Motion Recruitment
Overview
Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. A rapidly growing, award-winning cybersecurity company is seeking a hands-on
DevOps Team Leader
to join its engineering organization. In this role, you’ll take charge of the deployment, orchestration, and secure operations of advanced identity and security solutions. This is a hybrid position, requiring three days per week in-office, based in Dallas Texas. This is a player-coach opportunity: you’ll lead a global DevOps team while remaining deeply involved in technical delivery and the ongoing development of the company’s DevOps strategy. The role blends leadership, mentorship, and hands-on engineering. Seniority level:
Mid-Senior level Employment type:
Full-time Posted By:
Carter Smith
Responsibilities
Lead design and optimization of build and release pipelines.
Conduct 1:1s, performance reviews, and support team development.
Architect cloud deployment strategies focused on performance and cost-efficiency.
Review infrastructure code, pipelines, and documentation to ensure best practices.
Train teams in Azure DevOps, Git workflows, and DevOps methodologies.
Champion DevOps principles across engineering and IT.
Collaborate with Infrastructure and Security teams on deployment and support.
Create and maintain documentation for operational clarity and consistency.
Represent the DevOps team in cross-functional meetings and strategic planning.
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure & Cloud Operations
Design and manage Microsoft Azure infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt.
Operate and maintain AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) clusters with Istio.
Oversee Azure resources (networking, Key Vault, Blob Storage, CosmosDB).
Manage and configure OpenSearch clusters for logging and data indexing.
DevOps & Automation
Lead CI/CD pipeline development using Azure DevOps.
Maintain GitOps workflows with ArgoCD.
Develop and maintain automation scripts (primarily Bash).
Security & Compliance
Implement Zero Trust architecture using Azure PIM and RBAC.
Configure and manage Web Application Firewalls (WAFs).
Monitoring & Reliability
Deploy observability tools: OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitor, Application Insights.
Define and maintain SLAs, SLOs, and error budgets.
Required Qualifications
5+ years of experience in DevOps or SRE roles in cloud-native or SaaS environments.
2+ years of team leadership experience, including direct people management.
Deep experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure and services.
Hands-on expertise in:
Terraform, Terragrunt
Kubernetes (AKS), Helm
Istio service mesh
ArgoCD and GitOps workflows
CI/CD using Azure DevOps
Zero Trust security (PIM, RBAC)
Monitoring/Observability: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor
Bash scripting, with working knowledge of Python or Go
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Kafka or other event-driven systems.
Expertise in OpenSearch or Elasticsearch.
Strong understanding of CosmosDB performance tuning.
Familiarity with Azure services such as API Management, Logic Apps, etc.
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Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. A rapidly growing, award-winning cybersecurity company is seeking a hands-on
DevOps Team Leader
to join its engineering organization. In this role, you’ll take charge of the deployment, orchestration, and secure operations of advanced identity and security solutions. This is a hybrid position, requiring three days per week in-office, based in Dallas Texas. This is a player-coach opportunity: you’ll lead a global DevOps team while remaining deeply involved in technical delivery and the ongoing development of the company’s DevOps strategy. The role blends leadership, mentorship, and hands-on engineering. Seniority level:
Mid-Senior level Employment type:
Full-time Posted By:
Carter Smith
Responsibilities
Lead design and optimization of build and release pipelines.
Conduct 1:1s, performance reviews, and support team development.
Architect cloud deployment strategies focused on performance and cost-efficiency.
Review infrastructure code, pipelines, and documentation to ensure best practices.
Train teams in Azure DevOps, Git workflows, and DevOps methodologies.
Champion DevOps principles across engineering and IT.
Collaborate with Infrastructure and Security teams on deployment and support.
Create and maintain documentation for operational clarity and consistency.
Represent the DevOps team in cross-functional meetings and strategic planning.
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure & Cloud Operations
Design and manage Microsoft Azure infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt.
Operate and maintain AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) clusters with Istio.
Oversee Azure resources (networking, Key Vault, Blob Storage, CosmosDB).
Manage and configure OpenSearch clusters for logging and data indexing.
DevOps & Automation
Lead CI/CD pipeline development using Azure DevOps.
Maintain GitOps workflows with ArgoCD.
Develop and maintain automation scripts (primarily Bash).
Security & Compliance
Implement Zero Trust architecture using Azure PIM and RBAC.
Configure and manage Web Application Firewalls (WAFs).
Monitoring & Reliability
Deploy observability tools: OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitor, Application Insights.
Define and maintain SLAs, SLOs, and error budgets.
Required Qualifications
5+ years of experience in DevOps or SRE roles in cloud-native or SaaS environments.
2+ years of team leadership experience, including direct people management.
Deep experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure and services.
Hands-on expertise in:
Terraform, Terragrunt
Kubernetes (AKS), Helm
Istio service mesh
ArgoCD and GitOps workflows
CI/CD using Azure DevOps
Zero Trust security (PIM, RBAC)
Monitoring/Observability: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor
Bash scripting, with working knowledge of Python or Go
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Kafka or other event-driven systems.
Expertise in OpenSearch or Elasticsearch.
Strong understanding of CosmosDB performance tuning.
Familiarity with Azure services such as API Management, Logic Apps, etc.
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Motion Recruitment by 2x
Get notified about new DevOps Engineer jobs in
Addison, TX .
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