Contractor Lead DevOps Engineer
IT Labs is hiring a remote Contractor Lead DevOps Engineer. The career level for this job opening is Experienced and is accepting USA based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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Looking for a place where you, your skills, and your contribution are valued and recognized? Somewhere you can grow not just as a professional, but also as an individual? At IT Labs, we’re searching for a unique kind of talent, a DevOps Lead who sees cloud infrastructure not just as a platform, but as a living ecosystem that demands scalability, and security.
Job Summary
As DevOps Lead, you’ll be instrumental in shaping and maintaining highly resilient, scalable, and secure environments across AWS and Azure. You won’t just follow best practices - you’ll define them. We’re looking for someone who thrives on building smart solutions from the ground up, who can weave automation into the fabric of deployment pipelines, and who can lead a team with vision, precision, and a deep understanding of how modern systems operate.
Requirements
- Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure.
- Lead a team of DevOps engineers, assigning tasks and ensuring adherence to best practices in deployment, monitoring, and security.
- Define and enforce CI/CD processes and infrastructure automation standards using Terraform.
- Implement and manage workloads and service migration strategies between AWS and Azure.
- Optimize cloud costs through governance frameworks, tagging strategies, and cost management tools.
- Design, implement, and manage container orchestration using Kubernetes and Docker.
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA and ISO 27001 security standards across environments.
- Develop strategies for auto-scaling, failure recovery, disaster recovery, and high availability in the cloud.
- Build and manage SLA frameworks for critical services, ensuring high uptime and reliability.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to align DevOps strategies with overall business needs.
- Review and maintain technical documentation related to cloud infrastructure, processes, and automation standards.
Technical Skills
- 7+ years of hands-on DevOps engineering experience, with 2+ years leading technical teams.
- Extensive hands-on experience with AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
- Expert in Terraform and infrastructure as code (IaC) practices.
- Solid understanding of HIPAA compliance and security protocols (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2).
- Experience with cost optimization strategies in AWS and Azure environments, including cloud governance frameworks, tagging, and budget management.
- Proven leadership and mentoring abilities in managing and developing DevOps teams.