# Devops Engineer Salary Lead: $183k median (2026)

> lead devops engineer salary - based on 99 live postings across 30+ ATS sources.

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## Salary

- **Median:** $183k
- **25th-75th percentile:** $160k - $201k
- **Based on:** 32 disclosed salaries from live postings

## Hiring across industries (ISIC Rev.4)

- Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (division 62, 28 open)
- Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (division 64, 23 open)
- Manufacture of other transport equipment (division 30, 8 open)
- Telecommunications (division 61, 5 open)
- Employment activities (division 78, 4 open)
- Publishing activities (division 58, 3 open)

## Top companies hiring

- Northrop Grumman (7 open)
- London Stock Exchange Group (6 open)
- Zscaler (3 open)
- Ladders (3 open)
- Okta (3 open)
- Fluence (2 open)
- Ascensus (2 open)
- Mastercard (2 open)

## Sample live roles

- [Lead DevOps Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/lead-devops-engineer-at-kaleidoscope-innovation-4418440424) - Kaleidoscope Innovation - Raleigh, NC
- [Senior Staff DevOps Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-staff-devops-engineer-at-ripple-4426965295) - Ripple - New York, NY - $220,000 USD - $260,000
- [Lead DevOps Engineer](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=97d7bb609f913f87) - Happen Bank, N.A. - San Francisco, CA - $185,000 - $215,000 a year
- [Senior DevOps Engineer (Storage) - remote in the US](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-devops-engineer-storage-remote-in-the-us-at-mirantis-4445209214) - Mirantis - United States
- [Senior Lead DevOps Engineer](https://lseg.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/IND-BLR-Divyasree-Technopolis/Senior-Lead-DevOps-Engineer_R0115145-1) - London Stock Exchange Group
- [Senior DevOps Engineer (Remote Opportunity)](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-devops-engineer-remote-opportunity-at-vetsez-4444604764) - VetsEZ - Atlanta, GA
- [Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer (Oakland Office)](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/lead-cloud-devops-engineer-oakland-office-at-fictiv-4368605159) - Fictiv - Oakland, CA - $180,000 – $220,000
- [Principal DevOps Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/principal-devops-engineer-at-ascensus-4417332812) - Ascensus - Newton, MA
- [Staff DevOps Engineer](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a0ba63ecc6f45af4) - Okta - San Francisco, CA - $194,000 - $267,000 a year
- [Lead DevOps Engineer (contract)](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d5ebb6b017d8cf46) - Hilton - Dallas, TX - $60 - $72 an hour
- [Staff DevOps Engineer (FedRAMP)](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d45d78c6613a41ed) - Okta - San Francisco, CA - $194,000 - $267,000 a year
- [Staff DevOps Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/staff-devops-engineer-at-zscaler-4423195109) - Zscaler - San Jose, CA - $133,000—$190,000

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