Principal DevOps Engineer

Disability Solutions - Santa Clara, CA

Full-time - Principal

Santa Clara, CA

10,001+ employees

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

Roche fosters diversity, equity, and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people's varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters. A healthier future is what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That's what makes us Roche. The Digital Pathology Algorithm DevOps team needs a Principal DevOps engineer to lead the QCS Algorithms deployments. The job involves active collaborations with developers, product owners, release train engineers, and other DevOps team members. The principal DevOps engineer will lead the design automation and perform deployment of various algorithms on development, test, and production environments. As a Principal DevOps Software Engineer, you will actively interface with software developers, product managers, test engineers, and administrators on projects to design and develop the build, release, and deploy toolchain for DevOps while providing on-call support. You should be able to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve issues quickly and effectively, sometimes under pressure. Responsibilities include capacity planning, high availability engineering, performance tuning, and automation/tools development.

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 e.g., rpm and deb
• Exposure to Security technologies related to perimeter security, web application scanning, firewall systems and cloud security & governance
• Familiarity with NoSQL technologies e.g., Redis, DynamoDB

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance