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Kaleidoscope Innovation

Lead DevOps Engineer

raleigh, NC

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About this opportunity

Kaleidoscope Innovation lists this Lead DevOps Engineer opportunity in raleigh, North Carolina. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

We’re looking for a hands‑on Lead DevOps Engineer to architect, build, and operate our AWS cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. This role combines technical leadership with deep individual contribution, requiring someone who leads by example while actively designing, implementing, and improving DevOps capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Ownership

Act as a hands‑on technical resource, setting the bar for DevOps engineering excellence

Mentor and guide DevOps engineers through design reviews, automation standards, and operational best practices

Define and enforce DevOps standards, patterns, and tooling across teams

Partner with application, QA, and architecture teams to align DevOps strategy with business and delivery goals

AWS Infrastructure & Automation

Design, implement, and operate scalable, secure, and resilient AWS infrastructure

Own Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation

Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or AWS‑native services

Automate environment provisioning, deployments, and operational workflows

Containers & Platform Engineering

Design and support containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS)

Enable best practices for microservices deployment, scaling, and resilience on AWS

Support platform capabilities such as blue/green and canary deployments

Monitoring, Reliability & Operations

Implement proactive monitoring, alerting, and dashboards using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and CloudWatch

Own logging and observability solutions (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Splunk)

Lead root cause analysis, incident response, and continuous reliability improvements

Participate in and help mature on‑call and operational support processes

Security, Compliance & Cost Optimization

Enforce AWS security best practices, including IAM design, secrets management, and vulnerability scanning

Well experienced with all kinds of scanning (SCA, DAST, SAST, WIZ.IO)

Drive AWS cost optimization through right‑sizing, automation, and cost‑management tooling

Required Qualifications

5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering with strong hands‑on delivery

Proven experience leading or acting as a technical lead for DevOps or SRE teams

Deep expertise with AWS services and cloud architecture patterns

Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)

Solid background building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and Git‑based workflows

Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages

Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence across engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications

AWS certifications (DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect, or equivalent)

Experience with GitOps tools such as Argo CD, Gitlab

Familiarity with micro‑services and advanced Kubernetes networking

Experience operating production systems at scale with a focus on reliability and cost efficiency

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Worksite address

raleigh, NC, 27601, US

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