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You will shape and deliver the infrastructure behind our flagship product and supporting systems, balancing deep technical contributions with people leadership.\nThe ideal candidate brings Ansible subject-matter expertise with extensive molecule testing experience, proven DevOps leadership skills, and the ability to guide complex automation and deployment efforts with a focus on zero-downtime deployments.\nResponsibilities:\nLead infrastructure as code and release automation efforts for our core product and supporting components.\nMentor and guide team members, fostering both technical and professional growth.\nPartner with Product and Platform teams to align priorities, timelines, and deliverables.\nCollaborate with senior engineers to design scalable, secure, and reliable solutions.\nContribute to the code base and actively participate in code reviews.\nEnsure adherence to engineering standards and best practices.\nProvide tier 3 production support as necessary.\nCoordinate sprint planning, backlog refinement, and progress reporting.\nQualifications:\nUS Citizenship is required.\nStrong professional experience with infrastructure as code automation and testing framework automation, particularly Ansible and Molecule.\nProven experience in technical leadership within a DevOps engineering environment.\nIn-depth understanding of infrastructure design patterns, system architecture, and best practices.\nHands-on experience with scripting (Bash/Python), Terraform, AWS Deployments, and CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Docker, GitHub).\nAbility to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.\n\nPreferred:\nExperience leading hybrid or remote teams.\nFamiliarity with networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs), as well as SD-WAN, and network encryption.\nExposure to observability best practices (monitoring, logging, alerting).\nPrior experience delivering solutions for government programs or contracts.\n\nSuccess in the First 90 Days\nDemonstrate a clear understanding of team priorities, blockers, and delivery targets.\nBuild strong relationships with platform and product engineering leadership.\nGuide the team to deliver at least one complete feature aligned with business priorities.\nEstablish a reputation for strong technical insight and effective cross-team collaboration.\n\nWhy Join Us\nAt Ntrepid, you’ll have the chance to shape the future of our core product and influence the way we build and deliver technology. 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