Lead DevOps Engineer

Cencora • Washington DC, DC

4d • Remote

About The Position

We're looking for a DevOps Engineer to lead the standardization of application deployments, containerization, and release processes across our organization. In this role, you'll design and implement consistent, repeatable deployment pipelines that eliminate the friction and inconsistency that comes from teams each rolling their own solutions. You'll containerize applications using Docker and orchestration platforms like ECS or Kubernetes, establish shared CI/CD frameworks, and create the tooling and documentation that empowers engineering teams to ship reliably and confidently. Working closely with development, infrastructure, and platform teams, you'll define best practices and golden paths that make the right way the easy way. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on experience with modern DevOps tooling - CI/CD systems (such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) - along with a strong track record of driving adoption of standardized processes at scale. You should be comfortable balancing technical depth with cross-team collaboration, since much of this role involves influencing how other engineers work and building consensus around shared standards. Beyond the technical skills, we're looking for someone who is pragmatic, communicative, and genuinely motivated by making other teams more productive. If you enjoy turning deployment chaos into a smooth, self-service experience for the entire organization, we'd love to hear from you.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.
• 6+ years of experience in platform engineering, software engineering, infrastructure engineering, site reliability engineering, or a related field required.
• Deep hands-on experience with modern DevOps tooling - CI/CD systems (such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins), infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
• Strong track record of driving adoption of standardized processes at scale.
• Comfortable balancing technical depth with cross-team collaboration.
• Pragmatic, communicative, and motivated by making other teams more productive.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in computer science, software engineering, information technology, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience preferred.
• Certification in cloud platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, site reliability engineering, or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the standardization of application deployments, containerization, and release processes.
• Design and implement consistent, repeatable deployment pipelines.
• Containerize applications using Docker and orchestration platforms like ECS or Kubernetes.
• Establish shared CI/CD frameworks.
• Create tooling and documentation to empower engineering teams.
• Define best practices and golden paths in collaboration with development, infrastructure, and platform teams.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision care
• Comprehensive suite of benefits focusing on physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness
• Support for working families (backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, paid caregiver leave)
• Training programs
• Professional development resources
• Opportunities to participate in mentorship programs
• Employee resource groups
• Volunteer activities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior