✦ Luna Orbit — DevOps & SRE

Senior Lead Software Engineer, DevOps

at Discover Financial Services

📍 5 Locations Unknown 💰 $229K – $262K USD / year Posted April 17, 2026
Salary $229K – $262K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years At least 6 years of experience in DevOps Engineering; at least 4 years with Cloud Native technologies; at least 6 years Unix or Linux system administration; Preferred: 9+ years DevOps Engineering
Education Bachelor's degree
Category DevOps & SRE

Senior Lead DevOps Engineer role responsible for leading a portfolio of technology projects and a development team to deliver cloud-based solutions. The role emphasizes DevOps leadership, cloud-native implementation, and collaboration with product managers to support regulatory and customer-facing needs.

  • Lead a portfolio of diverse technology projects and a team of developers
  • Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions
  • Utilize programming languages and cloud tooling to create compliant solutions
  • Experiment with and evaluate new technologies and mentor engineering community
  • Use cloud-native and DevOps tools to drive transformation and improve delivery

Work centers on cloud-native DevOps for distributed microservices and full stack systems using Java, Python, SQL, Ruby, and Go. The stack includes Amazon Web Services, Docker, Kubernetes, with infrastructure automation via Ansible and Terraform, and optional monitoring via Splunk or Zabbix.

The ideal candidate is a senior DevOps engineer with 6+ years of DevOps Engineering experience and 6+ years of Unix or Linux system administration experience. They have strong hands-on experience with Cloud Native technologies on Amazon Web Services, plus expertise with Docker and Kubernetes, and using infrastructure tooling like Ansible and Terraform.

Bachelor's degree6 years of experience in DevOps Engineering (Internship experience does not apply)4 years of experience with Cloud Native technologies (Amazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud Platform)6 years of Unix or Linux system administration experience
9+ years of DevOps Engineering experience6+ years of experience with coding and scripting (PythonSQLJavaJavaScriptGolangBashPerl or Ruby)4+ years of experience in infrastructure designimplementation and delivery3+ years of experience with monitoring tools (Splunk or Zabbix)3+ years of experience with Container orchestration services including Docker or Kubernetes3+ years of experience working with Agile Development Practices
DockerKubernetesAnsibleTerraformSplunkZabbixAmazon Web ServicesAWS tools and servicesMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud PlatformUnixLinuxJavaPythonSQLRubyGoJavaScriptBashPerl
DevOps EngineeringUnix system administrationLinux system administrationAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaPythonSQLRubyGoDockerKubernetesAnsibleTerraformSplunkZabbixAgile Development Practicesinfrastructure designinfrastructure implementationinfrastructure delivery
DevOps Engineeringmachine learningdistributed microservicesfull stack systemsJavaPythonSQLRubyGoContainer OrchestrationDockerKubernetesAnsibleTerraformAmazon Web ServicesAWS tools and servicesUnix system administrationLinux system administrationUnix or Linux system administrationcloud-based solutionsAgile Development Practicesmonitoring toolsSplunkZabbixinfrastructure designinfrastructure implementationinfrastructure deliveryprogramming and code evaluation
leadershipmentoringcollaborationiterative deliveryexperimenting with new technologiesparticipating in internal & external technology communitiescross-functional collaborationcommunication with digital product managersability to code or evaluate code
Industry Banking
Job Function Lead and deliver cloud-native DevOps engineering efforts using AWS and container orchestration
Role Subtype DevOps Engineer
Tech Domains Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, Java
Senior Lead Software EngineerDevOpsDevOps EngineerLead a portfolio of diverse technology projectsDevOps EngineeringUnixLinuxUnix or Linux system administration experienceCloud Native technologiesAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaPythonSQLRubyGoDockerKubernetesContainer Orchestration servicesAnsibleTerraformSplunkZabbixAgile Development Practicesinfrastructure designinfrastructure delivery

Must have at least 6 years of experience in DevOps Engineering (internship experience does not apply), Must have at least 4 years of experience with Cloud Native technologies (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform), Must have at least 6 years of Unix or Linux system administration experience

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