DevOps Lead Architect

Job Title: Dev Ops Lead Architect (Hands-On)

Location: Remote / Hybrid

Employment Type: Full-Time

We are seeking an experienced, hands‑on Dev Ops Lead Architect to drive enterprise cloud infrastructure, continuous delivery, automated security, and observability across our modern application ecosystems. This role requires a proven technical leader capable of architecting scalable AWS cloud foundations using Infrastructure as Code (
Terraform or Cloud Formation
), administering enterprise CI/CD via Cloud Bees Core
, managing artifact life cycles in JFrog Artifactory
, orchestrating Kubernetes workloads, and implementing full‑stack monitoring using Datadog or New Relic
.

• AWS Architecture & IaC: Architect and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure multi‑account AWS environments using modular Infrastructure as Code (
  Terraform or Cloud Formation
  ), enforcing drift detection and automated state management.
• Enterprise CI/CD (Cloud Bees Core): Design, deploy, and administer Cloud Bees Core (Operations Center, managed controllers, high availability, role‑based access control, and Groovy‑based Shared Libraries) with dynamic build agents hosted on Kubernetes.
• Kubernetes Orchestration & Security: Design, scale, and harden enterprise Kubernetes clusters (EKS or self‑managed); manage Helm deployments, ingress controllers, service meshes, and enforce runtime security policies (OPA/Gatekeeper or Kyverno).
• Artifact & Package Governance: Oversee enterprise binary management using JFrog Artifactory
  , configuring promotion pipelines, virtual/remote repositories, caching policies, and automated vulnerability scanning with JFrog Xray.
• Full‑Stack Observability & APM: Architect enterprise monitoring, logging, and tracing using Datadog or New Relic
  —deploying daemon sets, APM tracing, custom metrics, SLI/SLO dashboards, and proactive alerting across AWS and Kubernetes layers.
• Dev Sec Ops  Integration: Embed shift‑left security practices directly into Cloud Bees Core pipelines, integrating SAST, DAST, container scanning (Trivy, JFrog Xray), and centralized secrets management (Hashi Corp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager).
• Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Lead and coach engineering teams, define infrastructure standards, establish code review guidelines, and lead architectural review boards (ARB).

• Experience: 8+ years in Dev Ops/Cloud Engineering with at least 3+ years in a lead or architectural capacity leading hands‑on implementations.
• AWS & IaC Mastery: Deep hands‑on expertise with core AWS services (IAM, VPC, EKS, RDS, S3, Route
  53, KMS) provisioned strictly via Terraform or Cloud Formation
  .
• Cloud Bees Core Expertise:
  
  Demonstrated proficiency architecting and operating Cloud Bees Core
  , including Operations Center management, cross‑controller configurations, pipeline templates, and distributed agent scaling.
• Kubernetes Production
  
  Experience:
  
  Strong hands‑on background managing production Kubernetes clusters, cluster networking (CNI), storage classes (CSI), container lifecycle management, and Helm charting.
• Artifact Management: Advanced administration of JFrog Artifactory
  , repository lifecycle management, and supply chain security (SBOMs, signed images).
• Observability Tools: Hands‑on experience configuring and maintaining Datadog or New Relic for APM, infrastructure metrics, log aggregation, and synthetic monitoring.
• Scripting & Automation: Strong coding and scripting skills in Python, Groovy (for Jenkins pipelines), Bash, or Go.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional / AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer – Professional
• Hashi Corp Certified:
  Terraform Associate
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
• Cloud Bees Certified Jenkins Engineer / Cloud Bees Core Administration
• Datadog Certified Professional or New Relic Certified Performance Pro