> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/2831923-devops-lead](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/2831923-devops-lead). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md).

---

# Devops Lead

- **Company:** Allianz Group
- **Location:** Barcelona, Spain
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Software Tools, Datadog, GitHub Copilot, DevOps Tools - Open-source, Kubernetes, Cloud Optimization, Terraform
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.buscojobs.com.es/devops-lead-m-f-d-en-barcelona-ID-369958134

## About the Role

You drive governance, tooling, and KPI dashboards to support reliable releases, observability, and cost management.
You will partner with team Principal DevOps Engineers to execute program-wide standards locally, while championing AI-assisted tooling and security governance within Allianz's Risk Shield/ARS framework.
You'll lead incident response, disaster recovery, and release governance at scale to enable secure, high-velocity delivery.Compensaciones / Beneficios - Define and own the end-to-end DevOps strategy across teams; standardize tooling andalign team practices - Own DevOps governance within Allianz's risk framework (Risk Shield/ARS) including access lifecycle and DR testing - Define program-wide CI/CD standards and environment strategy across dev/test/staging/prod - Own observability strategy, including dashboards, alerts, capacity planning and cost monitoring - Define and manage KPI framework, dashboards, SLAs, and program health reporting - Lead end-to-end incident management for production issues with cross-team coordination - Own disaster recovery scope, targets (RTO/RPO) and DR testing cadence across layers - Oversee release and change governance with standardized deployment windows, rollback strategies - Promote AI-assisted DevOps practices across workflows (e.G., GitHub
Copilot, Claude Code)Responsabilidades - 8+ years in DevOps/SRE/Platform Engineering - at least 3 years leading DevOps strategy and governance across multiple teams - experience with incident management and disaster recovery at scale - cross-team leadership and stakeholder management across distributed teams - hands-on with observability tooling, capacity planning, and cloud cost management (FinOps) - strong knowledge of CI/CD, GitOps and environment management across multiple environments - experience standardizing DevOps tooling across diverse stacks; Kubernetes and IaC (Terraform or equivalent) - security governance familiarity related to DevOps (threat modeling, access lifecycle, control compliance) - proficiency in English; experience with AI-assisted engineering tools is a plusRequisitos principales - hybrid work model - bonus scheme - pension - employee shares program - career development and international mobility - health and wellbeing benefits

## Description

Experteer Overview In this role, you will own and unify the end-to-end DevOps strategy across multiple teams, aligning practices into a single program-wide standard.You drive governance, tooling, and KPI dashboards to support reliable releases, observability, and cost management.You will partner with team Principal DevOps Engineers to execute program-wide standards locally, while championing AI-assisted tooling and security governance within Allianz's Risk Shield/ARS framework.You'll lead incident response, disaster recovery, and release governance at scale to enable secure, high-velocity delivery.Compensaciones / Beneficios - Define and own the end-to-end DevOps strategy across teams; standardize tooling andalign team practices - Own DevOps governance within Allianz's risk framework (Risk Shield/ARS) including access lifecycle and DR testing - Define program-wide CI/CD standards and environment strategy across dev/test/staging/prod - Own observability strategy, including dashboards, alerts, capacity planning and cost monitoring - Define and manage KPI framework, dashboards, SLAs, and program health reporting - Lead end-to-end incident management for production issues with cross-team coordination - Own disaster recovery scope, targets (RTO/RPO) and DR testing cadence across layers - Oversee release and change governance with standardized deployment windows, rollback strategies - Promote AI-assisted DevOps practices across workflows (e.G., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code)Responsabilidades - 8+ years in DevOps/SRE/Platform Engineering - at least 3 years leading DevOps strategy and governance across multiple teams - experience with incident management and disaster recovery at scale - cross-team leadership and stakeholder management across distributed teams - hands-on with observability tooling, capacity planning, and cloud cost management (FinOps) - strong knowledge of CI/CD, GitOps and environment management across multiple environments - experience standardizing DevOps tooling across diverse stacks; Kubernetes and IaC (Terraform or equivalent) - security governance familiarity related to DevOps (threat modeling, access lifecycle, control compliance) - proficiency in English; experience with AI-assisted engineering tools is a plusRequisitos principales - hybrid work model - bonus scheme - pension - employee shares program - career development and international mobility - health and wellbeing benefits


## Related Videos

- [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)
- [We adopted DevOps and are Cloud-native, Now What?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/485-we-adopted-devops-and-are-cloud-native-now-what)
- [Infrastructure as Code: The Developer's Secret Weapon](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1221-infrastructure-as-code-the-developer-s-secret-weapon)
- [Debugging in the Dark](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1658-debugging-in-the-dark)
- [Implementing Feature Environments with AWS and Terraform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/531-implementing-feature-environments-with-aws-and-terraform)
- [Software Engineering Social Connection: Yubo’s lean approach to scaling an 80M-user infrastructure](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1583-software-engineering-social-connection-yubo-s-lean-approach-to-scaling-an-80m-user-infrastructure)

## Related Articles

- [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries)
- [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift)
- [DevOps Engineer Salary [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/203-devops-engineer-salary-2023)
- [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline)
- [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market)
- [The Biggest German Tech Companies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/424-the-biggest-german-tech-companies)