; Performance-based incentives for eligible employees (as defined by relevant plan rules), awarded through transparent, objective criteria that recognize both individual and company performance; Inclusive equitable benefits that are accessible to all employees and focused around our 3 main pillars of financial wellbeing, health & wellness; Continuous development opportunities including training, education support, and career progression pathways based on inclusive and transparent criteria; Employee recognition programs that celebrate achievements and milestones for all