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.

Requirements:

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.