Telestream
digital media tools and software solutions for the broadcast, streaming, and media industries
DevOps/SRETeamLead
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“DevOps/SRE Team Lead at Telestream. Skills: Kubernetes, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Cloud Platform Operations, Team Leadership. Design, deploy, and administer production Kubernetes clusters. Design and maintain continuous integration/deployment pipelines”
What You'll Achieve.
drive the reliability and scalability of our video processing infrastructure; ensure smooth workflows; cloud cost optimization; automation maturity
Industry & Context.
troubleshooting skills; ability to diagnose infrastructure and application issues live, under pressure, without reference materials
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States., This role is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization or visa sponsorship of any kind, now or in the future., live, hands-on technical interview conducted via shared terminal and screen share, work through real Kubernetes and infrastructure scenarios in real time
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or equivalent, 5-8+ years of experience in DevOps/SRE, 2-3+ years in a leadership role, Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent) with direct integration into Kubernetes deployment workflows, Production-level experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform CloudFormation or Pulumi a plus), including managing cloud-hosted Kubernetes clusters (EKS, GKE, or AKS), Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tooling in Kubernetes environments (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK/EFK stack, or equivalent); ability to build dashboards and alerts from scratch, not just consume existing ones, Demonstrated, hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments: cluster administration, Helm chart authoring and management, RBAC configuration, persistent storage, horizontal/vertical pod autoscaling, and diagnosing and resolving real production failures (CrashLoopBackOff, OOMKilled, networking issues, etc.), troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose infrastructure and application issues live, under pressure, without reference materials, Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Go, Bash, or PowerShell); ability to write and own automation scripts, not just modify existing ones, Proven, hands-on Kubernetes expertise, real-world experience administering production Kubernetes clusters, own CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and cloud platform operations, built, broken, and fixed things in Kubernetes at scale, while managing and mentoring a team
Nice to Have
Pulumi
What You'll Do.
and administer production Kubernetes clusters
Design and maintain continuous integration/deployment pipelines
Track software performance
Troubleshooting systems
Implement preventative measures to ensure smooth workflows
Implement and manage infrastructure
Optimize cloud resources by implementing cost-effective solutions
Monitor and create new processes based on performance analysis
Implement security best practices
Manage the technical roadmap
Manage the architecture
Mentor SRE and DevOps Engineers
and manage a team of DevOps engineers and Site Reliability Engineers
Define DevOps/Platform roadmap aligned with business goals
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with various teams to ensure smooth deployment
Communication Scope
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Full Job Description
**About Telestream** Telestream is a leading provider of digital media tools and software solutions for the broadcast, streaming, and media industries. We empower content creators and distributors to produce and deliver high-quality video content while optimizing operations and maximizing revenue. Our teams work diligently to innovate and support world-class services, and we are seeking a DevOps/SRE Team Lead with proven, hands-on Kubernetes expertise to drive the reliability and scalability of our video processing infrastructure and oversee a small team of SRE’s and DevOps Engineers. This is a deeply technical lead role, requiring real-world experience administering production Kubernetes clusters—not theoretical familiarity. You will own CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and cloud platform operations in a fully remote environment where independent execution is essential. If you have built, broken, and fixed things in Kubernetes at scale, while managing and mentoring a team, we want to hear from you. **Location: US Remote** _**Work Authorization - Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This role is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization or visa sponsorship of any kind, now or in the future.**_ __ _*****OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS*****_ **Our process includes a live, hands-on technical interview conducted via shared terminal and screen share. You will be asked to work through real Kubernetes and infrastructure scenarios in real time—no take-home exercises, no slides. Candidates who are comfortable with the skills listed above will do well. Candidates who are not, will find this stage difficult to navigate. We value people who are direct about what they know and what they’re still learning. ** **Requirements** _**What You Will Do**_ **You will spend 70-80% of your day being hands-on in the following areas; ** * Design, deploy, and administer production Kubernetes clusters, including workload scheduling, namespace manage
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