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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Lead DevOps Engineer - **Company:** Lumen Inc - **Location:** Vancouver, WA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $132,232.0 - $176,310.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** .NET Framework, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Linux, DevOps, Web Servers, Windows PowerShell, Cloud Services, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Virtualization Technology, Scripting, Google Cloud, Test-Driven Development (TDD), GitHub Copilot, Optimization Algorithms, Atlassian Tools, GXP, Jenkins, Microservices - **Published:** August 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.wayup.com/i-Information-Technology-and-Services-j-Senior-Lead-DevOps-Engineer-Lumen-156034135026057/ ## About the Role + Bachelor's Degree with 10+ years of experience or Master's Degree with 8+ years experience + 5 years overall professional software development experience + 3 years of scripting language development experience (BASH) + Familiar with all aspects of MV* frameworks. + Advanced Linux admin and programming skills. + Familiar with the whole web stack, including protocols and web server optimization techniques. + Experience with API integration and Micro Services and Containers + Experience deploying and managing production systems on a cloud infrastructure + Detailed understanding of networking at all layers. + Experience with good engineering practices (test driven development, continuous integration: Jenkins) + In-depth knowledge of cloud and virtualization technologies like Amazon Web + Familiar with concepts related to continuous integration and continuous deployment. + Experience with Powershell or Dotnet pipelines valuate but not required ## Description The Senior Lead DevOps Engineer will play a critical role in bringing strategic vision to life by building the platforms, processes, and automation capabilities that enable innovation to scale efficiently and reliably. This individual will lead the advancement of modern software delivery practices, designing and implementing digital pipelines that accelerate the path from development to deployment while maintaining high standards for quality, security, and operational performance. In this role, the Senior Lead DevOps Engineer will help shape and leverage emerging technologies to automate software deployment, optimize infrastructure lifecycle management, and deliver scalable solutions that support business growth. Collaborating across executive leadership, product management, engineering, and quality organizations, this individual will connect people, processes, and technology to address complex challenges and drive meaningful outcomes. In this position the Senior Lead DevOps Engineer will be able to establish scalable DevOps capabilities, enhance platform reliability, and enable faster delivery of business-critical solutions. The Senior Lead DevOps Engineer will serve as a technical leader and trusted partner, helping teams adopt best practices, improve operational resilience, and support the organization's long-term digital transformation objectives. Location This is a work from home position within the US. The Main Responsibilities + Apply a thorough understanding of deploying and managing application lifecycles to interpret customer business needs and processes. + Making data driven decisions to improve resilience,and service quality + Work with the development team to improve the system architecture. + Supportive and collaborative management ability in a team environment, as well as proven customer-facing management skills + Proven experience with CI/CD tools, such as Jira and Confluence + Detailed, hands-on experience with public cloud resources and services such as AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud + Knowledge on how to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in a test and product environments + Ability to identify, assess and integrate various open source technologies and cloud services + Analyse current technology utilized within the company and develop steps and processes to improve and expand upon them + Work under agile principles. + Work with AI development tools such as GitHub Copilot, agentic coding, Cursor, Claude Code and assist teams in adopting them + Assist other DevOps engineers in creating practical demonstrations of proposed solutions and demonstrating them to other members of the team + Mentor and train other DevOps engineers and seek to continually improve processes + Participate in internal meeting to review solution, all dependencies, actions and timelines. + Collaborate with other developers, testers, and system engineers to ensure quality product enhancements. + All other duties as assigned. ## Related Videos - [Seriously gaming your cloud expertise: from cloud tourist to cloud native](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/373-seriously-gaming-your-cloud-expertise-from-cloud-tourist-to-cloud-native) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Blueprints for Success: Steering a Global Data & AI Architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1577-blueprints-for-success-steering-a-global-data-ai-architecture) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [#90DaysOfDevOps - The DevOps Learning Journey](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/548-90daysofdevops-the-devops-learning-journey) - [My journey into DevOps world - How it all started!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/545-my-journey-into-devops-world-how-it-all-started) ## Related Articles - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers)