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# Lead DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** IDR, Inc.
- **Location:** Brentwood, TN, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $124,800.0 - $145,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Github, Python (Programming Language), Reliability Engineering, Scripting, System Availability, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform
- **Published:** October 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/lead-devops-engineer-brentwood-tn--49a42083-bf61-4029-b970-c6e7eb230623

## About the Role

DevOps, Technical Leadership, DevOps, Automation, Cloud Computing, Reliability Engineering, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Operational Improvement, High Availability, * 8+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, SRE, or related roles, including leading technical initiatives

 * Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure in large-scale production environments (including AKS)
 * Proven ability to design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and GitHub Actions (including standardized/reusable pipelines)
 * Strong Kubernetes troubleshooting skills (scaling, networking, configuration, deployments) and experience with Helm and container technologies
 * Experience with infrastructure automation using Terraform and scripting (Bash and/or Python)

## Description

IDR is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to join one of our top clients for an opportunity in Brentwood, TN. In this role, you'll provide technical leadership across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and CI/CD to help scale and modernize a high-traffic digital commerce platform. You'll partner closely with engineering, security, and operations teams to improve deployment reliability, automation, and overall production stability., * Lead the design, buildout, and support of highly available cloud infrastructure and deployment platforms in Microsoft Azure

 * Own and standardize CI/CD pipelines (including reusable/shared workflows) to improve consistency and speed of delivery
 * Support and optimize Kubernetes (AKS) environments, including deployments, ingress, autoscaling, and production troubleshooting
 * Drive root-cause analysis across application, infrastructure, networking, and security layers to resolve complex production issues
 * Improve operational efficiency by automating manual processes with infrastructure-as-code and scripting