Lead DevOps Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Thu, Apr 02, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
A company is looking for a Lead DevOps / Platform Engineer specializing in Kafka and OpenSearch.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, deploy, and operate Kafka and OpenSearch clusters for large-scale workloads
- Define scaling patterns, data retention, and disaster recovery across environments
- Lead the adoption of automation tools and design CI/CD workflows for streaming and search services
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform, or SRE roles with distributed data services
- Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and CI/CD automation
- Deep knowledge of Kafka, OpenSearch, and large-scale data platforms
- Proficiency with Python, Bash, and automation frameworks
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