DevOps CI/CD Team Lead

1GLOBAL is a technology-driven global mobile communications provider dedicated to empowering enterprises worldwide to unlock the full growth potential of mobile connectivity. With a best-in-class telecom technology platform, a comprehensive suite of globally viable regulatory licenses, and privileged access to the telecom wholesale market, 1GLOBAL is uniquely positioned to deliver seamless compliance and connectivity solutions. Serving the world’s leading banks, corporations, and digital-first businesses—including neo-banks, travel companies, and payment service providers—1GLOBAL connects over 43 million devices globally.

 
With 2024 full-year revenue exceeding US$100 million and in line to exceed US$200 million in FY25, 1GLOBAL is a profitable business generating significant cash flows to fund its ongoing investments in infrastructure, transformation, and growth. 2024 saw major client wins and marked 1GLOBAL’s evolution from a multi-market telecommunication provider to a global technology-driven mobile connectivity powerhouse.

 
Established in 2022 by experienced tech founders and entrepreneurs Hakan Koç and Pyrros Koussios, 1GLOBAL is a European technology leader driving digital transformation in the global telecommunications market. It operates as a fully regulated Mobile Virtual Network Operator (“MVNO”) in ten countries and as a regulated telecommunications operator in an additional 31 countries. Headquartered in the Netherlands, with world-class R&D hubs in Lisbon, Berlin, and São Paulo, 1GLOBAL employs over 450 experts across 15 countries.

Position Overview

We are looking for an experienced and motivated DevOps Team Lead with a focus on CI/CD to join our Technology Department.

We are open to hiring this role in Berlin, Germany.

As the DevOps CI/CD Team Lead, you will be responsible for guiding a team of engineers dedicated to designing, maintaining, and optimizing our continuous integration and delivery pipelines. Your mission is to ensure deployments are fast, secure, reliable, and scalable across multiple environments.

This role combines technical leadership, hands-on implementation, strategic vision, driving automation and best practices that enable seamless software delivery for global-scale telecom and digital services.

You will define standards for pipeline architecture, deployment safety, and observability, lead initiatives to improve developer experience and internal tooling, and ensure smooth, efficient delivery workflows across regions and platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Drive the evolution and optimization of CI/CD pipelines, ensuring secure, reliable, and efficient deployment workflows.
• Champion developer experience by improving internal tooling, automation, and processes that enhance productivity and reduce friction.
• Establish and enforce best practices for infrastructure-as-code, configuration management, and deployment safety mechanisms (e.g., canary releases, blue-green).
• Conduct code reviews for infrastructure and automation scripts, providing constructive feedback to maintain high standards of reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Oversee observability systems and ensure actionable insights for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Thanos).
• Collaborate with engineering, SRE, and security teams to ensure platform reliability, compliance, and alignment with organizational goals.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve operational workflows, reduce toil, and raise engineering standards across the team.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks for internal tools and infrastructure components.

Requirements

Must Have

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or Systems Engineering roles, including 2+ years in a leadership position.
• Proven ability to coach and mento