Principal DevOps Engineer

DevOps EngineerDevOps EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 501-1,000H1B SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

57 days ago

Salary

Not specified

Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglishAWSCloudDistributed SystemsDockerKubernetesNGINXPythonGo

Job Description

• Drive the development and continuous improvement of platform tools, emphasizing scalability, reliability, and monitoring capabilities to effectively support engineering teams. • Design and implement self-service tools and frameworks that empower engineering teams, promoting scalability, efficiency, and reusability across various platforms. • Provide expert-level technical oversight and mentorship to engineering teams, ensuring platform capabilities are seamlessly integrated into workflows and aligned with organizational goals. • Establish and maintain comprehensive technical documentation and engineering standards, ensuring platform tools remain understandable, extensible, and accessible to all teams. • Analyze and resolve complex performance issues within platform tools, identifying root causes, and implementing robust, scalable solutions to enhance efficiency and reliability. • Proactively research and adopt new technologies, tools, and engineering patterns that elevate developer productivity and improve self-service capabilities. • Focus extensively on scalability, performance optimization, and sustainable software delivery, ensuring efficient resource utilization and cost effectiveness. • Actively participate in on-call rotations, providing critical expertise and technical guidance to maintain production environment resilience and high availability.

Job Requirements

8+ years of experience building, scaling, and implementing DevOps solutions, with deep expertise in automation and tooling.
Ability to develop and document reusable, scalable solutions that enable engineering teams to operate efficiently.
Demonstrated expertise in automation practices, leveraging best practices and methodologies to streamline workflows and seamlessly integrate tooling into engineering processes.
A platform-focused mindset, capable of developing, documenting, and promoting reusable patterns that significantly enhance engineering productivity.
Deep knowledge of Kubernetes or similar container orchestration frameworks, along with experience using ecosystem tools such as Helm, Docker, Argo Rollouts, and Ingress NGINX, to build resilient and scalable solutions.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD methodologies and tools (e.g., GitLab CI, Blue/Green and Canary deployments, API testing), emphasizing modular, scalable, and efficient pipeline design.
Proficient in automated scripting, including designing, coding, debugging, and maintaining scripts in Python, Bash, or Go, and capable of setting scripting standards and best practices.
Experience developing solutions on cloud platforms, particularly AWS, with comprehensive knowledge of cloud-native architecture and best practices.
Strong understanding of monitoring and observability best practices, including the ability to design solutions that deliver actionable insights into distributed systems.