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Our client, an established digital engineering consultancy, is seeking a visionary Head of DevOps Practice to lead, scale, and grow a next-generation cloud solutions practice. This is a rare opportunity for a technology leader with an entrepreneurial mindset to build and own a new practice area — earning equity as the business grows, with path to partnership and potential exit opportunities in the next 18–24 months.
Key Responsibilities
Must-Have Skills & Experience
Preferred Technical Experience
Why This Role
This role is ideal for a hands-on DevOps leader ready to take an entrepreneurial leap — combining technical depth with business acumen. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a new practice, earn equity, and build long-term enterprise value alongside an experienced leadership team.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Kinect is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Senior DevOps Engineer (Remote)
111 South Jackson Street Seattle, WA 98104 US
Posted: 10/24/2025
2025-10-24
2026-02-15
Employment Type:
Direct Hire
Skill Set: Engineering
Job Number: 2844
Pay Range: $150,000 to $160,000/ Annually
Job Description
Our client, an established digital engineering consultancy, is seeking a visionary Head of DevOps Practice to lead, scale, and grow a next-generation cloud solutions practice. This is a rare opportunity for a technology leader with an entrepreneurial mindset to build and own a new practice area — earning equity as the business grows, with path to partnership and potential exit opportunities in the next 18–24 months.
Key Responsibilities
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Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing DevOps Engineering Team delivering secure, scalable cloud environments.
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Design and execute a strategic roadmap for expanding cloud and DevOps service offerings.
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Partner with executive leadership to develop client relationships, shape new business opportunities, and drive growth.
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Architect and manage modern AWS-based infrastructure, emphasizing automation, performance, and security.
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Define and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD best practices.
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Oversee testing, deployment, and monitoring frameworks to ensure uptime, resilience, and scalability.
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Promote a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement across teams.
Must-Have Skills & Experience
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AWS expertise with strong knowledge of the Amazon Partner Network (APN).
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Experience with Kubernetes and Docker environments (preferred but not required).
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Entrepreneurial mindset — driven to build, scale, and lead a practice with equity participation.
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Excellent communication and consultative skills for both technical and executive audiences.
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Proven success leading DevOps or Cloud Engineering teams delivering enterprise-grade solutions.
Preferred Technical Experience
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Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
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CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline)
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AWS services: EC2, Lambda, ECS/ECR, RDS, S3, CloudFront, IAM, Route53
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Monitoring tools (DataDog, New Relic, CloudWatch)
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Strong grasp of automation, security, and reliability engineering principles
Why This Role
This role is ideal for a hands-on DevOps leader ready to take an entrepreneurial leap — combining technical depth with business acumen. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a new practice, earn equity, and build long-term enterprise value alongside an experienced leadership team.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Kinect is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
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