What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Team Lead position at Embrace Pet Insurance?
Brief Description
We’re seeking a DevOps Team Lead to own and optimize our GitHub, Azure, and Azure DevOps platforms in order to empower our development teams and drive high-quality, efficient releases. You will influence and execute the vision for our cloud architecture, champion best practices, and ensure our DevOps processes align with both business needs and industry standards.
Key Responsibilities
Benefits:
Embrace Pet Insurance is an equal-opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment. In accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Our hiring decisions are solely based on merit, qualifications, and the needs of the business. We are dedicated to ensuring a fair, reciprocal, and positive work experience for all employees, and we encourage applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. If you have any questions regarding our equal employment opportunity policy, please contact the Human Resources department or an appropriate representative within the company. Additionally, if you require reasonable accommodations during the application process or while working as an employee, please submit a written request to the Human Resources Department. We take our commitment to equal employment opportunity seriously and strive to create a respectful and inclusive work environment for all team members.
We’re seeking a DevOps Team Lead to own and optimize our GitHub, Azure, and Azure DevOps platforms in order to empower our development teams and drive high-quality, efficient releases. You will influence and execute the vision for our cloud architecture, champion best practices, and ensure our DevOps processes align with both business needs and industry standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Platform Ownership
- Serve as the go-to expert for GitHub and Azure DevOps, managing repositories, workflows, and automation.
- Oversee Azure Cloud architecture, including Infrastructure as Code (Bicep/Terraform) and Azure Landing Zones for scalability and security.
- Team Enablement
- Provide hands-on support and guidance to multiple development teams (covering .NET, Python, and front-end) to streamline deployments, troubleshoot issues, and encourage best practices.
- Collaborate with architects and product owners to incorporate DevOps principles into ongoing and future initiatives.
- Observability
- Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure system health, performance, and reliability.
- Establish best practices for centralized log analysis, metrics collection, and tracing to proactively detect and resolve issues.
- Promote a culture of data-driven decision-making using observability insights.
- Process Optimization
- Refine and maintain CI/CD pipelines, ensuring quick feedback loops, robust testing, and reliable deployments.
- Track and improve key DevOps metrics (like DORA), enabling continuous improvement across the organization.
- Leadership & Collaboration
- Mentor and develop a small team of DevOps engineers, promoting a culture of ownership, innovation, and learning.
- Engage with cross-functional stakeholders (Security, IT, QA) to align on standards, policy, and governance.
- 7 years in a DevOps or cloud engineering role, with at least 2-3 years of team leadership or mentorship experience.
- Proven expertise in Azure services, IaC tools (Bicep/Terraform), and containerization (Docker).
- Strong proficiency in GitHub and Azure DevOps administration, including CI/CD pipelines and repository management.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a history of supporting cross-functional teams.
- A passion for continuous improvement, cloud automation, and delivering high-quality software quickly and securely.
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Sentry, DataDog, etc…) and best practices.
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
- Work from home
Embrace Pet Insurance is an equal-opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment. In accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Our hiring decisions are solely based on merit, qualifications, and the needs of the business. We are dedicated to ensuring a fair, reciprocal, and positive work experience for all employees, and we encourage applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. If you have any questions regarding our equal employment opportunity policy, please contact the Human Resources department or an appropriate representative within the company. Additionally, if you require reasonable accommodations during the application process or while working as an employee, please submit a written request to the Human Resources Department. We take our commitment to equal employment opportunity seriously and strive to create a respectful and inclusive work environment for all team members.
