Lead DevOps Engineer

Hilton • McLean, VA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

This is your chance to be a part of an in-house Technology team that's creating consumer-facing, cutting-edge technologies revolutionizing the hospitality industry around the world! As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will bring your technical skills to a hospitality company with an award-winning culture. On the DevOps team reporting to the Director of Pipeline and Platform Engineering, you will support projects at the forefront of hospitality technology innovation . HOW WE WILL SUPPORT YOU Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to programs and benefits such as: Go Hilton travel program\: 110 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night Hilton Shares\: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program Paid Time Off (PTO) Learn more about the rest of our benefits At Hilton, we believe every Team Member is a leader. We are committed to offering leadership development opportunities and programs through every step of a Team Member’s career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate. Available benefits may vary depending upon terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of the plans.

Requirements

• Five (5) years of experience in Technology or a related field.
• Four (4) years with CI tools such as GitLab (preferred), or Bamboo.
• Four (4) years architecting and developing automation to support Continuous Delivery.
• Three (3) years administering Kubernetes.
• Three (3) years on AWS cloud platforms
• Proficiency in scripting/programming in Bash
• Experience supporting reliability efforts, on‑call rotations.
• This is a hybrid role and would require to be near our Memphis, Dallas, or McLean office locations.
• Travel up to 10%.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree OR Associate's + 6 years tech experience OR HS/GED + 12 years tech experience.
• Seven (7)+ years of technology experience .
• Five (5) years of CI tool experience (GitLab or Bamboo), Cloud and Kubernetes platforms.
• One (1) year of management experience
• Scripting experience in Python or Terraform

Responsibilities

• Architect next‑generation cloud platforms and automation solutions.
• Devise and evolve code‑driven automation strategies that ensure environment consistency across development, testing, and production.
• Build long‑term automation solutions using scripting and programming (Groovy, Shell, Python, Terraform, or Java/JavaScript).
• Provide technical leadership and implementation guidance for UI, APIs, and microservices.
• Work with development teams to guide best practices, design patterns, and operational standards.
• Understand new architectural concepts and recommend improvements from an infrastructure and security perspective.
• Support reliability engineering efforts and participate in on-call rotations for mission-critical & revenue-impacting cloud services.
• Design and implement enterprise DevOps architectures, reference patterns, and tooling strategies.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD tools and pipelines across the organization (GitLab preferred).
• Enable seamless, secure, and available software builds and deployments across Agile teams.
• Configure, tune, deploy, and operate Kubernetes clusters (EKS preferred).
• Maintain containerized applications with Docker or similar technologies.

Benefits

• Go Hilton travel program\: 110 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
• Hilton Shares\: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
• Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
• Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• leadership development opportunities and programs through every step of a Team Member’s career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate.

What This Job Offers

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