DevOps Team Leader

Position Summary

The DevOps Team Leader is responsible for leading both Israel-based and offshore DevOps teams in Australia in the design, implementation, and maintenance of scalable, secure, and reliable CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure environments across cloud and on-premises deployments.

This role includes end-to-end management of Kubernetes-based production sites in Israel and Australia, ensuring high availability, stability, and observability of mission-critical environments.

The position combines strong hands-on technical expertise with leadership, mentoring, and operational ownership to drive continuous delivery, automation excellence, and infrastructure resilience.

Professional Experience

• Minimum 7 years of experience in DevOps roles, including at least 2 years in a team leadership position.
• Proven experience managing and coordinating distributed DevOps teams across multiple geographies (Israel and Australia).
• Hands-on leadership in hybrid DevOps operations spanning Azure Cloud and on-prem OpenShift environments.
• Experience in managing Kubernetes production clusters across multiple sites (Israel and Australia) including HA, DR, and monitoring.
• Proven experience defining and implementing DevOps strategy, standards, and best practices across development, QA, and production environments.
• Responsible for mentoring, task planning, and performance management of both local and offshore engineers.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and collaboration with development, QA, IT, and product management teams.

Technical Expertise

• Azure AKS (Kubernetes Service): Setup, scaling, HA, networking, security, monitoring, and production management.
• Red Hat OpenShift (On-Prem): Cluster management, namespace isolation, RBAC, image registry, and CI/CD integration.
• Kubernetes Production Operations: Managing multiple production sites (Israel and Australia) including lifecycle management, capacity planning, security hardening, upgrades, and observability.
• Azure DevOps: Pipelines, Boards, Artifacts, Repositories, and full build & release automation.
• ArgoCD: GitOps-based deployment management, App-of-Apps architecture, sync policies, and Helm chart management.
• JFrog Artifactory: Repository management for Docker, Helm, Maven, NPM, and version lifecycle control.
• Terraform – a must: Infrastructure as Code, modular template design, remote state management, and multi-environment provisioning.
• AWS (optional): EKS, EC2, S3, IAM, and cross-cloud CI/CD integration.
• Scripting: Advanced skills in Bash, PowerShell, or Python for automation and monitoring.
• Helm: Writing, maintaining, and templating Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments.
• Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK/EFK Stack for observability and troubleshooting.
• Security: Familiarity with TLS, secrets management, Azure Key Vault, RBAC, IAM, and secure CI/CD practices.

Troubleshooting & Operational Excellence

• Expertise in troubleshooting distributed systems and resolving production incidents across multiple Kubernetes sites.
• Skilled at identifying root causes and implementing preventive measures in CI/CD pipelines, clusters, and infrastructure layers.
• Proficiency in analyzing logs, metrics, and traces using Kibana, Grafana, and Prometheus.
• Lead incident response and problem management, coordinating between Israel and Australian teams to ensure timely resolution.
• Define and maintain runbooks, playbooks, and SLA-based operational workflows.
• Drive system reliability, performance optimization, and disaster recovery readiness across all production sites.

Optional – Security & Compliance

• Understanding of DevSecOps practices, vulnerability management, and secure pipeline design.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, NERC-CIP).
• Experience integrating SAST, DAST, and dependency scanning into CI/CD workflows.

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop DevOps teams in both Israel and Australia.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, combining strategic thinking with hands-on technical expertise.
• Excellent cross-cultural communication and collaboration skills across time zones.
• System-level thinking, accountability, and ownership of mission-critical infrastructure.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and fostering a culture of operational excellence.

Education

• B.Sc. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• M.Sc. or MBA in a technology or management field – an advantage.