Principal DevOps Engineer

Autodesk; Canada; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in Canada is looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer to enhance product reliability and performance. Must have extensive experience in AWS, CI/CD practices, and managing large infrastructures. The ideal candidate is autonomous, curious, and passionate about automating processes. This role offers competitive compensation and a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Annual cash bonuses

Stock grants

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Site Reliability work experience.
• Experience managing infrastructure with thousands of servers.
• Ability to jump into situations and make improvements.

Responsibilities

• Improve performance and reliability for new feature development.
• Design and deliver software for product availability and scalability.
• Mentor and train teammates.

Skills

Unix/Linux systems expertise

Scripting proficiency

AWS knowledge

CI/CD practices

Container management

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CloudFormation

Jenkins

Job description

Job Requisition ID

25WD92108

Position Overview

At Autodesk, we are reinventing how everything you see or touch is imagined, designed and created. In AEC Construction, we are reinventing how every building, bridge, hospital, campus and stadium is built. Our web and mobile applications bring 3D collaboration solutions to the construction industry. They bring real-time predictive insights and analytics to our customers, helping them better plan, execute and mitigate risk building their multi-million dollar projects. We do this by building, implementing and applying machine learning, data science and real-time data engineering to the Big Data generated by the Autodesk ecosystem. Not only do we help push the boundaries of technology at Autodesk, we do it in style and fun. Intrigued? We are seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer. Come join us and push code to customers on your first day.

Responsibilities

• Work with product development teams to improve performance and reliability for new feature development
• Design, write, document, and deliver software to improve product availability, scalability, and performance
• Develop, train and mentor teammates
• Automate the installation and upkeep of build and deploy tools and dependencies
• Evaluate current build, release and hosting infrastructure and implement enhancements as required
• Define processes, techniques, architectures, and practices to ensure the monitoring, reliability and performance of Autodesk products and services
• Design and implement innovations that improve software engineering velocity, infrastructure resiliency, security, and data availability
• Coordinate and perform major upgrades with zero downtime
• Solve live performance and stability issues and prevent their recurrence
• Work with highly skilled subject matter experts in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation
• Mentor and influence Software Engineering leadership and engineers by motivating improvements
• Help define and build true CI/CD culture, tooling and process

Minimum Qualifications

• Curiosity about how things work
• Obsession about automating everything and a passion for elegance and simplicity
• Advanced knowledge of Unix/Linux systems
• Scripting expertise and an adept with command line
• In-depth understanding of web operations best practices
• Experience with configuration management
• You have managed an infrastructure with hundreds or thousands of servers and dozens of technologies
• Ability to jump into situations with few guardrails and make things better
• Ability and desire to jump in and fix things when they break
• Extended experience with AWS, CloudFormation, Jenkins and CI/CD best practices
• Experience with container infrastructures - Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos
• A love of learning and developing new skills
• 10+ years of Site Reliability work experience and can point to things you've worked on
• Ability to learn rapidly
• Self-motivated, autonomous, empathetic and great communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced expert role, requiring deep subject-matter knowledge and sound business acumen to advise leaders
• For jobs at this level, knowledge of the business starts to become as important as subject-matter knowledge
• Incumbents translate specialized subject-matter requirements into business needs/requirements.
• Require depth of specialized expertise to interpret internal/external business issues and recommend best practices to address them
• Solve complex problems that require in-depth evaluation of variable factors by taking a broad perspective to identify the best approach and innovative solutions
• Work independently, with close guidance in only the most complex or unusual situations
• Adapt communication style to persuade various stakeholders across the business and frequently interact with senior leaders to provide advice and SME
• May lead functional teams or programs within own function (or closely related functions)

Learn More

About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Salary transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Diversity & Belonging

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