Lead Systems Engineer
We are seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to head our SRE team, collaborating closely with L2 and cross-functional teams to ensure production stability and drive improvements in DORA metrics.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation and governance of CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Jenkins across multiple teams
- Drive infrastructure and configuration automation with Ansible, ensuring reusable, standardized and secure automation practices
- Provide technical leadership and escalation support for complex Linux and Windows-hosted application platform issues in build and runtime environments
- Define and enforce DevOps standards, best practices and guardrails in collaboration with development, QA and security teams
- Oversee pipeline performance, reliability and scalability, proactively identifying risks and improvement opportunities
- Guide and review Azure and AKS-based deployments, ensuring alignment with organizational architecture and security standards
- Own release orchestration across environments, including planning, execution, approvals and post-release stabilization
- Mentor, coach and upskill junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, design reviews and knowledge sharing
- Act as the primary technical point of contact for DevOps-related initiatives and cross-team dependencies
- Communicate clearly with stakeholders across engineering, operations and management
Requirements
- 5+ years of working experience in systems engineering, DevOps or related fields
- Expertise in Linux and Windows administration, troubleshooting, performance tuning and process management
- Proficiency in managing services and automation on Linux-based systems and supporting hybrid environments
- Skills in Windows Server administration, scheduled tasks and integrations with CI/CD tools
- Advanced knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD ownership, release orchestration and environment strategy
- Strong understanding of DevOps principles, CI/CD maturity models and best practices
- Advanced competency in Azure DevOps and Jenkins, including designing and managing build and release pipelines, YAML pipelines, templates, variables, approvals, environments and artifacts
- Experience with integration of repositories, cloud platforms and deployment targets
- Advanced skills in designing and maintaining Jenkins pipelines, shared libraries, agents and pipeline optimization
- Advanced expertise in Ansible for designing and maintaining playbooks, roles and inventories, automating deployments and system configuration, and integrating with CI/CD pipelines
- Capability to troubleshoot playbook failures and optimize execution performance
- Background in Microsoft Azure and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including deploying and managing applications, supporting cloud infrastructure through automated CI/CD pipelines and understanding security and governance basics
- Strong analytical skills
- Upper-Intermediate English language proficiency (B2)
