Tech Lead Devops

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Tech Lead to guide and coordinate the work of two DevOps-focused teams responsible for building and maintaining modern cloud infrastructure and data platforms.

In this role, you will combine technical leadership, architecture oversight, and hands-on DevOps expertise to ensure scalable, secure, and reliable delivery pipelines. You will work closely with engineering, data, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions, while supporting teams in building and maintaining high-quality cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership for two DevOps teams working on cloud infrastructure, pipelines, and data platform components.

• Support engineers in designing scalable and maintainable cloud architectures.

• Guide teams in implementing best practices in DevOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.

• Ensure consistency of architecture, tooling, and development standards across teams.

DevOps & Cloud Engineering

• Design and oversee CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps.

• Build and maintain infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform, including services such as Google Cloud Run.

• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.

• Ensure reliable, automated deployment processes and maintain DevOps pipelines across environments.

• Support integration of authentication and identity services such as PingID and SSO solutions.

Architecture & Data Platforms

• Contribute to solution architecture decisions for cloud-native platforms and data-driven systems.

• Support the development of data pipelines and analytical environments, particularly in domains related to life sciences or bioinformatics.

• Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to ensure alignment between architecture and delivery.

Business & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with business analysts and stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions.

• Ensure clear communication between architecture, DevOps, and product teams.

• Facilitate technical discussions and support decision-making for complex technical challenges.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in a DevOps Engineer, DevOps Lead, or DevOps Tech Lead role.

• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform.

• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps.

• Advanced knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.

• Experience working with cloud-native services and container-based environments.

• Understanding of solution architecture principles.

• Experience working with authentication and identity management (SSO, PingID or similar tools).

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to lead technical discussions.

• Experience collaborating with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams.