Team Lead, DevOps

Team Lead, DevOps

Agfa HealthCare

Gent, Belgium

We are looking for a hands-on DevOps Team Lead to join and lead our DevOps team. This role is a player-coach position where you will not only guide and mentor the team but also actively contribute as an engineer. You will help shape our cloud-native transformation, drive the adoption of GitOps and DevSecOps practices, and ensure the efficiency, scalability, and security of our development and deployment pipelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership & Coaching:
  • Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration;
  • Support career development and skill-building within the team;
  • Act as a bridge between DevOps, Architecture, and Development teams to align strategies and execution.
• Hands-On DevOps Engineering:
  • Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Gradle;
  • Optimize infrastructure for cloud-native deployments, ensuring scalability and reliability;
  • Support and refine build automation, infrastructure as code (IaC), and containerization strategies;
  • Develop and maintain observability solutions, ensuring reliability, security, and performance of services.
• Cloud-Native & GitOps Transformation:
  • Drive the transition towards GitOps practices, automating deployment workflows and reducing manual interventions;
  • Implement DevSecOps principles to enhance security automation and compliance within CI/CD pipelines;
  • Guide the team in leveraging cloud-native architectures and technologies effectively.
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Management:
  • Work closely with development teams (Java & Angular) to enhance developer experience and streamline software delivery;
  • Partner with security teams to embed security-by-design principles into DevOps workflows;
  • Communicate technical strategies and progress to senior management and stakeholders.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering;
• 2+ years of leadership experience (formal or informal) in a DevOps or software engineering team;
• Strong expertise in CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure-as-code;
• Experience with Jenkins, Bitbucket, Gradle, and GitOps tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux);
• Solid background in cloud-native architectures and deployment strategies;
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration;
• Understanding of DevSecOps best practices and security automation;
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, able to work across teams and geographies.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their DevOps toolchains;
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack);
• Background in performance tuning and system reliability engineering (SRE);
• Familiarity with progressive delivery techniques (e.g., feature flags, canary releases).