DevOps Team Lead

Role Overview

We’re seeking a DevOps Team Lead to own and optimize our GitHub, Azure, and Azure DevOps platforms in order to empower our development teams and drive high-quality, efficient releases. You will influence and execute the vision for our cloud architecture, champion best practices, and ensure our DevOps processes align with both business needs and industry standards.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Ownership

Serve as the go-to expert for GitHub and Azure DevOps, managing repositories, workflows, and automation.

Oversee Azure Cloud architecture, including Infrastructure as Code (Bicep/Terraform) and Azure Landing Zones for scalability and security.

Team Enablement

Provide hands-on support and guidance to multiple development teams (covering .NET, Python, and front-end) to streamline deployments, troubleshoot issues, and encourage best practices.

Collaborate with architects and product owners to incorporate DevOps principles into ongoing and future initiatives.

Observability

Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure system health, performance, and reliability.

Establish best practices for centralized log analysis, metrics collection, and tracing to proactively detect and resolve issues.

Promote a culture of data-driven decision-making using observability insights.

Process Optimization

Refine and maintain CI/CD pipelines, ensuring quick feedback loops, robust testing, and reliable deployments.

Track and improve key DevOps metrics (like DORA), enabling continuous improvement across the organization.

Leadership & Collaboration

Mentor and develop a small team of DevOps engineers, promoting a culture of ownership, innovation, and learning.

Engage with cross-functional stakeholders (Security, IT, QA) to align on standards, policy, and governance.

Qualifications

7+ years in a DevOps or cloud engineering role, with at least 2-3 years of team leadership or mentorship experience.

Proven expertise in Azure services, IaC tools (Bicep/Terraform), and containerization (Docker).

Strong proficiency in GitHub and Azure DevOps administration, including CI/CD pipelines and repository management.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a history of supporting cross-functional teams.

A passion for continuous improvement, cloud automation, and delivering high-quality software quickly and securely.

Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Sentry, DataDog, etc…) and best practices.

Why Join Us

Impact & Ownership: Shape the DevOps ecosystem at Embrace, from cloud strategy to platform innovation.

Developer-Centric Culture: Work closely with talented engineers, enabling them to build, test, and deploy with speed and confidence.

Growth & Recognition: Leverage opportunities to expand your leadership, technical expertise, and professional impact.