DevOps/SRE Team Lead

Telestream

DevOps/SRE Team Lead driving reliability and scalability of video processing infrastructure at Telestream. Leading a team while managing Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudGoGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesPrometheusPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, deploy, and administer production Kubernetes clusters, including workload scheduling, namespace management, RBAC, network policies, and cluster upgrades
Design and maintain continuous integration/deployment pipelines to automate testing and deployment, including Kubernetes-native delivery workflows using Helm and ArgoCD or equivalent
Track software performance, fixing errors, troubleshooting systems, implement preventative measures to ensure smooth workflows
Implement and manage infrastructure.
Utilize Terraform or CloudFormation for IaC management
Optimize cloud resources by implementing cost-effective solutions
Collaborate with various teams to ensure smooth deployment
Monitor and create new processes based on performance analysis
Implement security best practices, including automated compliance checks and secure code deployment
Manage the technical roadmap, architecture while mentoring SRE and DevOps Engineers. (Player/Coach)
Hire, coach, and manage a team of DevOps engineers and Site Reliability Engineers.
Define DevOps/Platform roadmap aligned with business goals (e.g., cloud cost optimization, automation maturity).

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or equivalent
5-8+ years of experience in DevOps/SRE, with 2-3+ years in a leadership role.
Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent) with direct integration into Kubernetes deployment workflows
Production-level experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform required; CloudFormation or Pulumi a plus), including managing cloud-hosted Kubernetes clusters (EKS, GKE, or AKS)
Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tooling in Kubernetes environments (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK/EFK stack, or equivalent); ability to build dashboards and alerts from scratch, not just consume existing ones
Demonstrated, hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments: cluster administration, Helm chart authoring and management, RBAC configuration, persistent storage, horizontal/vertical pod autoscaling, and diagnosing and resolving real production failures (CrashLoopBackOff, OOMKilled, networking issues, etc.)
Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose infrastructure and application issues live, under pressure, without reference materials—this is evaluated directly in our interview process
Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Go, Bash, or PowerShell); ability to write and own automation scripts, not just modify existing ones

Benefits

Comp & perks

Day-one medical, dental & vision coverage
100% company-paid life + disability insurance
401(k) with a sweet company match (up to 8%)
Quarterly HSA boosts & flexible spending accounts
Flexible time off (salaried) or PTO (hourly) + generous paid holidays
Pet insurance (yes, your dog gets benefits too)
Legal plan + extras like accident & critical illness coverage

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Hard Skills & Tools

KubernetesCI/CD pipelinesTerraformCloudFormationHelmArgoCDmonitoringscripting languagesGitHub ActionsGitLab CI

Soft Skills

troubleshootingleadershipcollaborationmentoringcoachingproblem-solvingcommunicationorganizational skillsperformance analysisteam management