Principal DevOps Engineer

Job description

Job Description
The Principal DevOps Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for architecting and implementing scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), while actively participating in sprint work alongside engineering teams.

This role sets DevOps standards, drives automation, and enhances CI/CD pipelines, observability, and infrastructure as code practices.

The Principal Engineer collaborates closely with stakeholders to define technical requirements, refine sprint stories, and identify effective solutions to complex challenges.

Acting as a bridge between engineering and architecture, they mentor team members, champion DevOps culture, and continuously evaluate emerging technologies to improve system reliability, performance, and developer productivity

Key Job Factors:
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Level of accountability: Customarily & regularly exercises discretion & independent judgement
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Level of decision-making: Highly specialized/technical tasks
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Has contact with: Multiple departments (Internal)
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Supervision: Directly supervises and manages others
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Position Title(s) of Direct Report(s): N/A
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Physical Requirements: Light, occasional physical effort
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Travel Percentage (%): 10% / As Needed

Essential Functions: Essential functions are those duties and responsibilities that must be performed to carry out the purpose of the job and that involve a minimum of 5% of the total work time over the course of a year.

Please provide specifics when describing the essential duties.

(The % of Time allocation must be a minimum of 5% per duty and must total 100%.)
  Duties & Responsibilities % of Time Frequency Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Annually
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Deploy microservices using infrastructure as code (IaC) in a CI/CD Code Pipeline environment by scripting, testing, and creating backups to enable independent development, deployment, and scalability of the platform which will also include technical configuration of the system to ensure there are no issues with deployment.

 20%  Daily
2.

Train, mentor, and assist other team members in DevOps and Platform Engineering best practices, while actively contributing to the refinement of tickets, definition of technical requirements, and identification of effective solutions.

Collaborate with the team to define measurable and meaningful KPIs for DevOps Engineers to strive toward and follow.

30%  Daily
3.

Manage automated build processes using software development platforms (Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins, and AWS CodeBuild) to enable quick, efficient, correct, and flexible deployments.

  20% Daily
4.

Automate, deploy, and test by leveraging webhooks and status checks from software development platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS CodeDeploy, AWS CodePipeline, GitHub, Jira, and Postman) 10%  Daily
5.

Configure and create automated real-time application monitoring solutions that include database log reviews, key performance indicators of system performance, and other alerts to maintain availability and security of database systems.

10%  Weekly
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Champion ChatOps workflows using real-time communication tools (like Slack), and perform system administration tasks including changes to user permissions, system configurations, and tuning of applications and processes in partnership with the development team.

Additionally, contribute to monthly reporting on system health, performance metrics, and operational improvements to ensure transparency and continuous optimization.

10% Monthly

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Skills and Requirements
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A minimum education level of: BA/BS Degree (4-year) in a related field
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A minimum of 6-8 years of related work experience
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Experience working in cloud-based DevOps environments with cross-functional or globally distributed teams.
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Eagerness to work in a highly collaborative team environment
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Understanding of DevOps fundamentals such as security, scalability, and reliability
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Ability to design and create cloud-based software defined networking
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Familiarity with fault tolerant infrastructure designs including the use of regions and availability zones
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Familiarity with Kubernetes setup, configuration, and deployment
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Experience with writing infrastructure as code (IaC) (Terraform, Azure ARM, CloudFormation, Pulumi)
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Proficiency in a scripting language such as Bash or PowerShell
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Experience in at least one programming language (JavaScript, Ruby, Python, PHP, C#)
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Experience with a unified, real-time monitoring and analytics platform, such as Azure Log Analytics, Google StackDriver / Operations Suite, New Relic, Splunk or Datadog
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Understanding of Microsoft SQL or MySQL
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Experience using a CI/CD tool like CircleCI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or AWS CodePipeline
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Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, including sprint planning and backlog refinement.
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Great verbal and written communication skills
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Strong analytical, decision-making, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills
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Results driven with reliable follow through
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Experience contributing to operational reporting, including system health, performance metrics, and KPI 27.

Experience designing and configuring Azure cloud services, including AKS, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, ACR, Front Door, Application Insights, Key Vault, Load Balancers, VNets, Traffic Manager, and Event Hub.
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Experience automating deployments for microservices-based platforms using CI/CD and infrastructure as code.
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Experience collaborating on projects that utilize modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue.js, or Ember.js.
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Experience configuring infrastructure and application alerts, alarms, and notifications
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Experience solving application monitoring challenges using continuous synthetic transactions
Comfortable using Git version control

Required Skill Profession

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