Lead DevOps Engineer/Sunnyvale, CA (Hybrid)- 6-12 months

Lead DevOps Engineer
Location: Sunnyvale, CA (Hybrid 3 days On-Site and 2 days Remote)


Job Description
Job Summary:
We're looking for a hands-on Lead DevOps Engineer to take ownership of our infrastructure and platform reliability in a fast-moving environment. You'll be joining a high-impact team responsible for building and operating scalable systems with minimal oversight. Ideal candidates thrive in environments where they wear multiple hats, think independently, and drive solutions from concept to production.


Responsibilities and duties


Lead infrastructure architecture, containerization, and deployment strategies using Kubernetes and modern DevOps tools.
Own cluster performance tuning, cost management, and capacity planning.
Design and maintain robust observability practices (monitoring, logging, alerting) to drive reliability and performance insights.
Ensure platform security through best practices and automated guardrails.
Champion Infrastructure as Code practices using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
Proactively debug and resolve complex systems issues involving infrastructure, networking, third-party integrations, and storage systems.
Partner closely with engineering teams to build developer-friendly CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
Set direction and mentor teammates as the technical leader of the DevOps discipline.

Skills and qualifications
Required skills and experience:


6+ years of hands-on DevOps experience, including recent leadership in infrastructure or platform engineering roles.
Deep expertise in Kubernetes (concepts, APIs, components), with real-world implementation experience.
Fluency in infrastructure-as-code tools and cloud-native deployment strategies.
Proficiency in scripting or coding (e.g., Python, Go, or similar).
Strong grasp of observability tooling and techniques (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog).
Proven troubleshooting chops - you're the person people call when "nothing makes sense."
Comfort in fast-paced environments with minimal structure - you're autonomous, pragmatic, and bias toward action.
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.