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Lead DevOps Engineer Dallas, TX (Local to TX Only | In-Person Interview Required)
Location: Dallas, TX (Onsite Local Texas candidates ONLY)
Interview: Must be available for in-person interview
Visa: US Citizens & Green Card Holders only
Experience: 10 years (Lead-level)
This is an onsite role in Dallas, TX and requires candidates who are already local to Texas and comfortable with in-person interviews.
Location: Dallas, TX (Onsite Local Texas candidates ONLY)
Interview: Must be available for in-person interview
Visa: US Citizens & Green Card Holders only
Experience: 10 years (Lead-level)
- Job Description
This is an onsite role in Dallas, TX and requires candidates who are already local to Texas and comfortable with in-person interviews.
- Key Responsibilities
- Lead strategy, architecture, and execution of DevOps initiatives across multiple application teams.
- Design, implement, and optimize enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines end-to-end.
- Architect and manage highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS / Azure / GCP (customizable).
- Drive automation for builds, deployments, testing, monitoring, and security.
- Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
- Oversee containerization and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE).
- Collaborate with dev, QA, and architecture teams to enhance release velocity and stability.
- Establish monitoring, logging, and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, Datadog, etc.
- Manage production issues, identify root causes, and enforce system reliability best practices.
- Mentor and guide junior and mid-level DevOps engineers in best practices and technical decisions.
- Required Skills & Experience
- 10 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or SRE roles.
- Proven Lead-level experience driving DevOps initiatives and leading teams.
- Strong hands-on skills with:
- Cloud: AWS, Azure, or GCP
- CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps
- Containers: Docker, Kubernetes
- IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible
- Scripting: Python, Bash, Shell
- Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, scalability, and automation.
- Experience supporting large-scale distributed systems and microservices.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and collaboration skills.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd).
- Experience in enterprise, financial, healthcare, or telecom environments.
- Cloud certifications (AWS DevOps, CKA/CKAD, Azure DevOps) preferred but not required.
- Notes
- Local Texas candidates only (no exceptions).
- Must be willing to attend onsite, in-person interviews.
- US Citizens & Green Card Holders only as per client requirement.