Technical Team Leader - DevOps & DevSecOps (English)

BETSOL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

BETSOL is seeking a Technical Team Leader for DevOps & DevSecOps to lead a technical pod of full-stack engineers. This is a player-coach role where you will set technical direction, conduct design and code reviews, support the team, and manage the project engagement. You will be the primary point of accountability for the pod's deliverables and their delivery process. The role involves hands-on coding, architecture, and pipeline work, focusing on cloud-native solutions and AI-powered enterprise engineering.

Requirements

8+ years in software engineering or platform engineering.
At least 2 years leading a delivery team of 3+ engineers.
Hands-on coding within the last 12 months.
Deep cloud architecture experience on Azure and GCP (AKS/GKE, App Gateway, VNets, NSGs, Key Vault, Managed Identities, IAM, networking).
Strong with Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Kubernetes, and reusable module design.
CI/CD pipeline design with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, including blue/green, canary, and rollback strategies.
DevSecOps: SAST/DAST/SCA tooling, container and image scanning, supply chain security, secrets/cert/key management with vault solutions.
Familiarity with security frameworks, such as: FedRAMP, FIPS, CIS Benchmarks, ISO, PCI.
Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, Google Cloud Monitoring, Log Analytics; SLO/SLI/error-budget practice.
Full-stack application fluency for portal use cases (modern JS/TS frontend, REST APIs, common backend frameworks).
Scripting in Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
Practical experience with AI-first development: working daily with AI coding assistants, building or governing agentic dev workflows, reviewing AI output for quality and security.
Excellent written and verbal English; comfortable in US-EST hour stakeholder conversations.
Calm, structured communication with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.
Strong problem-solving and systems thinking.
Ownership mindset and clear accountability for outcomes.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

Nice To Haves

Prior staff-augmentation or consulting delivery experience.
Background in regulated industries (BFSI, healthcare, government).
Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, CKA/CKAD, HashiCorp Terraform Associate.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end architecture across infrastructure, CI/CD, and application layers for cloud portal workloads on Azure and GCP.
Drive systems-level design, including trade-off analysis, reference architectures, reusable Terraform/Ansible/Helm patterns, and platform conventions.
Run code reviews and design reviews, setting the quality bar and definition of done.
Contribute IaC modules, pipeline logic, and application code as needed (40-60% individual contribution).
Champion AI-first development practices, including model-assisted coding, prompt discipline, agentic workflows, and review of AI-generated output.
Run the pod as a project manager: sprint planning, standups, retrospectives, and status reporting.
Maintain the backlog, sequence work against client priorities, and surface risks.
Lead release management, change control, and post-incident reviews.
Forecast capacity as the pod scales and partner with BETSOL on hiring.
Onboard new engineers, set growth paths, and provide technical coaching.
Build a culture of ownership, transparent communication, and continuous learning.
Embed security, compliance (FedRAMP, FIPS, CIS, ISO, PCI), and observability standards into all deliveries.
Partner with client security teams on threat modeling and audit response.