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The DevOps Team Lead is responsible for leading the design, automation, deployment, maintenance, and optimization of enterprise infrastructure systems across on-premises and cloud environments.
This role provides technical leadership and operational oversight for DevOps engineering functions including CI/CD automation, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), configuration management, patching and deployment automation, and scalable provisioning workflows.
The DevOps Team Lead serves as a senior technical escalation point and strategic contributor, partnering closely with Infrastructure, Security, and Application teams to ensure reliable, compliant, and efficient enterprise operations.
This role is accountable for driving standardization, improving automation maturity, and delivering measurable outcomes across patch compliance, deployment success, and operational efficiency.
The DevOps Team Lead is responsible for leading the design, automation, deployment, maintenance, and optimization of enterprise infrastructure systems across on-premises and cloud environments. This role provides technical leadership and operational oversight for DevOps engineering functions including CI/CD automation, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), configuration management, patching and deployment automation, and scalable provisioning workflows. The DevOps Team Lead serves as a senior technical escalation point and strategic contributor, partnering closely with Infrastructure, Security, and Application teams to ensure reliable, compliant, and efficient enterprise operations. This role is accountable for driving standardization, improving automation maturity, and delivering measurable outcomes across patch compliance, deployment success, and operational efficiency.
Lead DevOps engineering initiatives to modernize and standardize enterprise automation, deployment, and patch management processes.
Define and maintain DevOps operational standards, technical patterns, and best practices for CI/CD, IaC, and configuration management.
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Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines leveraging Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and version-controlled automation.
Oversee integration and operational support of enterprise configuration management platforms (e.g., Ansible, Salt, SCCM, or equivalent tools).
Drive automation of end-to-end workflows across software packaging, testing, deployment, patching, and validation.
Establish repeatable processes for deployment quality, pipeline reliability, and failure recovery/rollback practices.
· Establish and maintain release readiness standards for OS images and packaged applications, including mandatory validation testing and formal sign-off criteria prior to production deployment.
· Oversee integration of UAT processes into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automated testing coverage for installation validation, regression testing, security benchmarking, and patch verification.
· Coordinate with QA, Engineering, and Release Management to align packaging/image release cycles with broader enterprise release milestones and change management requirements.
Lead planning, scheduling, and execution of OS and application patching cycles aligned with enterprise change-management policies.
Ensure patching workflows are integrated into CI/CD pipelines, automation tools, and configuration management systems.
Provide leadership and coordination during emergency patching events for critical vulnerabilities and zero-day threats.
Maintain visibility into patch status, deployment success, and compliance reporting through dashboards, operational metrics, and audit-ready documentation.
Ensure deployments are validated through post-implementation testing and appropriately documented for compliance, customer assurance, and audit support.
Ensure automation tooling integrates effectively across VMware, cloud platforms, and hybrid infrastructure provisioning workflows.
Lead support and continuous improvement of PXE/iPXE bare-metal provisioning, including driver management, hardware compatibility, and imaging platform integration.
Expand automation practices across virtualization environments and Citrix/VDI systems where feasible and aligned with enterprise operational requirements.
Provide oversight for VMware template creation, versioning, hardening, and lifecycle maintenance to ensure all templates remain current, compliant, and operationally optimized.
Ensure OS and template standards integrate with vCenter/ESXi provisioning workflows and enterprise automation toolchains.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across Windows, Linux, macOS, VMware, and cloud platforms, serving as a senior escalation resource for customer-impacting incidents.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders to define scope, timelines, and operational deliverables for infrastructure automation initiatives.
Provide day-to-day leadership, guidance, and technical mentorship to DevOps engineers and supporting team members.
Lead workload planning, prioritization, and coordination of DevOps operational tasks and project initiatives.
Participate in on-call and escalation rotations as required, ensuring appropriate response coordination and post-incident follow-up (RCA / corrective actions).
Maintain and enforce documentation standards including SOPs, runbooks, and automation repositories to support operational continuity and knowledge transfer.
Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field preferred.
Equivalent professional experience in combination with Technical Training and applicable Certifications may be considered in lieu of a degree.
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