- Company Name
- David Zwirner
- Job Title
- Lead DevOps Engineer
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
Lead DevOps Engineer
**Role Summary**
Strategic leader responsible for the end‑to‑end design, implementation, and operation of a multi‑cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud, Databricks, Vercel). It combines leadership, architecture, security hardening, and hands‑on delivery to ensure reliability, performance, and safety of cloud services.
**Expectations**
* EU work authorization is mandatory.
* Provide 24‑hour European coverage while coordinating with the New York core team.
* Own the Infrastructure & Security roadmap, deliver measurable improvements in uptime, compliance, and cost efficiency.
* Participate in Architecture Review Board and act as a trusted technical advisor to product and engineering teams.
**Key Responsibilities**
* Lead and mentor the cross‑functional DevOps team; set technical direction and ownership culture.
* Own and advance the Infrastructure & Security Roadmap, prioritize critical workloads, disaster recovery, SLOs, and security hardening.
* Transition unmanaged resources into IaC (Terraform, CDK/SST), create reusable modules, enforce code reviews, and change‑management processes.
* Design, operate, and optimize AWS services (ECS Fargate, ECR, RDS, ElastiCache, S3, ALB/CloudFront, WAF, Lambda, EventBridge, CloudWatch) and integrate Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud, Databricks, and Vercel where required.
* Modernize applications for resilience: code RPO/RTO targets, run disaster‑recovery drills, automate backups, and maintain runbooks.
* Standardize observability stack (Datadog, CloudWatch, Sentry, PagerDuty) and implement SLOs; manage humane on‑call rotations.
* Harden security posture: deploy and configure agent‑based tools (CrowdStrike, JIT), enforce least‑privilege IAM, secrets management, WAF rule optimization, and threat modeling.
* Conduct incident response, runpost‑mortems, and continuous improvement loops.
* Liaise with product, design, and legal teams to ensure operational compliance and alignment with business objectives.
**Required Skills**
* Senior/lead DevOps or SRE experience with proven mentorship record.
* Expert proficiency with Terraform (including resource import), CDK/SST, and IaC best practices.
* Deep AWS knowledge (ECS, RDS, ElastiCache, Lambda, ALB, WAF, S3, CloudFront, EventBridge, CloudWatch) and solid experience in production networking/ IAM.
* Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) and Docker/ECS or Kubernetes workflows.
* Advanced observability skills (Datadog, CloudWatch, Sentry, PagerDuty) and incident‑response expertise.
* Solid background in cloud security principles, configuration hardening, and threat modeling.
* Excellent prioritization, communication, and stakeholder‑management capabilities.
**Preferred Add‑Ons**
* Experience with GCP, Azure, Alibaba Cloud, Databricks, and Vercel.
* Familiarity with Next.js/Vercel delivery flows, SST/CDK, and web‑platform performance.
* VPN/zero‑trust networking knowledge (e.g., Tailscale) and perimeter hardening.
**Required Education & Certifications**
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
* AWS Certified Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer or comparable cloud certification strongly preferred.