Lead DevOps Engineer

Hearst • Los Angeles, CA

23h • $129,446 - $165,000

About The Position

IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF YOUR CAREER AT ZYNX HEALTH Zynx Health, a subsidiary of Hearst Corporation, is the market leader in providing evidence-based and experience-based clinical decision support solutions proven to measurably improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of patient care. Zynx Health provides clinical evidence, order sets, plans of care, actionable rules, and other forms of clinical decision support that drive clinical improvements at the point of care and aligns with healthcare industry drivers to assist our clients in meeting their clinical and financial goals. Zynx Health has demonstrated excellence and is the leader in an emerging and rapidly growing industry. Our success is fueled by talented employees driven to make a difference in the lives of patients and care providers globally. We are rapidly growing and are always looking for talented and motivated people to help us as we transform healthcare. If you are driven to make a difference and looking to work in a fast-paced, progressive and intellectual environment, consider Zynx Health. To learn more, visit www.zynxhealth.com . _________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Senior Lead DevOps Engineer is a hands-on technical leader responsible for driving DevOps execution, cloud-native platform operations, CI/CD excellence, and infrastructure reliability across Zynx Health’s engineering organization. Reporting directly to the Director of Product Development, this role leads the DevOps function while remaining deeply engaged in implementation. The Senior Lead DevOps Engineer designs, builds, and optimizes CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes/OpenShift environments, infrastructure-as-code practices, and observability frameworks that support backend services (Java/Groovy/Spring Boot, .NET Core), frontend applications (React, Svelte), and data platforms (MarkLogic, SQL, Redis). This role manages and mentors DevOps Engineers who operate as a shared service team supporting multiple full-stack development teams. The Senior Lead DevOps Engineer ensures that deployments are reliable, environments are scalable, automation is mature, and platform standards are consistently applied across projects. Working closely with the Principal Enterprise Architect and Security & Compliance Lead, this role ensures DevOps practices align with enterprise architecture standards, healthcare regulatory requirements, and the strategic direction set by the Director of Product Development. The Senior Lead DevOps Engineer also champions responsible adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools such as Cursor, Cline, and Claude Code to enhance automation, improve deployment quality, accelerate troubleshooting, and elevate platform documentation and operational efficiency. Direct Report Structure The Senior Lead DevOps Engineer has direct management responsibility for the DevOps and Platform Engineering function. Direct Reports DevOps Engineer I DevOps Engineer II Senior DevOps Engineer Additional DevOps / Platform Engineers as organizational growth requires DevOps Engineers operate as a shared service platform team supporting multiple full-stack development teams across backend services, frontend applications, data platforms, and cloud-native infrastructure.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent practical experience.
• Typically 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Platform Engineering roles.
• 2–4 years of experience serving in a senior or lead-level DevOps capacity.
• Demonstrated experience leading or mentoring DevOps or infrastructure engineers.
• Strong hands-on experience with: Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift Docker and containerized application deployment GitLab CI/CD and/or Tekton pipeline implementation Infrastructure-as-code principles and automation scripting Observability platforms including Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry
• Experience supporting modern application stacks including: Java/Groovy Spring Boot microservices React and/or Svelte frontends MarkLogic, SQL, and Redis data platforms
• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices, including: Secure pipeline integration Identity and access standards (OAuth2/OIDC, Keycloak, JWT) Vulnerability scanning and secrets management
• Technical Leadership Strong hands-on experience designing and operating cloud-native infrastructure.
• Ability to lead CI/CD architecture and automation initiatives.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills across infrastructure, networking, application, and data layers.
• Experience implementing high-availability and disaster recovery practices.
• Leadership & Collaboration Demonstrated ability to lead engineers through technical mentorship and example.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills across development, QA, security, and architecture.
• Ability to balance shared-service DevOps responsibilities across multiple teams.
• Strategic & Operational Thinking Capable of identifying platform bottlenecks and driving improvement initiatives.
• Able to support modernization efforts while ensuring delivery continuity.
• Strong systems-thinking and risk identification skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience operating in healthcare or other regulated environments strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated use of AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, Cline, Claude Code) in automation, infrastructure scripting, or troubleshooting workflows preferred.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical leadership and architectural direction across all DevOps initiatives.
• Establishing engineering standards for CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, container orchestration, observability, and DevSecOps practices.
• Allocating DevOps resources across concurrent product initiatives based on priorities set by the Director of Product Development.
• Conducting performance evaluations, career development planning, and technical mentorship.
• Ensuring consistent operational excellence, reliability, security compliance, and automation maturity across environments.
• Building scalable DevOps processes that enable autonomy within full-stack teams while maintaining governance and architectural alignment.

Benefits

• Zynx Health offers competitive salary and extensive benefits - including medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, life insurance, and matching 401k.
• flexible spending savings account
• paid holidays
• paid time off
• employee assistance program
• other company benefits.

What This Job Offers

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