Job Title: Lead DevOps Engineer Location: Scottsdale, AZJob Type: Full TimeNo C2C or Third Parties. Must be local to U.S. Sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g. H-1B visa status) is not available.What we are looking for...Design Works Gaming is looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to join our Scottsdale team. We operate a hybrid infrastructure environment consisting of regulated on-premises and hosted systems alongside Azure-based frontend and non-production environments.
The ideal candidate is adaptable and comfortable operating across a diverse infrastructure stack, including both regulated on-premises systems and cloud-hosted environments. This role partners with software engineers, platform engineers, and IT operations to improve deployment workflows, infrastructure reliability, automation, and operational efficiency. Strong communication, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills are essential.
This role reports directly to the Director of Engineering and is structured as a senior individual contributor with a near-term opportunity to grow into a team lead, building and leading a DevOps team of up to three people as the function scales.
Your Role and Impact- Provide technical leadership across infrastructure and platform engineering initiatives, including defining standards, guiding architecture, and supporting engineering teams in adopting best practices
- Design, implement, and operate containerized infrastructure and orchestration platforms
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, including continuous testing and deployment automation
- Incorporate infrastructure and application security best practices across systems and deployment workflows
- Improve reliability, scalability, and operational consistency across hybrid infrastructure environments
- Build and maintain infrastructure tooling, deployment workflows, and CLI-based automation
- Support observability, uptime, and incident response processes using tools such as Pingdom and PagerDuty
- Participate in operational audits and support regulatory compliance initiatives
Requirements
Required Qualifications:- Proficiency with GitHub Actions and CI/CD pipeline development
- Proficiency in one or more scripting or automation languages such as Bash, PowerShell, Python, or Go
- Experience with infrastructure in Azure, VMware, or similar hosted/cloud environments
- Experience operating container orchestration platforms such as Nomad or Kubernetes
- Strong experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
- Experience with monitoring and incident response tooling
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible - strongly preferred for this role
- Knowledge of general programming languages, such as Javascript, C#, or comparable
- Experience with Windows/Linux virtual environments and VM management tools
- Experience with observability, monitoring, and logging platforms such as DataDog, Splunk, Elasticsearch, Grafana, or similar technologies
- Familiarity with regulated or compliance-driven environments
Why come work with us? Design Works Gaming Offers You!- Competitive Salary
- Hybrid work schedule
- Health, Dental & Vision insurance
- Complimentary snack and drink bar
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Gym membership reimbursement
- Fun company culture
- Short workdays on Fridays
- Covered parking
