Lead DevOps Engineer

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About the Role 

We are seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to lead improvements across our cloud platform and delivery practices within a travel technology platform.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on strengthening Kubernetes infrastructure, optimizing CI/CD workflows, and enabling engineering teams through modern DevOps practices. The ideal candidate combines deep platform engineering expertise with a strong sense of ownership, working closely with cross-functional teams to improve scalability, security, and delivery efficiency across the organization.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the evolution of a scalable Kubernetes platform in collaboration with engineering teams.
• Own and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines to improve reliability, security, and deployment speed.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using modular Terraform and enforce environment isolation.
• Lead GitOps implementation (e.g., ArgoCD), defining promotion workflows and rollback strategies.
• Embed DevSecOps practices including security gates, compliance checks, and policy-as-code.
• Strengthen platform observability and operational visibility through APM and centralized logging solutions.
• Drive progressive delivery practices (Blue/Green, Canary) and release automation.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to define platform guardrails and promote ownership culture.
• Support modernization initiatives including containerization of legacy systems
• Support technical evaluations of other consultants when required, contributing to the assessment of skills and alignment with project needs

What You Bring

•  10+ years of experience in DevOps / Platform Engineering roles, with strong Kubernetes (EKS) expertise
• Deep understanding of container orchestration, networking concepts, ingress controllers, and deployment strategies (Blue/Green, Canary).
• Strong experience building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab.
• Hands-on experience implementing GitOps workflows (e.g., ArgoCD) and declarative deployment models.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, including modularization and environment separation.
• Solid knowledge of DevSecOps principles and integrating security controls into delivery pipelines.
• Solid understanding of service integration patterns and API lifecycle considerations.
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Dynatrace, Splunk) and familiarity with SRE concepts such as SLOs and error budgets.
• Experience working in complex or enterprise environments, including legacy modernization initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive engineering best practices.

Nice to have:

• Experience designing multi-region active-active architectures and global traffic management strategies.
• Exposure to service mesh strategy and implementation in enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with decentralized deployment governance models across multiple teams.
• Experience contributing to compliance framework design across business units.
• Understanding advanced orchestration or proxy-layer architectural patterns.
• Experience driving platform standardization in fragmented or multi-team environments.
• Exposure to AI-driven DevOps enhancements (e.g., GitLab Duo, AI-assisted debugging, pipeline optimization).
• Experience contributing to internal developer platform strategy and enablement initiatives

What We Offer 

• 100% remote work to provide flexibility and work-life balance.
• Company laptop and necessary equipment to perform your role effectively.
• Competitive salary package aligned with local market benchmarks.

 

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