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DevOps Lead

KPI Solutions
1 hour ago
Contract
Ohio
United States
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionJob Opportunity: DevOps Lead (Contract-to-Hire) with KPI Solutions in Cincinnati, OH

Build a Modern, Automated Delivery PlatformHybrid (Onsite Mon-Wed, Remote Thu-Fri) 6 month Contract to Hire Own the pipelines. Own the platform. Help us take delivery from "works" to "world-class."

As our DevOps Lead, you'll work at the intersection of architecture, automation, and operations. You'll partner with an EMEA DevOps team member to make Level 2-4 support predictable and scalable, while leading the next wave of platform initiatives-containerization, deployment-tool POCs, and clear architectural direction that gets implemented (not parked).

What you'll build: automated CI/CD with no manual deploys, reproducible IaC-driven environments, production-grade Kubernetes operations, actionable observability (metrics/logs/traces), and SOC 2-ready security practices baked into the workflow.

Contract-to-hire: This role starts as a 6 month contract with the opportunity to convert to full time.

What You'll Do

  • Build and run fully automated CI/CD (no manual deploys), with consistent versioning and release governance aligned to the Opto-parent model.
  • Partner across time zones with EMEA to make Level 2-4 support reliable-runbooks, on-call readiness, incident response, and root-cause follow-through.
  • Lead containerization and Kubernetes operations with hands-on capability (debugging, scaling, resilience patterns).
  • Standardize IaC and environment management: reproducible environments, parity across dev/test/prod, on-demand spin-up, and tight config/secrets control.
  • Ship actionable observability (metrics, logs, traces) and drive improvements in uptime and mean time to recovery.
  • Run POCs for deployment and platform tooling, translate learnings into clear standards, and ensure smooth flowdown into implementation.
  • Bake in security-by-default: secrets management, SAST/DAST, and access controls supporting SOC 2 readiness.
  • Improve developer experience through internal platform patterns and "golden paths," plus mentoring and pragmatic standards.

What We're Looking For

  • DevOps experience owning production delivery and operations (you're accountable for outcomes, not just tickets).
  • CI/CD automation end-to-end (no manual deploys) with disciplined versioning and releases.
  • Containers/Kubernetes in production (debugging, scaling, reliability).
  • IaC + env management (reproducible environments, parity, on-demand spin-up, config & secrets control).
  • Observability: metrics + logs + traces you can act on.
  • Security: secrets management, SAST/DAST, and access control (SOC 2-ready).
  • Strong Git workflows and a bias toward automation.
  • Comfortable collaborating across time zones (incl. EMEA) and leading incident response through root cause.

Nice to Haves

If you bring many of the must-haves and are excited to learn the rest, we'd still love to hear from you.

  • SRE practices (SLOs/SLIs, error budgets), plus reliability tooling.
  • Cost optimization and performance testing integrated into delivery.
  • Platform/architecture: internal developer platform "golden paths," multi-region/HA, advanced networking (ingress/service mesh), and AI-assisted ops.

Why Join KPI Solutions?

  • High ownership, high impact: you'll set standards and build the platform other engineers ship on.
  • Modernization work: containerization, automation, observability, and security improvements that matter in production.
  • Cross-regional collaboration: partner closely with our EMEA DevOps teammate to build repeatable operations.
  • Hybrid flexibility: onsite Mon-Wed, remote Thu-Fri.

Ready to Apply?

Apply if you're excited to own automation, reliability, and secure delivery-and to turn POCs into production improvements.

KPI Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO/M/F/D/V).

No third party applications, please.