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# DevOps Lead

- **Company:** TKO
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Business Systems, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Information Systems, Continuous Integration, Data Governance, DevOps, Information Technology Operations, Key Management, Release Management, Cloud Services, Copado, Salesforce.Com, Software Engineering, Datadog, Cloud Platform System, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Splunk, New Relic (SaaS)
- **Published:** October 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/83f67df1-c8d6-48f3-927d-1aacea90b079/devops-lead

## About the Role

* 6+ years in DevOps/DevSecOps, release engineering, and site reliability, including experience leading practices, standards, and teams.
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 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
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 * Hands-on expertise building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and environment/release management.
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 * Experience owning security operations: observability, monitoring and alerting, incident response, and reliability and scaling practices.
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 * Proficiency with DevOps and release-management tooling (e.g., Salesforce DevOps Center, Copado, Gearset, Git-based workflows, or similar).
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 * Experience with observability and monitoring platforms (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, New Relic, or similar).
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 * Demonstrated ability to facilitate collaboration across software development, security, and IT operations teams.
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 * Experience applying AI and automation to accelerate deployment, testing, and operational tasks.
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 * Strong understanding of security and compliance practices, including access control, secrets management, and data governance.
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 * Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills (written and verbal, for technical and non-technical audiences).
\n, * Background in QA strategy and test automation, including building automated test frameworks and embedding quality gates in the delivery lifecycle.
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 * Experience within the Salesforce ecosystem (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Data Cloud) and Salesforce-specific deployment and testing tooling.
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 * Relevant certifications (e.g., Salesforce DevOps/Platform certifications, AWS or Azure DevOps, Certified Kubernetes, or security certifications such as Security+ or CISSP).
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 * Experience with infrastructure-as-code and cloud platform operations (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
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 * Experience operating in regulated, high-availability, or high-traffic environments.
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 * Experience in live events, sports, hospitality, or media businesses.

## Description

TKO is seeking a DevOps Lead to own the deployment, release management, and security operations that keep our Salesforce and business-systems platforms reliable, secure, and fast to evolve. Reporting to the VP, Business Systems, this role establishes and continuously optimizes the frameworks for deployment, pipeline, and environment management; and owns security operations spanning observability, monitoring, incident response, and reliability and scaling. The DevOps Lead owns the engineering discipline, automation, and operational guardrails that make delivery safe, repeatable, and high-quality. The role serves as the connective tissue between software developers, security, and IT operations - streamlining workflows and introducing tooling and AI capabilities that accelerates deployments and strengthens security operations.