Lead DevOps Engineer
Scout Motors2 months ago
Base Salary
$160k - $193k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain the overall cloud infrastructure platform using infrastructure as code practices
- Build infrastructure with container orchestration such as EKS and Kubernetes
- Select managed cloud services that support platform engineering and software development goals
- Design and build CI/CD tools, automation, and secure software deployment practices
- Implement highly available, reliable, scalable, and performant cloud infrastructure
- Implement monitoring and logging solutions for proactive issue detection, troubleshooting, and analysis
- Collaborate with security, product management, development, systems integration, and QA teams
- Lead engineers in building and maintaining infrastructure, site reliability, and engineering productivity systems
- Own and contribute to Scout’s internal developer portal and developer experience
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- 12+ years of hands-on experience as a DevOps engineer, systems architect, or software engineer focused on platform systems
- Experience building automation with Python, Shell, Ruby, or similar languages
- Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Expertise with Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
- Experience with GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, Harness.io, and ArgoCD
- Expertise with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Expertise with Crossplane, Terraform, Pulumi, or CDK for infrastructure as code
- Experience designing and developing platform integrations, automations, and developer experiences using Rust, GoLang, Python, or Java
- Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, communication, collaboration, teaching, and coaching abilities
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and income protection insurance plans
- 401(k) with employer match and immediate vesting
- 20 days of planned PTO as accrued
- 40 hours of unplanned PTO annually
- 14 company or floating holidays annually
- Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- Paid bereavement, jury duty, voting, and military leave
- Full-time exempt position
- Based in Charlotte, North Carolina or Fremont, California
- Requires 4–5 days per week in the office with regular in-person meetings and occasional travel
Tech Stack
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About Scout Motors
Scout Motors designs and manufactures electric trucks and rugged SUVs for consumer drivers, reviving the historic Scout off‑road brand. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the company is building a manufacturing plant in Blythewood, South Carolina. Its lineup targets work and outdoor use, with both an all‑electric powertrain and a Harvester range‑extender option that integrates a gas generator for extended range.