Lead DevOps Engineer
$107,430–$176,490 year
Hybrid · Frisco, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Lead DevOps Engineer responsible for designing, building, and operating production-scale Kubernetes platforms (EKS/GKE) with multi-region architectures, driving reliability, security, and developer productivity through automation, Backstage-based internal platforms, and AI-enabled delivery systems. Own lifecycle management of Kubernetes clusters, multi-cloud platform strategy, enterprise CI/CD pipelines, IaC modules, and secure software supply chain practices, while guiding platform governance and incident response with a strong focus on visibility, governance, and cross-team collaboration.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years in DevOps / Platform Engineering
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS/GKE) in production at scale
- Deep expertise in Terraform and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Harness)
- Experience with Backstage developer platform (templates, scaffolding, service catalog)
- Strong programming skills in Golang or Python
- Knowledge of cloud-native networking, RBAC, autoscaling, and cluster operations
- Experience implementing DevSecOps and secure software supply chain practices
- Contributions to Backstage OSS or CNCF ecosystem
- Experience with Service mesh (Istio / Envoy), Cilium
- Experience with API gateways (Envoy Gateway, Kong)
- Experience with Kafka architecture and operations
- Experience with JFrog Artifactory / Curation or similar artifact governance tools
- Exposure to AI/ML-enabled DevOps and developer productivity tooling
- Experience driving engineering transformation initiatives at enterprise scale
- Strong communication, documentation, and cross-team collaboration skills
- Cloud architecture certifications (AWS/GCP Solutions Architect) is a plus
- Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, CKS) is a plus
- DevOps & Infrastructure: HashiCorp Terraform Associate or equivalent CI/CD certification is a plus
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