{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"b5b044ee6a93444580e324b8","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b5b044ee6a93444580e324b8","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b5b044ee6a93444580e324b8","title":"Lead DevOps Engineer (Azure)","description":"This position is as a full time position supporting the financial services/payments space. Please apply only if you have relevant experience and have valid work authorization.What to expect in this roleWe are seeking a highly skilled Lead DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team. As the Lead DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for building, maintaining, and optimizing our CI/CD pipeline, automating infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible, and ensuring the reliability and scalability of our Kubernetes clusters in a multi-DC environment. 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