[Remote] Lead DevOps Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. IT Labs is an international software tech company specializing in purpose and process-driven teams for high-performance innovation. They are seeking an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer to support a client transforming healthcare delivery through a technology-driven platform, leading a team to design and implement cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure
- Lead and manage a team of DevOps engineers — assigning tasks and ensuring best practices in deployment, monitoring, and security
- Define and enforce CI/CD processes and infrastructure automation standards using Terraform
- Own the implementation and governance of Landing Zones in both AWS and Azure
- Ensure HIPAA compliance and security policies are followed across all environments
- Drive adoption of observability tools like DataDog and establish logging standards
- Coordinate incident response and root cause analysis for infrastructure issues
- Build SLA frameworks for critical services and define strategies for auto-scaling, failure recovery, and disaster recovery
- Collaborate with stakeholders to align DevOps strategies with business needs
- Review and approve technical documentation produced by the team
Skills
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS and Azure cloud platforms
- Proven experience leading cloud workload and service migrations
- Deep expertise in Terraform and infrastructure as code
- Experience leading CI/CD practices across multiple environments
- Strong container orchestration skills — Kubernetes and Docker
- Knowledge of cloud cost optimization, governance frameworks, and tagging strategies
- Experience with secret management tools — AWS Secrets Manager and Azure Key Vault
- Proficiency with monitoring and observability solutions — Datadog, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor
- Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Solid understanding of HIPAA and ISO 27001 compliance requirements
- Experience implementing zero-trust security models
- Familiarity with Zscaler or similar network security platforms
- Experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouse platforms
Benefits
- Remote
- Full-time, 40h/week
- US-based — US citizenship is required
- Contract or B2B arrangement
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