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DevOps Lead

Lumen

Lumen

Software Engineering
Posted on Aug 15, 2025

DevOps Lead

We are looking for a DevOps Lead to join our R&D team and help shape the future of metabolic health by building the scalable infrastructure powering Lumen’s globally used devices and apps.

If you are an experienced DevOps professional with strong leadership skills, passionate about making an impact, and excited about working in dynamic, production-scale environments - This might be the role for you.

As a DevOps Lead at Lumen, you will lead our DevOps team of professionals, guiding the design, development, deployment, and monitoring of our infrastructure and products. You will play a crucial role in building robust, scalable systems, ensuring production stability, and implementing best practices.

Our ideal candidate is a strong people leader with deep technical expertise in Kubernetes and cloud environments, thrives in collaborative settings, and continuously seeks to improve technology and processes.

Responsibilities

  • Grow and guide a high-performing DevOps team, fostering technical excellence and collaboration
  • Partner with product and engineering teams to deliver resilient, high-performing features at scale
  • Drive the design, implementation, and maintenance of monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alertmanager)
  • Secure, scale, and manage our production cloud environments
  • Establish and promote best practices in infrastructure, observability, configuration management, and system hardening
  • Continuously assess and enhance our infrastructure in line with industry standards and emerging technologies
  • Lead ongoing cloud cost optimization efforts, ensuring infrastructure efficiency
  • Manage and improve CI/CD pipelines for fast, safe, and reliable delivery

What We're Looking For

  • At least 3 years of experience leading a DevOps team in a production environment
  • 8+ years of hands-on DevOps engineering experience or similar software engineering role
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams
  • Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving mindset
  • Proven expertise in Kubernetes in production-scale environments
  • Strong experience with Docker, Terraform, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP)
  • Solid scripting skills in Python and Bash
  • BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Experience with ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) and automated testing – strong advantage

If you want to build the infrastructure that powers the future of metabolic health, we’d love to meet you.

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