Principal DevOps Engineer

Blackbaud India; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackbaud India seeks a Principal DevOps Engineer focused on Site Reliability within Cloud Delivery Engineering to enhance our solution delivery platforms for web-based applications on Azure. You will drive automation, CI/CD, and security-conscious operations across 24x7 production environments.

You’ll partner with security teams and stakeholders to shape technical direction, design scalable architectures, and implement tools that reduce risk, cost, and complexity while delivering reliable,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience automating Linux systems and infrastructure (RedHat).
• 8+ years of web tech experience (JavaScript, Java, HTML, AJAX or equivalent).
• 8+ years with cloud technologies (Microsoft Azure) and SAAS/PAAS/IAAS models.
• Experience building high-performance, scalable 24x7 environments.
• Automation scripts: Perl, PowerShell, Bash, Ansible, Python, Terraform, or similar.
• Available for production incidents 24x7x365.

Responsibilities

• Build automation via CI/CD, automated testing, and code quality practices.
• Create reusable automation scripts, libraries, and tools to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with security teams to address vulnerabilities and threats.
• Improve operations by reducing risk, complexity, cost and waste.
• Define technical direction with stakeholders and drive innovative solutions.
• Design architectures for scalable applications while managing costs.

Skills

Automation

CI/CD

Linux/RedHat

Java

JavaScript

HTML

Azure Cloud

Scripting (Python/Bash/PowerShell)

Terraform/Ansible

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

About the role:

As aPrincipal DevOps Engineer focused on Site Reliability within Cloud Delivery Engineering (CDE),you willcontribute to the developmentofoursolution delivery platformssupportingourweb-based applicationsonthe latest cloud technologieswithin aDevSecOpsculture.You will have the opportunity to utilizeautomation technologies and private/public cloud technologiesto provide world-class solutions that serve thenon-profitindustry.

What you’ll do:

• Build automation leveraging CI/CD processes, automated testing, unit testing,code coverageand other software development best practices
• Contribute to reusable automation scripts, libraries, services, and tools to increase system and process efficiencies
• Partnering with the security teams and tools to continually review and understand new industry security threats, associated technologies and quickly addressing vulnerabilities
• Pursue opportunities to further operational excellence by increasing efficiency and reducing risk, complexity, waste and cost
• Partner with key stakeholders to establish technical direction and negotiate technical decision points to drive innovative solutions
• Drive technical design, documentation, and validation, while ensuring implementation aligns with our technical strategies and strategic business goals
• Develop architectural designs for applications building something to delight clients while managing costs to deliver these applications

What you’ll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of experience leveraging automation to manage Linux systems and infrastructure, specifically RedHat
• 8+ years of experience with common web technologies required – Javascript, Java, HTML, AJAX or other equivalent Object-Oriented language
• 8+ years of experience in the implementation of cloud technologies (Microsoft Azure) and an understanding of SAAS, PAAS, and IAAS models
• Experience building high performance, scalable, robust, 24x7environments and/orapplications
• Experience creating scripts or automation, such as Perl, PowerShell, Bash, Ansible, Python, Terraform, or similar for cloud orchestration required
• Available on a 24x7x365 basis when needed for production impacting incidents or key customer events.
• Ability to create quality code that is secure and operable at scale.

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