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# Lead DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** American CyberSystems
- **Location:** Columbus, OH, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $133,120.0 - $143,520.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Data Centers, DevOps, Github, Gradle, JSON, Python (Programming Language), Apache Maven, OpenShift, Software Deployment, YAML, Delivery Pipeline, Mttr, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Devsecops, Microservices
- **Published:** July 18, 2026
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## About the Role

* GitHub Actions
 * Java builds experience (preferably Maven/Gradle)
 * Deployment tool experience (preferably Harness)
 * Python builds/CICD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery/Deployment)
 * Kubernetes/OCP
 * Should have worked in a large scale regulated industry and exposed to DevOps in those orgs.
 * Need to be aware of governance controls, audits, etc.

## Description

As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will work as a Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable, cloud native platforms that enable secure and efficient application delivery. This role focuses on Kubernetes and OpenShift platforms, GitOps driven CI/CD workflows, and automation across OCP, Azure and GCP. The ideal candidate is passionate about developer enablement, infrastructure as code, and building resilient, self-service platforms using modern automation and cloud technologies., * Hands on DevOps and platform engineering expert driving DevOps transformation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and GitOps based delivery models.

 * Designed and enabled end to end DevOps workflows, integrating infrastructure automation with CI/CD pipelines (GitOps / GitHub Actions) to support microservices deployment at scale.
 * Automated microservices deployments across Kubernetes and OCP environments, achieving 100% deployment automation using Harness, reducing manual errors, and significantly improving release speed and reliability.
 * Implemented GitOps workflows using declarative configurations and JSON/YAML based pipelines, ensuring consistency, repeatability, and auditability across environments.
 * Enabled cloud native platform delivery across Azure and GCP, aligning infrastructure, application deployment, and security controls through code.
 * Embedded DevSecOps practices, observability, and pipeline instrumentation to improve visibility into pipeline performance, failures, and operational trends, accelerating troubleshooting and reducing MTTR.
 * Developed automation and tooling using Python, integrating with CI/CD, infrastructure provisioning, and deployment workflows.
 * Established centralized version tracking and release visibility, improving governance, traceability, and consistency across global data centers and cloud platforms.
 * Strong collaborator focused on developer enablement, self-service platforms, and continuous delivery excellence through pragmatic, production grade engineering.


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