Devops Team Lead jobs in Israel

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As R&D Team Leader, you will lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers focused on researching, designing, and implementing advanced algorithmic and software solutions for signal processing challenges. Your responsibilities will span from technical leadership and project management to mentoring and cross-functional collaboration.

As a Cognyter you will:

• Lead and Mentor a team of engineers and researchers in digital communications and Signal Processing.
• Drive Software Development for satellite communication systems, from design to optimization.
• Oversee System Integration by collaborating with system engineers and ensuring seamless hardware-software interaction.
• Ensure Code Quality through code reviews, technical guidance, and adherence to best practices.
• Manage Projects by defining architecture, tracking timelines, and aligning deliverables with performance goals.
• Foster Collaboration across teams and stakeholders through clear and effective communication.
• Stay Ahead of the Curve by continuously exploring emerging technologies and trends in satellite communications and DSP.

For that mission you’ll need:

• B.Sc/M.Sc in Computer Science or Electronics Engineering from a leading college or university
• Expertise in Signal Processing: Strong foundation in communication systems, including modulation, demodulation, and error correction.
• Software Development Experience: At least 3 years of hands-on experience with Python and C++.
• Proven Leadership: Ability to inspire, guide, and grow a high-performing technical team.
• Analytical Mindset: Strong problem-solving skills to tackle complex engineering challenges.
• Excellent Communication: Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively across diverse teams.

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The Role

What You’ll Do

Technical & Strategic Leadership

• Define and own the vision and roadmap for Armis’s development platform , including web, backend, and AI-enablement initiatives.
• Partner with engineering leadership, architects, and product teams to remove friction and increase velocity across R&D.
• Establish and govern engineering standards , testing practices, and secure development workflows.
• Lead the evolution of our shared frameworks, build systems, and developer tools for scalability and security.

Frontend & Web Infrastructure

• Own and evolve the UI development ecosystem , including build systems, testing frameworks, and local development experiences.
• Govern our shared UI kit and design system , ensuring consistency, accessibility, and performance across all products.
• Partner with UX and product engineers to create a cohesive, maintainable frontend foundation.

Backend & Microservices Infrastructure

• Oversee and guide the microservices development framework , templates, and communication patterns.
• Optimize monorepo builds, CI/CD pipelines, and runtime standards for efficiency, reliability, and observability.
• Implement infrastructure-level protections that improve product quality and prevent regressions.

AI Enablement Across R&D

• Champion and integrate AI-assisted development tools (code generation, code review, testing, documentation).
• Define patterns and best practices for AI-driven workflows , enabling teams to move faster with higher quality.
• Partner with data, DevOps, and product teams to explore how AI can optimize engineering processes and infrastructure.

People & Collaboration

• Lead, mentor, and grow a cross-functional team of backend, frontend, and platform engineers.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate closely with Product, UX, Security, and DevOps leaders to align strategy and execution.

What we expect

• 8+ years of engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a technical leadership or team lead role.
• Strong technical foundation in frontend architecture and tooling (React, TypeScript, build pipelines, testing).
• Solid understanding of backend infrastructure , CI/CD, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience leading platform or developer productivity teams in large-scale environments.
• Proven ability to establish engineering standards, governance, and automation across R&D.
• Curiosity and practical understanding of AI-assisted development workflows and related tooling (e.g., code completion, documentation, or CI automation).
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset that bridges frontend, backend, and AI initiatives.

You’ll lead the group that defines, from local development to production — while driving the adoption of.

The role:

An operations-first engineer with deep expertise in running, scaling, automating, and monitoring streaming infrastructure like Kafka and RabbitMQ.

What you will do…

• Automate Deployment and Operation Oversee deployment of Kafka and RabbitMQ clusters (including Confluent Cloud & CFK). Build automation pipelines to ensure repeatability and resiliency across environments.
• Monitor and Support Production Systems Own production stability of global Kafka clusters. Handle on-call rotations, incident management, troubleshooting, and scaling challenges.
• Improve Infrastructure Observability Build and maintain observability systems: dashboards, alerting pipelines, metrics collection (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.).
• Optimize System Performance Collaborate with peers on benchmarking and optimization initiatives. Work on tuning Kafka brokers, cluster configurations, and runtime parameters.
• Provide Developer Support and Training (Infra-focused) Help developers configure topics, quotas, and consumers appropriately. Train service owners to interpret monitoring data and avoid pitfalls.
• Develop and Maintain Infrastructure Contribute to building infrastructure tools and scripts (IaC, Helm charts, etc.) that make provisioning and managing clusters reliable and efficient.
• Secure Infrastructure Access Configure and maintain secure access patterns across streaming infrastructure, ensuring proper authentication and role-based access controls are enforced for both developers and services.

What we expect…

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps , SRE , or Infrastructure Engineering roles.
• Deep hands-on Kafka experience , including deploying, maintaining, scaling, and monitoring clusters.
• Experience with RabbitMQ .
• Extensive experience with Docker , Kubernetes , Helm, and GitOps-style deployments.
• Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.).
• Strong skills in scripting and automation (Python, Bash, etc.).
• Familiarity with Confluent Cloud , Confluent for Kubernetes , and similar tools.
• Solid understanding of authentication and authorization mechanisms in distributed systems.
• Production support mindset – with proven troubleshooting and incident resolution history.
• Collaboration and communication skills – especially with dev teams depending on platform support.
• Experience with Istio Service Mesh (bonus).
• Experience with GovCloud (bonus).

• Mentorship and leadership experience in infrastructure or SRE teams.
• Contributions to automation or monitoring open-source tooling.
• Active participant in SRE or DevOps communities.
• Conference speaker or internal tech trainer.
• Technical writing about infrastructure automation or reliability.