DevOps Lead

Job Opportunity: DevOps Lead (Contract-to-Hire) with KPI Solutions in Cincinnati, OH

Build a Modern, Automated Delivery Platform

Hybrid (Onsite Mon-Wed, Remote Thu-Fri) | 6‑month Contract‑to‑Hire

Own the pipelines. Own the platform. Help us take delivery from "works" to "world-class."

As our DevOps Lead, you'll work at the intersection of architecture, automation, and operations. You'll partner with an EMEA DevOps team member to make Level 2–4 support predictable and scalable, while leading the next wave of platform initiatives—containerization, deployment-tool POCs, and clear architectural direction that gets implemented (not parked).

What you'll build: automated CI/CD with no manual deploys, reproducible IaC-driven environments, production-grade Kubernetes operations, actionable observability (metrics/logs/traces), and SOC 2-ready security practices baked into the workflow.

Contract-to-hire: This role starts as a 6‑month contract with the opportunity to convert to full‑time.

What You'll Do

• Build and run fully automated CI/CD (no manual deploys), with consistent versioning and release governance aligned to the Opto-parent model.
• Partner across time zones with EMEA to make Level 2–4 support reliable—runbooks, on-call readiness, incident response, and root-cause follow-through.
• Lead containerization and Kubernetes operations with hands-on capability (debugging, scaling, resilience patterns).
• Standardize IaC and environment management: reproducible environments, parity across dev/test/prod, on-demand spin-up, and tight config/secrets control.
• Ship actionable observability (metrics, logs, traces) and drive improvements in uptime and mean time to recovery.
• Run POCs for deployment and platform tooling, translate learnings into clear standards, and ensure smooth flowdown into implementation.
• Bake in security-by-default: secrets management, SAST/DAST, and access controls supporting SOC 2 readiness.
• Improve developer experience through internal platform patterns and "golden paths," plus mentoring and pragmatic standards.
  
  

What We're Looking For

• DevOps experience owning production delivery and operations (you're accountable for outcomes, not just tickets).
• CI/CD automation end-to-end (no manual deploys) with disciplined versioning and releases.
• Containers/Kubernetes in production (debugging, scaling, reliability).
• IaC env management (reproducible environments, parity, on-demand spin-up, config & secrets control).
• Observability: metrics logs traces you can act on.
• Security: secrets management, SAST/DAST, and access control (SOC 2–ready).
• Strong Git workflows and a bias toward automation.
• Comfortable collaborating across time zones (incl. EMEA) and leading incident response through root cause.
  
  

Nice to Haves

If you bring many of the must-haves and are excited to learn the rest, we'd still love to hear from you.

• SRE practices (SLOs/SLIs, error budgets), plus reliability tooling.
• Cost optimization and performance testing integrated into delivery.
• Platform/architecture: internal developer platform "golden paths," multi-region/HA, advanced networking (ingress/service mesh), and AI-assisted ops.
  
  

Why Join KPI Solutions?

• High ownership, high impact: you'll set standards and build the platform other engineers ship on.
• Modernization work: containerization, automation, observability, and security improvements that matter in production.
• Cross-regional collaboration: partner closely with our EMEA DevOps teammate to build repeatable operations.
• Hybrid flexibility: onsite Mon-Wed, remote Thu-Fri.
  
  

Ready to Apply?

Apply if you're excited to own automation, reliability, and secure delivery—and to turn POCs into production improvements.

KPI Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO/M/F/D/V).

No third‑party applications, please.

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