Principal DevOps Engineer

Disability Solutions - Phoenix, AZ

Full-time - Senior

Phoenix, AZ

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Principal DevOps Engineer is accountable for capability engineering and support for tooling and processes that support Application Development, Testing, and Build/Deploy (CI/CD) capabilities. As a senior engineer for this domain, this role is responsible for advancing the capability roadmap to develop platforms and services that Application Teams can consume and onboard to enable automation, robust testing, and a 'shift left' security mentality as it relates to developing, testing, and deploying application code as well as infrastructure as code pipelines. This role will collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and the Application Teams to understand needs across the enterprise, as well as evangelize the use of CI/CD pipelines and automation in Software Development Lifecycle processes. This role requires a deep technical understanding in the areas of DevOps platforms, CI/CD pipelines and integrations, Microsoft Azure DevOps, static/dynamic application security testing, development frameworks, and configuring and deploying software across multiple environments. Additionally, strong strategic and critical thinking skills as well as communication and collaboration skills are required to develop relationships with multiple delivery teams, business partners, and IT leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define, implement, and support a target state architecture of DevOps platform tooling that supports multiple delivery teams across multiple development stacks.
• Work with Cloud Architecture and Solution Delivery teams to develop strategy and plan for application and pipeline modernization with a 'cloud first' mentality.
• Establish standards and best practices around SCM, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, security scanning automation, vulnerability management, and delivery (containers, PaaS, etc.).
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, QA, and Security teams to analyze new and emerging trends in DevOps and Development Architecture to ensure standards remain current and relevant.
• Guide internal application teams on standards and best practices to streamline their development processes in the evolving DevOps/Cloud technologies.
• Facilitate the evaluation and selection of software product standards and services within the domain of DevOps and Development Architecture.
• Administer cloud-based Azure DevOps Services.
• Guide and mentor team members on DevOps best practices and standards.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement solutions to optimize development and deployment processes.

Requirements

• 10+ years of related IT experience, with 5+ years in application development with experience building and managing automation using DevOps / DevSecOps platforms and tooling.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years administration and support of Azure DevOps Services including repositories, Pipelines, Artifacts, and work items.
• Deep understanding and experience in designing and implementing modern continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines that include YAML, security scanning (SAST, DAST, SCA), containerized deployments, and automated testing capabilities (unit tests, regression tests, etc.).
• Proficiency in Git including branching strategies and pull request best practices.
• Experience designing and deploying integration applications into public cloud services or iPaaS-based providers (e.g., MuleSoft, Azure, AWS).
• Demonstrated experience in any of the following technologies: Python, FastAPI, Typescript, Node.js, Angular, React, Java, and .Net.
• Deep understanding of strategic and new and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills that can develop content for and communicate with Application Development and Infrastructure Engineering teams.
• The objective mindset that can think 'enterprise first' and remain unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor choice, with decisions made based on data, analysis, and POC results.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Experience delivering solutions across multiple cloud-based solutions including Azure, and AWS, and deploying to iPaaS solutions such as MuleSoft.
• Experience in the following tools and technologies: Atlassian Confluence, SonarQube, LucidChart, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes.
• Experience delivering and operating in the Banking industry.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Ownership stake in the company
• Medical and dental insurance
• Time off
• Great 401k matching program
• Tuition assistance program
• Employee volunteer program
• Wellness program