Thomson Reuters · 3 days ago
Lead DevOps Engineer, CoCounsel for Government
Eagan, MN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$118K/yr - $220K/yr
6+ years expThomson Reuters is committed to empowering professionals with the insights and tools they need to make informed decisions. They are seeking an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer to set the technical direction for their CoCounsel for Government team, focusing on maintaining robust system architectures and ensuring secure, scalable solutions for government clients.
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Hiring Manager
Lukas Pasvianskas
Responsibilities
Define and maintain scalable system architectures leveraging AWS (preferred) or any major cloud provider (GCP/Azure) (with an emphasis on CloudFormation or equivalent Infrastructure as a Code technology), container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS), serverless (Lambda, ECS, App service, cloud run), compute (EC2, virtual machines) etc.)
Collaborate with the Engineering Manager to align DevOps priorities and practices with business and product goals
Write and review production-grade Python code for automation, tooling, and backend services, applying best practices and a strong appreciation for static typing
Oversee CI/CD pipelines, ensuring security, compliance, and reliable deployments in AWS GovCloud or other AWS environments
Guide and mentor engineers at all levels, providing code reviews and technical coaching to foster growth and excellence across the team
Champion DevOps methodologies within the team, driving a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and proactive problem-solving
Lead and participate in incident response and root cause analysis, ensuring lessons learned are incorporated into process and tooling improvements
Qualification
Required
6+ years in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or a related discipline, with a proven track record leading complex cloud and container-based projects in enterprise or regulated environments
Demonstrated technical leadership and experience mentoring engineers, influencing technical direction, and establishing best practices
Deep understanding of AWS (preferred) or any major cloud provider (GCP/Azure) (with an emphasis on CloudFormation or equivalent Infrastructure as a Code technology), container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS), serverless (Lambda, ECS, App service, cloud run), compute (EC2, virtual machines) etc.)
Strong Python development skills, specifically for production-grade services or infrastructure tooling, and familiarity with typed Python or static typing principles
Extensive knowledge of cloud design patterns for scalability, data management, resiliency, and disaster recovery, including event-driven architectures and distributed tracing
Comprehensive understanding of cloud and application security, with hands-on experience implementing encryption, identity and access management, secrets management, and security automation in compliance with government regulations
Extensive experience architecting and supporting enterprise-scale continuous delivery environments, leveraging advanced CI/CD automation, blue/green and canary deployments, and automated rollback mechanisms
Hands-on experience with APM and observability tools such as Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and Kibana for real-time monitoring and diagnostics
Comfortable with a high level of autonomy and proactive leadership, thriving in a distributed, remote-first team environment
Excellent collaboration and communication skills, able to work effectively across cross-functional, distributed teams and translate complex technical concepts for diverse stakeholders
Preferred
Experience with AWS GovCloud or other AWS environments
Experience with incident response and root cause analysis
Benefits
Flexible vacation
Two company-wide Mental Health Days off
Access to the Headspace app
Retirement savings
Tuition reimbursement
Employee incentive programs
Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
Optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee
Optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee
Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
Fitness reimbursement
Access to Employee Assistance Program
Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee
Access to 529 Plan
Commuter benefits
Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance
Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Company
Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters delivers critical information from the financial, legal, accounting, intellectual property, science, and media markets.
10001+ employees
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