Technical Lead

Job Role: Technical Lead

Location: Cleveland, OH

Duration: Full Time

Must Have: OpenShift, Kafka, DevOps, Apache, Jenkins, GitLab, CI/CD

Job Description:

• We are seeking a seasoned Technical Lead with 10+ years of hands-on experience in designing and delivering scalable enterprise solutions. The ideal candidate will be an expert in container technologies, real-time data streaming, DevOps practices, and performance optimization. You will play a key leadership role in architecting robust systems, guiding teams, and driving continuous improvement in both development and operational processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design scalable enterprise-grade solutions using OpenShift, Kafka, and container-based architectures.
• Lead container migrations from legacy systems to modern, cloud-native infrastructure.
• Ensure system performance, high availability, and security across enterprise platforms.
• Take ownership of end-to-end architecture and DevOps integration, including CI/CD pipeline automation.
• Drive compliance, governance, and best practices in deployment and release processes.
• Mentor development teams on performance tuning, observability, and sustainable coding strategies.
• Collaborate with product managers, QA, and infrastructure teams to ensure alignment and delivery excellence.
• Evaluate and implement tools for monitoring, alerting, and logging to improve operational visibility and reliability.
• Conduct technical reviews and performance audits to continuously enhance platform stability and speed.

Must-Have Skills:

• Proven experience designing scalable and secure solutions using OpenShift.
• Hands-on expertise in Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and event-driven architectures.
• Strong background in containerization and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
• Experience leading container migrations, optimizing system performance, security, and availability.
• Solid knowledge of CI/CD automation, with tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD.
• Expertise in DevOps practices, including infrastructure-as-code (IaC), continuous monitoring, and automated deployments.
• Strong mentoring skills and experience coaching teams on observability, tuning, and architectural best practices.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS) and Java.
• Knowledge of microservices and event-driven design patterns.
• Hands-on with monitoring tools Grafana, ELK Stack.
• Experience implementing security best practices.
• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Certification in Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Cloud platforms is a plus.