Lead High Impact DevOps TransformationWe are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on DevOps Technical Lead to join our team and lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of scalable, secure, and high-performing AWS cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise across AWS services, Kubernetes (EKS), CloudFormation/Terraform, Security, Networking and modern CI/CD pipelines to drive operational excellence and automation across our environments. The candidate will lead a small team of direct reports.
What You'll do- Design, build, and maintain robust infrastructure on AWS using infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.
- Collaborate closely with development and QA teams to implement automated CI/CD pipelines for consistent, reliable deployments.
- Manage and scale Kubernetes (EKS) clusters to support containerized applications.
- Ensure infrastructure security by implementing IAM best practices, encryption protocols, and network hardening.
- Own the operational health, stability, and availability of customer-facing and internal digital platforms.
- Implement infrastructure monitoring and observability using tools such as Datadog, with a focus on performance tuning and proactive alerting.
- Implement patch management strategies for Linux environments to ensure compliance and security.
- Assist with customer support, both internal (developers, QA, architects) and external (other Hilti employees, customers).
- Guide, help and unblock internal and external DevOps engineers in their day-to-day tasks.
- Coordinate critical support activities like release deployment, production environment monitoring and development/architecture/QA cohort support to ensure system and environment health and performance.
- Be the subject matter expert on key areas of technology which the team leverages to deliver business results.
- Coach and mentor the DevOps team and ensure the value creation for customers and company.
- Be a role model and set examples - convey the company's values: integrity, courage, team spirit and commitment.
- Ensure consistent people development in terms of career path, skills and working methods.
- Assess and monitor performance of direct reports.
What You'll Bring- 5+ years of experience providing technical leadership within DevOps or Infrastructure teams, acting as a subject matter expert responsible for hands-on delivery, technical guidance, and operational strategy
- Strong expertise in CloudFormation/Terraform and infrastructure automation.
- Advanced knowledge of Networking concepts
- Proven hands-on experience with AWS core services (EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, RDS, ELB, etc.)
- Exposure to CDN configuration (e.g., Akamai, CloudFront) and content optimization strategies
- Production-level experience managing and operating Kubernetes clusters (preferably EKS)
- Solid understanding of CI/CD principles, including experience with platforms like GitLab or Jenkins
- Expertise in patch management strategies, including automated patching in EC2, EKS workloads, and Linux systems
- Proficiency in scripting (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation tasks
- Hands on experience with implementing security best practices in container images
- Experience with configuration management (e.g., Helm)
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across infrastructure, networking, and application layers
- CKS/CKA Certifications preferred
- AWS Certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer) preferred
What's In It for You In addition to a competitive base salary and bonus potential, we offer a robust benefits package including a generous paid time off policy that includes vacation, personal days, health & wellness, and 2 days per year to give back in your local community, paid family leave, educational reimbursement, 401(k) matching, medical/dental/vision coverage, and a variety of other benefits to fit the needs of our employees.
