Lead Infrastructure Engineer
The Judge Group
Other Engineering
Remote
Qualifications
Experience:
5–8+ years of experience building, operating, and optimizing production infrastructure, internal platforms, or DevOps systems in cloud environments.Leadership:
Minimum 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership role (Tech Lead, Staff Engineer, TLM, or equivalent), with a proven ability to lead projects, mentor engineers, and drive technical direction.Cloud Expertise:
Deep hands-on experience with major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including strong knowledge of compute, networking, storage, IAM, and managed services.Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
Strong proficiency in infrastructure automation using Terraform or similar frameworks, including designing and maintaining reusable, scalable modules.DevOps & CI/CD:
Extensive experience with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, release management, and modern DevOps practices at scale.Containers & Orchestration:
Practical experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, or equivalent platforms.Programming & Automation:
Ability to develop scripts and production-grade automation using languages such as Python, Go, Rust, Bash, TypeScript, or similar.Production Operations:
Proven experience managing production environments, including observability, alerting, incident response, runbooks, and continuous post-incident improvements.Cloud Security:
Strong understanding of security best practices, including IAM, network segmentation, secrets management, encryption, and secure configuration.Impact & Optimization:
Demonstrated success in improving developer productivity, cloud cost efficiency, system reliability, deployment safety, and operational maturity.Soft Skills:
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with strong prioritization and decision-making abilities in ambiguous environments, and the ability to align both technical and non-technical stakeholders.