Lead DevOps Engineer

Lead Dev Ops Engineer – Strategic Systems Inc

Direct Hire – Remote

The Lead Dev Ops Engineer will grow, support, and manage the infrastructure for all Safeguard Properties platforms and applications. The Engineer will ensure platform health, reliability, and alerting, manage production deployments, and participate in a 24/7 on‑call rotation.

• Plan, implement, and grow the AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Manage Auto Scaling Groups, SQL Server on RDS, EC2 Image Builder, and Hybrid Patch Management with SSM.
• Build, release, and manage the configuration of all production AWS systems.
• Stay current with new AWS technology options and evaluate fit for the company.
• Design and build infrastructure using Terraform and code.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
• Maintain and enhance the existing Terraform codebase and develop best practices for IaC.
• Integrate IAM with Okta and application integration.
• Configure security policy and workflow automation.
• Troubleshoot production applications and maintain technical relationships with decision makers.
• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines to support rapid development and deployment.
• Ensure SLA for production and supporting environments is maintained and continuously improve uptime.
• Perform administration of Safeguard applications and third‑party platforms.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects and provide proof of concept and prototyping as needed.
• Work irregular hours and attend regular Zoom collaboration throughout the day.
• All other duties as assigned and adhere to Safeguard’s core values and competencies.

• 7+ years SYSADMIN experience with Windows/Linux/Unix operating systems or cloud platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly.
• Comfortable working in a production environment requiring 24x7 support and on‑call rotation.
• Strong experience with AWS EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, ECS, Fargate, EKS, Lambda, and SSM.
• Experience with AWS Cloud Formation, Terraform, or similar IaC platforms.
• Experience with container solutions:
  Docker, Kubernetes, Open Shift, or similar.
• Strong experience using Dev Ops tooling in AWS:
  Ansible, Git Hub, Jenkins, or similar.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Git Hub Actions.
• Experience designing AWS solutions inside the AWS Well‑Architected Framework.
• Strong experience monitoring and alerting solutions such as Cloud Watch, Nagios, Pager Duty, etc.
• Strong experience with web application technology (IIS, Tomcat, Apache, NGINX, haproxy).
• Exceptional customer service orientation and high‑quality documentation skills.
• Scripting and automation experience (AWS API, Go, Bash, Python, Shell, Power Shell, Azure REST).
• Experience with source control tooling, CI/CD tooling, and ITIL/ITSM security management concepts.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Administrative, Business Development, and Information Technology