Lead DevOps Automation Engineer
Excella•Arlington, VA
•$149,469 - $213,019•Remote
About The Position
Lead DevOps Automation Engineers at Excella provide technical leadership and mentorship in designing and optimizing Continuous Delivery (CD) solutions. They drive strategic decision-making around DevOps automation, cloud security, and infrastructure as code, ensuring teams deliver high-quality software efficiently and securely.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in DevOps, automation, or cloud engineering.
- Proven leadership experience in enterprise-level automation solutions.
- Expertise in CI/CD tools (GitLab, Jenkins, Bamboo, CircleCI, TravisCI).
- Advanced scripting and automation skills in Python, Ruby, Go, Node.js, C#.
- Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, and network access management in AWS and/or Azure.
- Strong Command-line skills with Bash or PowerShell for operating system management with skills in package management, service configuration, logging, process/resource monitoring, and network configuration.
- Established experience creating, deploying, and orchestrating code changes using tools such as: Docker, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Elastic Container Service
- Experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure. Should demonstrate skill with network and access security and the deployment via code of modern web and data applications and their constituent infrastructure
- Strong background in configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Packer).
- Familiarity with DORA metrics, DevOps Research and Assessment, and Agile methodologies.
- Excellent communication skills, with experience engaging executive stakeholders and decision-makers.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of enterprise DevOps solutions, aligning with business goals.
- Define and enforce DevOps best practices across multiple teams, optimizing pipelines for scalability and efficiency.
- Architect and manage automated infrastructure deployment in cloud environments.
- Guide security integration into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
- Optimize test automation strategies to enhance system reliability and deployment confidence.
- Develop test data management solutions, ensuring high-quality data for automated testing.
- Influence tooling and technology choices for version control, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.
- Provide mentorship and technical guidance to other DevOps Engineers.
- Communicate DevOps strategy and progress to stakeholders and clients.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits with multiple options
- Employer-contributed health savings account
- Infertility coverage
- Orthodontia coverage
- 8 weeks of Parental Leave
- Discounted pet insurance
- Care.com membership with 3 back-up emergency child or elder care days annually
- Bonus eligible
- 15 days of paid vacation
- 6 federal holidays
- 4 floating holidays
- TechEleX program for computer devices (Mac or PC)
- Original computer device provided for personal use after 3 years
- Annual Internet Reimbursement benefit ($25 per month)
- 3 days of paid professional development annually
- Allowance for registration fees for classes, conferences, or professional certifications
- Employee wellness events
- HeadSpace membership
- TalkSpace access
- Mental health coverage through medical plans
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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