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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