Lead DevOps Engineer

This position is as a full time position supporting the financial services/payments space. Please apply only if you have relevant experience and have valid work authorization. What we do At Blankfactor, we are dedicated to engineering impact. We are passionate about creating value by building best-in-class tech solutions for companies looking to transform, innovate, and scale. In every project, we aim to deliver work that moves the needle and drives measurable outcomes for our partners and clients. Our full-stack development, data engineering, digital product, and enterprise AI solutions cater to a range of industries, including payments, banking, capital markets, and life sciences. We are seeking a seasoned Lead DevOps Engineer to drive, elevate, and modernize our continuous integration and delivery ecosystem. In this role, you will take full ownership of automated CI/CD pipelines, lead code repository and workflow migrations to GitHub, and champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards across enterprise environments. You will play a pivotal role in accelerating developer velocity, hardening delivery pipelines, and establishing best-in-class DevOps practices. Key Responsibilities CI/CD Automation: Design, build, and maintain scalable, robust CI/CD pipelines utilizing CircleCI and GitHub Actions to automate testing, build, and release workflows.Platform Migrations: Lead complex repository, pipeline, and toolchain migrations to GitHub, streamlining developer workflows and modernizing legacy delivery mechanisms.Infrastructure as Code: Standardize, module-drive, and manage infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Terraform Enterprise (TFE) across cloud and enterprise environments.Developer Enablement: Build reusable pipeline templates, shared actions, and self-service deployment tools to eliminate friction for engineering teams.Pipeline Security & Governance: Enforce security guardrails within delivery pipelines (e.g., SAST/DAST, dependency scanning, secret management) and manage policy-as-code via Terraform Enterprise.Reliability & Monitoring: Continuously monitor build/deployment health, troubleshoot pipeline failures, and optimize build performance and execution time.Collaboration: Partner closely with software engineering, cloud platform, and security teams to drive GitOps and DevOps best practices across the organization. Qualifications Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience in a DevOps, Platform, or Release Engineering role supporting enterprise software teams.CI/CD Mastery: Proven track record building production-grade automation pipelines using CircleCI and GitHub Actions.Migration Expertise: Demonstrated experience planning and executing repository and pipeline migrations to GitHub (including enterprise migration tools and workflows).IaC & Enterprise Tooling: Deep hands-on experience using Terraform and managing policy, workspaces, and state in Terraform Enterprise.Scripting & Automation: Strong proficiency with scripting languages (Bash, Python, Go, or similar) for automation tasks and custom tooling.Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent professional experience). Skills & Competencies DevOps Ecosystem: Advanced knowledge of version control systems (Git, GitHub Enterprise), build tools, artifact repositories, and GitOps methodologies.IaC Practices: Expert understanding of Terraform module design, state management, sentinel policies, and workspace organization in Terraform Enterprise.Containerization: Solid grasp of Docker and container build automation within CI/CD pipelines.Security & Compliance: Familiarity with secret management (e.g., HashiCorp Vault), identity federation (OIDC for GitHub/CircleCI), and supply chain security best practices.Problem Solving & Collaboration: Exceptional analytical and debugging skills paired with strong communication and cross-functional leadership capabilities.