DevOps Engineer - Computing Services

Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental insurance

Retirement savings program with employer contributions

Tuition benefits

Free Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus pass

Fitness center access

Job summary

Carnegie Mellon University is seeking a motivated DevOps Engineer in Pittsburgh, PA. This role focuses on establishing best practices in engineering processes, automating applications, and directly supporting business customers throughout the development lifecycle. Ideal candidates should possess a Bachelor’s Degree and 3-5 years of relevant experience.

The position offers comprehensive benefits including medical coverage, retirement savings, tuition benefits, and professional development resources.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of relevant work experience in DevOps or related field.
• Experience in installing, updating, troubleshooting, and maintaining applications.

Responsibilities

• Establish best practices and develop scalable operating procedures.
• Conduct technical assessments and estimate resource needs for projects.
• Participate in all phases of the application development lifecycle.
• Troubleshoot and maintain internal and third-party applications.

Skills

DevOps Processes

Resilient System Design

Automation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Job Overview

As a DevOps Engineer, you will have expertise in DevOps processes and tools, resilient system design and implementation, requirements gathering analyzing and supporting applications. In this role, you will enable the team to develop comprehensive engineering processes tailored to integrating the project functions and resources across the product life cycle, from planning, building, testing, and deployment to support. You will install, update, troubleshoot and maintain both internal and third‑party applications as well as finding ways to automate and simplify processes. You will work to establish best practices and to develop scalable operating procedures. You will conduct technical assessments, assess feasibility and compatibility with supported systems, and estimate time and resource needs to establish customer agreements and technical roadmaps. You will be called upon to develop and maintain technical documentation and in some cases, perform technical support directly for the business customer. You will participate in all phases of the application development lifecycle including hands on development activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish best practices and develop scalable operating procedures.
• Conduct technical assessments, assess feasibility and compatibility with supported systems, estimate time and resource needs to establish customer agreements and technical roadmaps.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and perform technical support directly for the business customer.
• Participate in all phases of the application development lifecycle including hands‑on development activities.
• Install, update, troubleshoot and maintain internal and third‑party applications and find ways to automate and simplify processes.
• Develop comprehensive engineering processes tailored to integrating project functions and resources across the product life cycle: planning, building, testing, deployment and support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 3–5 years of relevant work experience.
• A combination of education and relevant experience that demonstrates comparable knowledge may be considered.
• Successful background check.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance.
• Retirement savings program with employer contributions.
• Tuition benefits.
• Paid time off and observed holidays.
• Life and accidental death and disability insurance.
• Free Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus pass.
• Family Concierge Team assistance for childcare needs.
• Fitness center access.
• Additional perks and resources for professional development.

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Equal Opportunity Employer

Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran. Statement of Assurance.