Lead DevOps Engineer

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Allegion is looking for a Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer to work as part of a highly engaged small team within a global organization of 12,000+ employees, representing 30+ brands (including Schlage, Von Duprin and LCN) focused on safety, security and access management.  You’ll work on solutions that will enable seamless access and help keep you and your loved ones safe and secure where they work, live and thrive. 

Allegion is seeking a highly motivated Cloud Operations Engineer to join our team designing solutions targeted at extending security technology. The ideal candidate should have proven expertise in designing and deploying a scalable, robust system using cloud technologies.  Job will include responsibilities for  

What you’ll do: 

• Responsible for developer workflow, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure build and maintenance.  

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyse, design, and implement solutions.  

• Bring technical leadership to support the development and maintainence of scalable and high-performance web applications 

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to application functionality, performance, and scalability 

• Lead code reviews to ensure best practices are followed and maintain code quality 

• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code that adheres to software development best practices and coding standards. 

• Stay updated with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices in software development and apply them to enhance our software applications. 

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues that may arise in software applications, providing timely and effective solutions. 

• Automate Build and Release pipelines. 

• Take ownership of the partnership with development teams to design scalable, robust systems using cloud native architectural principles. 

• Design solutions with failure in mind to ensure reliability. 

What we’re looking for:  

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in years of relevant work experience 

• 5-8 years of relevant work experience 

• Expertise with Docker, Kubernetes, and ability to design and implement distributed services with stringent reliability and performance requirements. 

• Mastery of Kubernetes' internal architecture, networking, and operations 

• Expertise in writing Terraform modules in a reusable manner (bonus if you have experience with Terragrunt) 

• Expert in identifying bottlenecks and problems throughout the infrastructure. 

• Experience working with AWS