Description
Company Overview
Opus is a global leader in the Automotive Technology Service industry, driven by a passion for innovation, environmental impact, and engineering excellence. Our mission is to make the world a cleaner and safer place by delivering highly effective solutions for Vehicle Inspection and Intelligent Vehicle Support. Through advanced technologies, strategic partnerships, and operational excellence, we help government and commercial organizations meet rigorous compliance and performance standards.
Job Purpose
We are seeking a highly motivated and technically proficient Lead DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in AWS to join our Engineering team. This role is critical to ensuring the performance, scalability, and security of our cloud-native platforms. The successful candidate will own and drive DevOps practices, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), CI/CD automation, cloud resource scaling, and operational excellence. You will work cross-functionally to align infrastructure operations with business goals, contributing directly to the quality, speed, and reliability of software delivery.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines, emphasizing repeatability, security, and efficiency.
- Lead efforts to scale and optimize AWS infrastructure services to meet application performance demands.
- Build and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Drive DevOps automation practices using scripting tools like Bash, Python, or PowerShell to eliminate manual tasks.
- Collaborate closely with software engineers and product teams to integrate infrastructure requirements early in the development lifecycle.
- Enhance system observability with monitoring and alerting using tools like CloudWatch, Datadog, or Prometheus.
- Ensure security best practices are implemented across cloud resources, CI/CD pipelines, and automation scripts.
- Participate in architecture design reviews, offering insight into scalability, performance, and fault tolerance.
- Oversee release management processes, ensuring compliance with production readiness standards.
- Mentor and guide junior DevOps engineers , promoting a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence.
- Coordinate incident response and root cause analysis for operational issues and ensure preventive measures are implemented.
- Support both Azure and AWS environments, with primary focus on AWS for core infrastructure and workloads.
- Contribute to capacity planning, cost management, and budget optimization strategies in the cloud.
- Document infrastructure configurations, deployment strategies, and operational procedures for long-term scalability.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in a DevOps Engineer role or similar position in software development and system administration.
- Expertise in AWS cloud services (e.g., EC2, S3, ECS, RDS, CloudFormation, Lambda, etc.).
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
- Strong scripting skills in languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
- Proven experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
- Deep understanding of networking, security, and performance optimization in cloud-native environments.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a proactive mindset.
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within cross-functional teams.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
About the company
A technology-driven, global leader in the Vehicle Inspection and Intelligent Vehicle Support markets.