Lead DevOps Engineer

Define the observability strategy - monitoring, logging, and tracing (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry) and drive its adoption across teams.

Own SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets in partnership with engineering and product teams, and hold teams accountable to them.

Own incident response, on-call practices, and blameless post-incident reviews to continuously improve system resilience.

Plan for capacity, scalability, and disaster recovery, including backup strategies and multi-region considerations.

Own the DevSecOps posture: define and embed security standards into the delivery pipeline — secrets management, vulnerability scanning, image signing, and policy as code.

Support compliance initiatives (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA) with automated controls and evidence collection.

Own cloud cost outcomes: drive right-sizing, autoscaling, and FinOps practices, and report spend posture to stakeholders.

Mentor and coach DevOps and software engineers to enhance their technical skills and expertise.

Foster a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning.

Review infrastructure code and pipeline changes, providing constructive feedback to improve quality and maintainability.

Provide technical leadership and guidance on infrastructure, platform, and operational decisions.

Lead by example through hands-on involvement in automation, tooling, and design discussions.

Identify and resolve technical challenges to ensure project success.

Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance delivery processes and methodologies.

Track DORA metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, time to restore) and use them to guide improvements.

Facilitate lessons-learned meetings to learn from past experiences and improve future projects.

Stay up to date with industry best practices and standards in DevOps, platform engineering, and cloud operations.

Skills and Experience We Value:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred.

8+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, platform, or infrastructure engineering, including 2+ years leading teams or owning the DevOps function for multiple products or clients.

Extensive hands-on expertise with at least two major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and a working knowledge of the third.

Deep experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform strongly preferred) and configuration management (e.g., Ansible).

Proficiency in scripting and automation with languages such as Python, Bash, or Go.

Solid grounding in cloud security, IAM, networking, and compliance-driven environments.

Strong leadership skills with experience in mentoring and developing engineering teams.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly to technical and business audiences.

Experience with agile development methodologies and a collaborative, client-facing mindset; comfort advising senior client stakeholders is a strong plus.

Certifications in relevant technologies - such as AWS Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer Professional, Azure Administrator / DevOps Engineer Expert, Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, or CKA - are a plus.

About Particle41

Our core values of Empowering, Leadership, Innovation, Teamwork, and Excellence drive everything we do to achieve the ultimate outcomes for our clients. Empowering Leadership for Innovation in Teamwork with Excellence ( ELITE )

E - Empowering: Enabling individuals to reach their full potential. L - Leadership: Taking initiative and guiding each other toward success. I - Innovation: Embracing creativity and new ideas to stay ahead. T - Teamwork: Collaborating with empathy to achieve common goals. E - Excellence: Striving for the highest quality in everything we do.

We seek team members who embody these values and are committed to contributing to our mission. Particle41 welcomes individuals from all backgrounds who are committed to our mission and values. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants, ensuring that hiring and employment decisions are based on merit and qualifications without discrimination based on race, color, religion, caste, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, local, or international laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment and hiring.

We appreciate your interest and encourage applicants from USA region to apply. If you need any assistance during the application or interview process, please feel free to reach out to us at careers@particle41.com.