DevOps Team Leader

Checkmarx is the enterprise application security leader and the host of Checkmarx One™ — the industry -leading cloud-native AppSec platform that helps enterprises build #DevSecTrust.

Description

Who are we?

Checkmarx is the leader in application security and ensures that enterprises worldwide can secure their application development from code to cloud. Our consolidated platform and services address the needs of enterprises by improving security and reducing TCO, while simultaneously building trust between AppSec, developers, and CISOs. At Checkmarx, we believe it's not just about finding risk, but remediating it across the entire application footprint and software supply chain with one seamless process for all relevant stakeholders.

We are honored to serve more than 1,800 customers, which includes 40 percent of all Fortune 100 companies including Siemens, Airbus, SalesForce, Stellantis, Adidas, Wal-Mart and Sanofi.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a passionate DevOps Team Lead that will be responsible for leading a team of DevOps engineers in supporting feature development across development teams, providing platform guidance and enablement, and maintaining Checkmarx's cloud-native application deployment in AWS/Kubernetes.

How will you make an impact?

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Lead, teach, and grow a team of DevOps engineers
• Partner closely with development teams to support feature development and provide DevOps expertise
• Provide platform guidance and enablement across the organization
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase the efficiency of the DevOps team
• Provide technical leadership to the DevOps team, including mentoring and coaching
• Work closely with the engineering teams to define infrastructure needs and provide them with DevOps support and training
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools using Python and other scripting languages
• Research and integrate new technologies into our stack
• Create and maintain technical documentation
• Manage, monitor, scale, and troubleshoot a distributed highly scalable, highly available, customer-facing software stack
• Mentor and coach others in the cloud and DevOps tools and practices

Requirements

What is needed to succeed?

Required qualifications:

• Experience with leading, mentoring, and developing a team
•  10+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or similar roles
• Strong coding and scripting skills.
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience of AWS Cloud services
• Experience in infrastructure troubleshooting practices using observability tools
• Competent experience with building automation tools such as IaC, Jenkins, CircleCI, jFrog, Terraform and similar
• Vast experience with K8s deployments, maintenance, and troubleshooting
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Team player, innovative and creative, able to see the "big picture" and take part in shaping the product

Desired qualifications:

• Experience developing internal tools and automation solutions
• Familiarity with additional programming languages (e.g., Go, Python, Bash)
• Experience with cost optimization and budgeting in cloud infrastructure
• Strong verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to participate in technical discussions confidently and effectively
• Experience with GitOps practices and tools such as ArgoCD

What we have to offer

Checkmarx offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, competitive compensation, great work-life balance, as well as great benefits and perks throughout the year. Checkmarx is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.