DevOps Engineering Lead

Job Title: Lead DevOps Engineer

Location: Columbus, OH

Position: Permanent / Fulltime

Project Overview:

· This role is within the 11-Delivery department, focusing on leading DevOps initiatives to streamline and optimize development pipelines through the adoption and implementation of cutting-edge CICD processes.

· The objective is to ensure seamless integration, effective deployments, and improved operational efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities:

· Platform architecture and lifecycle ownership: Own the architecture, upgrade cadence, and DR planning for the enterprise DevOps toolchain including quarterly upgrades with release plans, backout procedures, and test/prod promotion, plus documented DR runbooks and DR tests.

· Access and governance model design: Lead the redesign of role-based access across GitHub, Artifactory, and the security scanning tools.

· Artifact and repository management: Define repository structure, snapshot vs. release handling, and promotion processing.

· Security, compliance, and credential hygiene: Drive NERC-CIP compliance requirements for DevOps tools, enforce password rotation policy, manage LDAP/service account changes, and support audits and asset ownership tracking.

· Run organizational change management (pilots, training, communications), and manage license renewals, cost estimates, and vendor relationships.

· Proven expertise in DevOps methodologies with a minimum of 6 years of experience.

· Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools and frameworks.

Key Skills required

· total experience - 10 -12 years

· CI/CD and source control: GitHub Enterprise administration and automation of repo/project onboarding.

· Artifact and DevSecOps tooling: JFrog Artifactory/Xray, Coverity, Black Duck, and SRM, including vulnerability triage, remediation, and exception handling.

· Containers and infrastructure: OpenShift/Kubernetes, Docker, base images, and platform upgrades, migrations, backup, and DR planning.

· Scripting and automation: Python, PowerShell, shell, and YAML-driven configuration for admin tooling and remediation automation.

· Identity, security, and compliance: LDAP/AD, SSO, RBAC design, CyberArk/password rotation

· Architecture and leadership: Tool evaluation (POCs), integration design (Jira, ServiceNow, LeanIX), stakeholder management, change management, documentation, and vendor/license management.