Kroger Technology & Digital · 3 weeks ago
Lead DevOps Infrastructure Engineer
Kroger Technology & Digital is seeking a Lead DevOps Infrastructure Engineer responsible for designing, automating, and operating scalable and secure infrastructure for the NGPOS program. This role focuses on ensuring high availability and fast delivery while driving modernization and continuous improvement across the DevOps ecosystem.
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Responsibilities
Lead the planning, provisioning, installation, configuration, maintenance, and day‑to‑day operations of the hardware and software infrastructure required to support build, validation, and release workflows
Design scalable, modular, and high‑availability infrastructure capable of supporting expanding product lines, larger codebases, and increased development activity
Establish capacity‑planning models and proactively manage infrastructure growth to prevent bottlenecks
Implement disaster‑recovery and business‑continuity capabilities across build, test, and release infrastructure
Drive adoption of Infrastructure‑as‑Code and other modern automation frameworks
Build robust telemetry, logging, and monitoring systems to ensure real‑time visibility into pipeline performance, infrastructure health, and system reliability
Define and track KPIs and SLIs for build times, success rates, pipeline reliability, system utilization, and deployment throughput
Proactively identify risks, performance degradations, and architectural weaknesses; lead root‑cause analysis and remediation
Partner closely with development, QA, architecture, IT, and product teams to define infrastructure requirements and deliver tooling that accelerates their workflows
Facilitate cross‑team alignment by establishing shared standards, documentation, and onboarding processes for DevOps tools and pipelines
Provide mentorship, leadership, and technical guidance to DevOps and Infrastructure engineers
Qualification
Required
8+ years in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, SRE, or similar field
Expertise with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI
Strong proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, Bicep, ARM)
Experience with Linux/Windows systems, virtualization, or containers
Familiarity with enterprise‑grade observability platforms
Preferred
Experience in large‑scale, regulated enterprise environments
Company
Kroger Technology & Digital
Kroger Technology & Digital (KTD) is made up of more than 4,600 associates who leverage technology and digital capabilities to create one-of-a-kind experiences to change the way America eats.