Delivery Engineer

Eleven Recruiting; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Eleven Recruiting is seeking a Delivery Engineer to own and optimize CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and developer tooling for client projects in Menlo Park, CA.

You will implement Terraform-based IaC, manage GitHub workflows, and ensure secure, repeatable deployments across dev, test, and production environments, while supporting engineers with robust tooling and documentation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Azure (compute, networking, identity, deployment services).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and scripting (PowerShell, Bash, or Python).
• Familiarity with Git workflows and managing GitHub organizations/repositories.
• Experience managing or standardizing developer environments and endpoints.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and customer-service mindset toward internal developers.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to write usable documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to deploy applications and infrastructure to Microsoft Azure.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) so environments are repeatable, versioned, and auditable.
• Manage build, test, security-scan, and release stages, including approvals and gated promotions across dev, test, and production environments.
• Configure and secure deployment credentials, service connections, and secrets (e.g., GitHub OIDC to Azure, Azure Key Vault) following least-privilege principles.
• Monitor pipeline health and deployment metrics, and continuously improve build times, reliability, and rollback safety.
• Onboard new engineers to their workstation, repositories, and pipelines quickly.
• Maintain clear internal documentation, runbooks, and self-service guides.
• Gather feedback from developers and turn recurring pain points into platform improvements.

Skills

GitHub Actions

Microsoft Azure

Infrastructure as Code

Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python)

Git workflows

Documentation

Troubleshooting

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Job description

We are a specialized technology staffing agency supporting professional and financial services companies. Why do we stand out in technology staffing? We listen and act as advisors for our candidates on how they can best add value, find interesting projects, and pave a path for career advancement. We advocate for the best pay, diversity in tech, and the best job fit for every candidate we place.

Our client, an investment firm, is seeking a Delivery Engineer to join their team in Menlo Park, CA!

The ideal candidate will own the systems and tooling that let our development teams ship software reliably and securely. This is a hands-on role that blends platform engineering, automation, and internal customer service.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to deploy applications and infrastructure to Microsoft Azure.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) so environments are repeatable, versioned, and auditable.
• Manage build, test, security-scan, and release stages, including approvals and gated promotions across dev, test, and production environments.
• Configure and secure deployment credentials, service connections, and secrets (e.g., GitHub OIDC to Azure, Azure Key Vault) following least-privilege principles.
• Monitor pipeline health and deployment metrics, and continuously improve build times, reliability, and rollback safety.

Developer Workstation Spec & Policy

• Define and document a standard developer workstation specification covering hardware, operating system, and the approved software/toolchain.
• Establish and maintain a workstation policy covering configuration baselines, security controls, patching, and acceptable use.
• Keep specs and policies current as tools and security requirements evolve, and ensure changes are communicated clearly.
• Act as the first point of contact for developer tooling, environment, and pipeline issues; triage, troubleshoot, and resolve or elevate.
• Onboard new engineers, getting them productive on their workstation, repositories, and pipelines quickly.
• Maintain clear internal documentation, runbooks, and self-service guides.
• Gather feedback from developers and turn recurring pain points into platform improvements.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines, with strong hands-on GitHub Actions skills.
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Azure (compute, networking, identity, and deployment services).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and scripting (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, or Python).
• Familiarity with Git workflows and managing GitHub organizations/repositories.
• Experience managing or standardizing developer environments and endpoints.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and a customer-service mindset toward internal developers.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to write usable documentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with endpoint/device management tooling (e.g., Intune) and dev environment tooling (e.g., dev containers, golden images).
• Exposure to security and compliance requirements in a regulated environment.
• Experience with monitoring/observability and cost management on Azure.

Attributes

• Self-directed and reliable, comfortable owning systems others depend on.
• Pragmatic about balancing speed, security, and maintainability.
• Patient and approachable when helping colleagues.