- Company Name
- Thomson Reuters
- Job Title
- Lead DevOps Engineer, CoCounsel for Government
- Job Description
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Job title: Lead DevOps Engineer – CoCounsel for Government
Role Summary:
Senior DevOps leader who defines and sustains scalable, secure, and compliant cloud architectures for government clients. Drives technical strategy, mentors engineers, and oversees CI/CD, automation, and incident response in regulated environments.
Expectations:
- 6+ years of DevOps/SRE leadership in enterprise or regulated settings.
- Proven track record delivering cloud‑native, container‑based solutions with AWS (preferred), GCP, or Azure.
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform, etc.) and Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS).
- Strong Python development capability, including static typing practices.
- Deep security knowledge: encryption, IAM, secrets management, compliance with government regulations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable system architectures on AWS GovCloud or equivalent environments.
- Lead CI/CD pipeline development and maintenance, ensuring security, compliance, and reliable deployments.
- Create production‑grade Python automation tools and backend services.
- Mentor and coach engineers, conduct code reviews, and establish best practices.
- Champion DevOps methodologies, fostering continuous improvement and collaboration.
- Lead incident response, root‑cause analysis, and post‑mortem processes.
- Manage observability with APM and monitoring tools (Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana).
- Collaborate with product, security, and compliance teams to align DevOps priorities with business goals.
Required Skills:
- Cloud: AWS (preferred) – EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS, CloudFormation; or GCP/Azure equivalents.
- Container orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS).
- IaC: CloudFormation, Terraform.
- CI/CD: Advanced automation, blue/green, canary, rollback mechanisms.
- Programming: Python (production‑grade, typed).
- Security: Encryption, IAM, Secrets Manager, security automation, government compliance.
- Observability: Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana.
- Leadership: Technical mentorship, code review, cross‑functional communication.
Required Education & Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Relevant certifications highly valued:
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or similar
- Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer (Google) or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
- Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or Cloud Security Professional are a plus.