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Beacon · 3 months ago

Head of DevOps Engineering

Jacksonville, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$250K/yr - $300K/yr

8+ years exp

Beacon Talent is a fast-scaling, technology-driven company focused on digital infrastructure and modern supply chain solutions. They are seeking a hands-on Head of DevOps Engineering to redefine their infrastructure and platform operations while mentoring a growing team.

Internet

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of repeatable, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) environments—governing over 90% of infra via Terraform and GitOps principles

Redesign and own artifact-based deployment pipelines enabling safe, self-service deployments using tools like ArgoCD, Helm, and Docker

Build multi-account, multi-region Kubernetes infrastructure leveraging EKS/ECS, with intelligent autoscaling (Karpenter, HPA) and containerized workloads

Lead cloud cost control initiatives, including SPOT instance utilization, rightsizing, tagging strategies, and architectural remediation—driving measurable efficiency gains (25%+ reduction)

Roll out comprehensive observability tooling—centralized logging, alerting, tracing—and establish actionable IR runbooks and downtime mitigation strategies

Mentor DevOps/SRE engineers, establishing a culture of speed, operational excellence, and continuous feedback

Collaborate with engineering and product teams to foster GitOps workflows and enable safe, low-trust deployments that reduce operational friction

Develop strategic roadmaps, author runbooks, and create reusable deployment patterns and documentation to scale DevOps practices across the organization

Qualification

DevOps experienceCI/CD systemsTerraformKubernetesCloud cost managementObservabilityMentorshipCommunication skills

Required

8+ years in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure roles—preferably in high-scale, cloud-native environments

Proven experience architecting robust CI/CD systems and infrastructure platforms, with an ops-focused mindset

Deep knowledge of Terraform (modular design), GitOps workflows, and infrastructure-as-code best practices

Extensive hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS/ECS), Helm, and autoscaling solutions such as Karpenter and HPA

Demonstrated success in optimizing cloud usage and spend at scale (e.g., AWS tagging, SPOT strategies, rightsizing)

Strong understanding of observability stacks, with experience building SLOs, SLIs, monitoring dashboards, and incident workflows

Strong ability to lead and mentor senior engineers while driving organizational best practices across multiple teams

Effective communicator able to distill complex technical systems to cross-functional stakeholders

Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous PTO and company-observed holidays

401(k) retirement plan with potential employer matching

FSAs and pre-tax commuter benefits

Access to wellness and mental health support programs

Company

Beacon

Beacon is the talent solution provider for the modern era, on a mission to change the way that companies hire.

Founded in 2018

Brooklyn, New York, USA

11-50 employees

https://www.beacontalent.io/

H1B Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2024 (1)

2022 (1)

Funding

Current Stage

Early Stage

Leadership Team

David Berk

Co-Founder & CEO

Juney H.

Co-founder & Executive Chairman

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