Lead DevOps

Project description

Project Goal:
Ongoing development and optimization of a large-scale eCommerce platform for a major US retail company serving millions of omnichannel customers weekly. The cloud migration phase has been completed. The current focus is on:

• CI/CD process optimization and standardization
• Infrastructure improvement and operational maturity
• Security hardening and compliance
• Performance, reliability and scalability improvements
• Continuous modernization of the cloud‑native platform

• Improve and standardize CI/CD pipelines across teams
• Optimize build, test, and deployment processes
• Enhance Infrastructure as Code practices
• Improve observability, reliability, and scalability of the platform
• Drive security improvements across infrastructure and delivery pipelines
• Implement Dev Sec Ops  best practices
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve operational processes
• Participate in architectural decision-making and continuous platform evolution
• Contribute to pre‑sales and technical consulting activities when required

• Core Technical
  
  Competencies:
• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure
• Strong Kubernetes experience (production environments)
• CI/CD pipeline design and optimization
• Infrastructure as Code:
  Terraform or Azure Bicep
• Containers:
  Docker or Podman
• Scripting:
  Python and/or Bash or Power Shell
• Experience with security best practices in cloud‑native environments
• Leadership & Communication:
  Experience leading or mentoring engineers
• Strong client‑facing communication skills
• Ability to drive cross‑team improvements

• Dev Sec Ops  tooling (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, container scanning)
• Experience improving SDLC governance
• CI/CD platforms:
  Git Lab CI, Team City, Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions, ArgoCD or Flux
• Configuration Management:
  Salto, Puppet, Chef
• Programming:
  Python, Golang