DevOps - Tech Lead

  • Dublin
  • Permanent
  • Mon Aug 10 17:02:31 2026
  • 238979

DevOps – Tech Lead

Dublin | Hybrid – 1 day per week onsite | Up to €120,000 + bonus

We’re looking for an experienced DevOps Tech Lead to take ownership of technical direction across Cloud, DevOps and Platform Engineering within a growing technology organisation.

This is a senior technical leadership role where you’ll influence architecture, drive engineering standards, mentor engineers and lead cross-team initiatives, while remaining hands-on for complex technical challenges.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical direction and strategy for DevOps, Cloud and Platform Engineering.
  • Act as a technical authority across AWS and Kubernetes.
  • Lead cross-team initiatives around scalability, reliability, security and delivery.
  • Define engineering standards, best practices and architectural patterns.
  • Drive improvements across CI/CD, Terraform/IaC and platform engineering.
  • Identify and address technical debt, operational risks and bottlenecks.
  • Mentor engineers and help develop technical leadership across teams.
  • Partner with Engineering, Product and Security leadership on architecture and technology decisions.
  • Remain hands-on with high-impact technical design and problem solving.

What We’re Looking For

  • Strong background in DevOps, SRE, Platform or Cloud Engineering.
  • Experience providing technical leadership across multiple teams.
  • Deep AWS expertise, ideally including large-scale environments.
  • Strong Kubernetes / EKS experience.
  • Excellent Terraform / Infrastructure as Code experience.
  • Experience with CI/CD, cloud architecture, reliability and observability.
  • Proven ability to influence architecture and engineering standards.
  • Strong mentoring and communication skills.
  • Experience at Senior, Lead, Principal or Staff level.

Formal people-management experience isn't essential — we're particularly interested in engineers who have demonstrated technical leadership and influence.

The Package

  • Up to €120,000 + bonus
  • 1 day per week onsite – Dublin City Centre
  • 25 days annual leave
  • Pension & healthcare
  • Life insurance
  • Share options
  • Wellness allowance
  • Flexible working hours

Candidates must already have the right to work in Ireland. Sponsorship is not available.

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