Lead DevOps Engineer

Vantage Data Centers

Cloud Engineer automating technology platforms for Vantage Data Centers. Delivering automation services and standardizing operations in a hybrid cloud environment.

Posted 5/9/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAzureChefCloudJavaJenkinsKubernetesLinux.NETOpenShiftPuppetPythonRubyTerraformVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Reduce the time it takes to provision infrastructure
Create runbooks, scripts, and unit tests to reduce manual labor on repetitive tasks
Work with the other IT teams to resolve how we can improve their existing workflows with the use of automation
Work across the organization to advise and influence improved cloud adoption and governance
Maintain, improve, and support the tools and platforms that are managed by the team
Author and maintain puppet roles and profiles to automate the configuration of our Windows and Linux servers
Influence reliable, efficient, scalable enterprise grade solutions across the organization
Share your knowledge and expertise with peers by documenting your work and leading and organizing brown bag sessions
Implement standard methodologies for systems automation and platform operations
Ensure the availability and security of the tools and platforms supported by the team

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor of Science degree in computer science, software development, information technology or equivalent experience required
7 years of hands-on experience as a DevOps, Cloud, or Platform engineer role is required; 8 to 12 years preferred
Strong, hands-on experience developing and administering tools such as Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Terraform
Consistent track record of building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI
Intermediate to advanced understanding of programming and scripting languages Ruby, Java, Python, Bash, .NET, and Powershell; with advanced ability to author and automate code quality standards
Ability to write idempotent declarative configuration management using Puppet, supported by a clear understanding of operating systems and applications present in the Vantage enterprise
Advanced understanding of secure coding practices, compliance as code, software attestation and signing
Advanced understanding of Terraform and ARM
Ability to use Chocolatey to build custom NuGet packages
Intermediate to advanced knowledge of VMWare VCF 9 components, vCenter, vSphere, and ability to codify Content Library, Aria Automations, Tanzu, and NSX
Advanced understanding of Azure networking, storage, compute, and serverless
Advanced knowledge of ELK stack, Kubernetes, Openshift
Intermediate knowledge of FluxCD, Helm
Intermediate knowledge of policy as code such as checkov, open policy agent
Advanced knowledge of cloud native design principles and best practices, and ability apply principles to hybrid cloud environment
Experience working with ITIL practices
Familiarity with regulatory compliance frameworks such as GDPR, PCI, SOX
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Ability to work independently and as a collaborative team member
Data Center industry experience is strongly preferred, but not required

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, and vision coverage
life and AD&D
short and long-term disability coverage
paid time off
employee assistance
participation in a 401k program that includes company match

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Hard Skills & Tools

PuppetAnsibleChefTerraformCI/CD pipelinesRubyJavaPythonBash.NETPowershell

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationdocumentationleadershiporganizational skills

Certifications

Bachelor of Science degree in computer scienceITIL practices