IT - Infrastructure Systems - DevOps Engineer II (Remote in CA only)

Golden 1 Credit Union; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 123,600 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Golden 1 Credit Union in Sacramento is seeking a DevOps Engineer II to lead the automation of Infrastructure as Code across Microsoft Azure and on-premises environments. The role involves designing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, managing Linux/Kubernetes clusters, and ensuring system reliability and security.

Ideal candidates will hold a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, with over 4 years of relevant experience in medium to large-scale environments. Proficiency with Terraform, Python, and PowerShell, along with Azure skills, is required for this position.

Qualifications

• Over 4 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar role in medium to large-scale environments.
• Proficient with Windows Server, Linux, Azure, and VMware deployments.
• Strong background in automating infrastructure provisioning and application deployment.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure-as-code development using Terraform, Python, and PowerShell for scalable deployments.
• Manage Linux/Kubernetes cluster environments and container orchestration tools.
• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for faster, reliable software releases.

Skills

Terraform

Python

PowerShell

Kubernetes

Azure

Docker

CI/CD tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git/GitHub

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

Splunk

PostgreSQL

MySQL

NoSQL

Job description

JOB CODE: 12041

PAY RANGE: $123,600.00 – $135,000.00 Annually

POSITION: DevOps Engineer II

ROLE SUMMARY: Lead automation of Infrastructure as Code across Microsoft Azure and on‑premises environments, design and optimize CI/CD pipelines, manage Linux/Kubernetes clusters, monitor systems, and ensure reliability and security.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead infrastructure‑as‑code development using Terraform, Python, and PowerShell for scalable deployments.
• Manage Linux/Kubernetes cluster environments and container orchestration tools.
• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for faster, reliable software releases.
• Deploy solutions in line with change management processes and cloud engineering standards.
• Support development teams on API integration strategy and standards.
• Monitor systems, create alerts, manage alert suppression, and reduce alert fatigue.
• Maintain infrastructure and application uptime and performance.
• Analyze operational metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
• Propose automation solutions to reduce toil and eliminate errors.
• Develop runbooks and incident playbooks across monitoring tools.
• Implement and maintain monitoring dashboards, SLIs, SLOs, error budgets.
• Ensure security against cybersecurity threats and comply with reliability, security, and cost controls.
• Operate shared cloud platform services per defined architectures.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Over 4 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar role in medium to large‑scale environments.
• Proficient with Windows Server, Linux, Azure, and VMware deployments.
• Experience with Git/GitHub workflows, Terraform, Python, PowerShell, Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps.
• Experience with observability platforms: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk.
• Experience with database technologies: PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL.
• Strong background in automating infrastructure provisioning and application deployment.
• Experience in building observability pipelines and advanced log queries.
• Experience implementing and operating Azure‑based shared services per cloud engineering teams.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS

• Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert – Required
• Kubernetes Administration – Required
• Linux Certification – Desired

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Initiative – Owns tasks and responsibilities.
• Result‑oriented – Meets deadlines, adapts quickly.
• Collaboration – Works across teams, solves problems proactively.
• Reliability – Demonstrates trustworthiness and credibility.

WORK CONTEXT

This role requires continuous computer use with occasional lifting of up to 15 lbs. Work may include evenings, weekends, and after‑hours as needed.