Lead DevOps Engineer​/Manager

Lead Dev Ops Engineer/Manager Details

Location:

Spring TX - Hybrid

Duration: 6-12 months +

Experience Level: 10+ Years Dev Ops (Required)

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related field

Our client—a large, mature enterprise organization—is seeking a highly experienced Team Lead / Dev Ops Engineer with a proven track record of leading transformation and driving change across complex technology environments. This individual must demonstrate strong leadership, technical depth, and the ability to influence and modernize Dev Ops practices at scale.

The ideal candidate is a hands‑on leader who takes ownership, drives strategy, and mentors teams while working with modern CI/CD, cloud, and observability technologies.

• Lead and mentor a Dev Ops engineering team, promoting best practices and continuous improvement.
• Drive Dev Ops transformation initiatives across a large enterprise environment.
• Influence architecture, development, and operations teams to adopt modern Dev Ops practices.
• Serve as the primary point of accountability for Dev Ops operations, stability, and automation initiatives.
• Champion a culture of ownership, transparency, automation, and operational excellence.

• Oversee design, implementation, and optimization of CI/CD pipelines using Git Hub (Git Hub Actions preferred).
• Drive infrastructure automation, configuration management, and IaC standards (Terraform, ARM/Bicep a plus).
• Architect, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure in Microsoft Azure at enterprise scale.
• Implement and maintain best‑in‑class monitoring, logging, and observability practices using Datadog.
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements.

• Ensure high availability, performance, and security of cloud and on‑prem workloads.
• Establish and enforce Dev Ops processes, operating standards, runbooks, and documentation.
• Collaborate closely with architecture, security, engineering, and product teams.
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks in development pipelines and operational workflows.

• 10+ years of hands‑on Dev Ops engineering experience in a large, mature enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and driving organizational change.
• Expert‑level experience with Azure cloud environments.
• Strong CI/CD experience with Git Hub / Git Hub Actions.
• Experience with Datadog for monitoring, observability, alerting, and dashboards.
• Proven background in infrastructure automation (Terraform, ARM/Bicep, or similar).
• Strong knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes preferred).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or related technical field.

• Experience in SRE frameworks (SLIs, SLOs, error budgets).
• Experience working in hybrid cloud or complex legacy‑to‑cloud modernization environments.
• Prior experience as a Dev Ops Lead, Dev Ops Manager, or Technical Lead.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust principles and enterprise governance models.

• Strong ownership mindset; proactive problem‑solver.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and uplift team capability.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management.
• Comfortable leading in fast‑moving, matrixed environments.
• Passion for continuous improvement, automation, and innovation.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Management and Manufacturing

Software Development