Lead DevOps Engineer
Lead DevOps Engineer for a data product company, owning infrastructure and CI/CD on AWS.
Position Overview: We are looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to join our growing team. The DevOps Engineer will partner with application developers to automate and accelerate the testing, release, and deployment of applications into a runtime environment quickly and reliably while ensuring high availability and uptime. You will be responsible for working with a team to develop, optimize, and deliver cloud computing solutions, and development environments through the development life cycle.
ShyftLabs is a growing data product company founded in early 2020 and works primarily with Fortune 500 companies. We deliver digital solutions built to help accelerate the growth of businesses in various industries, by focusing on creating value through innovation.
) • Own the infrastructure-as-code strategy using Terraform, including module design, state management, and multi-environment provisioning • Drive cost optimization, security hardening, and architectural best practices across all environments (dev, staging, production) • Lead disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity planning for critical systems CI/CD & Automation • Architect and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions preferred) for build, test, and deployment automation across multiple services/teams • Build automation tooling and scripts using Python and Shell to eliminate manual operational work • Implement GitOps practices and policy-as-code for infrastructure changes (plan/apply gates, automated compliance checks) • Own release management processes, deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, rolling), and rollback procedures Source Control & Collaboration • Manage and enforce GitHub best practices — branching strategy, code review workflows, repo structure, access controls, and GitHub Actions workflows • Collaborate closely with development, QA, and security teams to embed DevOps practices into the SDLC Reliability & Security • Set up and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting (CloudWatch, Prometheus/Grafana, Datadog, or similar) • Lead incident response and root cause analysis for production issues; drive postmortems and long-term fixes • Implement and enforce security best practices — IAM least privilege, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, compliance guardrails Leadership & Mentorship • Lead and mentor a team of DevOps/Infrastructure engineers; conduct code/infra reviews and guide technical decision-making • Define and enforce infrastructure standards (tagging, naming conventions, module reuse, documentation) • Partner with engineering leadership on infrastructure roadmap, tooling decisions, and capacity planning • Own vendor/tool evaluations (build vs.
) • Familiarity with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet