Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer

Summary

Join Halcyon as our Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer and take technical ownership of our cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices. This senior individual contributor role blends hands-on engineering with functional leadership. You will design resilient systems, scale infrastructure, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams. You will set the technical direction for infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, and automation. This role requires deep experience with AWS and infrastructure-as-code tools. Halcyon offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including comprehensive healthcare, 401k, disability coverage, flexible PTO, parental leave, and a generous equity offering.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure and DevOps engineering, with 2+ years leading technically (as a tech lead, principal, or architect)
• Deep experience with AWS and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform preferred)
• Proficient with Kubernetes and deployment tooling such as Helm
• You know CI/CD inside and out— GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins , whatever gets the job done
• You can script in Python , Bash , or something similar
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus , Grafana , CloudWatch , Datadog , or ELK/OpenSearch
• Strong understanding of cloud security practices: IAM , encryption, secure network design, compliance
• Proven ability to mentor , lead technical initiatives , and drive strategic outcomes
• Solid understanding of systems performance and reliability, with experience improving deployment reliability and infrastructure scalability
• Comfortable working in a polyglot environment (e.g., Scala, C#, Python)
• You’ve got strong opinions on infrastructure—and the humility to evolve them
• You care about security, performance, and doing things the right way
• You’re collaborative, curious, and not afraid to get in the weeds

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, and automation within the DevOps function
• Architect and maintain scalable, secure infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, Kubernetes, and related tooling
• Own and improve CI/CD workflows, enabling fast and reliable deployments across teams
• Mentor and support DevOps engineers, fostering autonomy, quality, and professional growth
• Define and track operational metrics, including deployment success rate, infrastructure cost, scaling efficiency, and recovery time
• Drive incident readiness and response, ensuring strong observability and alerting across systems
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align infrastructure goals with broader product and platform objectives

Preferred Qualifications

• You’ve worked with Kafka, Postgres, DynamoDB, or OpenSearch
• You’ve designed for multi-region, high-availability environments
• You’ve played with service mesh tools like Istio
• AWS certifications? Cool, but not required

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents
• 401k plan with a generous employer contribution
• Short and long-term disability coverage, basic life and AD&D insurance plans
• Medical and dependent care FSA options
• Flexible PTO policy
• Parental leave
• Generous equity offering