Principal DevOps Engineer
Job Summary
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Job Summary
Collaborates with software engineers systems administrators and quality engineers to automate the delivery and monitoring of software systems for internal and external credit union use.Job Description
LOCATION
Mountain America Center ** Remote work possible
9800 S Monroe St
Sandy UT 84070
SCHEDULE
Full Time
We are seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to play a key role in advancing how our organization builds delivers and operates software. This is a senior principal-level handson technical position with broad influence across engineering infrastructure and quality teams.
In this role you will serve as a technical leader and mentor helping to establish DevOps standards and best practices while guiding teams toward highly automated secure and scalable delivery pipelines. You will be trusted as a toplevel expert consulted across multiple teams and relied upon to help modernize platforms and processes.
What youll do
- Advocate for and champion DevOps practices across the organization
- Design implement and continuously improve fully automated CI/CD pipelines with security quality performance scalability and reliability built in
- Lead and support Kubernetes administration and implementation including container orchestration and platform standardization
- Provide operational support to software and quality engineers acting as a liaison between development and infrastructure teams
- Enhance and modernize legacy deployment processes while increasing automation
- Collaborate with software engineers systems administrators and network engineers to reduce complexity and standardize technologies
- Troubleshoot and resolve system issues and outages including occasional offhours support for production releases
- Introduce and evaluate new technologies and approaches including cloud computing microservices and evolving DevOps tooling
- Establish standards documentation and best practices that are clear usable and scalable
- Lead and mentor DevOps engineers helping others grow their skills and adopt consistent DevOps practices
- Guide developers and quality engineers to ensure DevOps processes support the entire software development lifecycle
What were looking for
- 10 years of DevOps experience including 3 years in a senior or principallevel role
- Strong experience contributing to the standardization of SDLC processes across an organization
- Handson expertise with:
- Windows and Linux systems
- Infrastructure as code (Terraform or similar tools)
- Cloud platforms with experience implementing Azure at an organizational level
- CI/CD tooling such as Azure DevOps GitHub or Octopus
- Container creation and orchestration including Kubernetes administration and implementation
- Proficiency in scripting and automation (PowerShell Bash)
- Experience managing source control with Git
- Ability and willingness to contribute to software development tasks (C# Core or similar)
- Familiarity with test automation frameworks for UI and API testing
- Experience with MS SQL Server and integration test automation tools (Postman SoapUI XUnit)
- Strong understanding of standard IT security practices including encryption and certificate/key management
- Proven experience mentoring teaching and guiding others in DevOps practices
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a collaborative and professional approach
Experience in banking or credit union environments is a plus but not required.
Why join us
This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact at scaleboth technically and through mentorship. Youll help shape platforms influence engineering practices and support the growth of teams across the organization.
If youre passionate about automation cloudnative platforms Kubernetes and helping others succeed we invite you to apply.
Education
- Bachelors degree from an accredited institution in computer science information systems or related field. Education will be verified. OR 4 years combined education and experience in a DevOps role.
Licenses Certifications Registrations
N/A
Managerial Responsibility
Has no supervisory/managerial responsibilities but performs tasks related to establishing best practices and reviewing the work of others as directed by the DevOps Manager.
Language Skills
- Demonstrated ability to clearly express ideas methodology results and recommendations verbally in writing and through insightful reports and graphic illustrations.
- Demonstrated ability to document outcomes and present information in a manner appropriate for key stakeholders and all levels of the organization.
Other Skills and Abilities
- Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Self-starter with strong organizing and time management skills and the ability to work productively and efficiently in a fast-paced environment with multiple projects and timelines.
- Adaptive to change responds positively to altered circumstances or conditions.
- Possess a desire and willingness to learn and continually update knowledge based on evolving DevOps concepts strategies tools etc.
- Take initiative to be a problem solver and provide suggestions to improve processes and efficiencies.
- Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate with other teams as needed.
PHYSICAL ABILITIES / WORKING CONDITIONS
Physical Demands
Ability to sit talk and hear consistently.
Ability to stand walk and use hands to handle or reach occasionally.
Vision Requirements
Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less).
Distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more).
Weight Lifted or Force Exerted
Ability to lift up to 10 pounds occasionally.
Environmental
There are no unusual environmental factors (such as a typical office).
Noise Environment
Moderate noise (business office with computers and printers light traffic).
***This Job is not eligible to be performed in Colorado or Connecticut either remotely or in-person.***
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