Hybrid DevOps Team Lead

at Autofleet

• Job title: DevOps Team Lead
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel

About the role

• DevOps Team Lead responsible for cloud infrastructure and team management at a tech company in Israel. Driving strategic platform development and fostering teamwork within R&D.

Responsibilities

• **What You’ll Do**
• **Team Leadership & Management:**
• Manage, mentor, and coach the team, fostering a culture of ownership and technical excellence.
• Own the DevOps technical roadmap and prioritization roadmap, aligning goals with R&D strategy.
• Lead the team in designing and implementing scalable, highly available, and secure cloud infrastructure.
• **Strategic Platform Development:**
• Define and enforce standards for IaC, observability, security, and cloud cost optimization.
• Drive the evolution of our Kubernetes platform and production environments for scale, stability, and security.
• Oversee the development of self-service tooling and automation to enable engineering teams' autonomy.
• **Cross-Functional Partnership:**
• Act as the key technical representative, collaborating with engineering leadership and security to define and deliver solutions.
• Champion and drive the adoption of platform services and tooling across all R&D teams.
• Lead infrastructure incident response and post-mortem processes, focusing on long-term stability improvements.

Requirements

• **Experience & Technical Depth: **
• 6+ years in DevOps, including 2+ years in a leadership/Tech Lead role.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure for mission-critical production workloads.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), particularly Terraform, focusing on governance and scale.
• Strong background in designing and implementing complex CI/CD systems and developer tooling.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred), including networking, security, and cost management.
• **Leadership & Communication: **
• Proven ability to mentor, coach, and hire talented engineers.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical vision to all audiences.
• Strategic mindset, able to translate business needs into technical execution plans and manage delivery timelines.
• Highly self-motivated and organized, able to work independently in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.