Principal DevOps Engineer

Roche - Santa Clara, CA

Full-time - Principal

Santa Clara, CA

10,001+ employees

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Principal DevOps Engineer at Roche will lead the deployment of QCS Algorithms, collaborating with developers, product owners, and other team members. This role focuses on designing automation and managing deployments across various environments, ensuring high availability and performance tuning. The engineer will also develop the build, release, and deploy toolchain for DevOps, providing on-call support and troubleshooting issues effectively.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop the build, release, and deploy toolchain for DevOps
• Setup, manage, and maintain parity across development, staging, and production application environments in cloud infrastructure
• Provide release cadence across multiple environments
• Prototype and develop cloud native architecture solutions for application needs
• Design and implement monitoring infrastructure development
• Provide on-call support for production operations

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Science, Engineering or a related field
• 8+ years of experience in Software Reliability Engineering/Systems Engineering/DevOps role
• Demonstrated ability in the IT industry with a strong focus on DevOps practices and principles
• Proven expertise in designing, implementing, and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions and Jenkins
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, ensuring scalable and reliable infrastructure
• Proficient in containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, with a deep understanding of orchestration and microservices architecture
• Strong background in scripting and automation to streamline operations and improve efficiency
• Excellent team player and mentoring skills, with a track record of guiding cross-functional teams to achieve devops automation goals and enhance overall productivity

Nice-to-haves

• Python experience
• Terraform experience
• Prior Product Development experience
• Experience with Linux package management tools eg: rpm and deb
• Exposure to Security technologies related to perimeter security, web application scanning, firewall systems and cloud security & governance
• Familiarity with NoSQL technologies eg: Redis, Dynamodb

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus based on individual and Company performance