Principal Appl. Developer

Fairygodboss; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ADP is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead cloud automation and CI/CD initiatives. The role focuses on designing flexible, scalable solutions for our cloud-based payroll, tax, HR, and benefits platforms.

You will influence architecture, guide teams, and ensure high reliability across complex systems. Ideal candidates bring hands-on experience with Python, Java, Kubernetes, and Terraform, and enjoy mentoring others.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• 12+ years of experience in DevOps/SRE or related field.
• Expert-level Python programming.
• Experience with cloud platforms and container orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines across cloud environments.
• Build and optimize cloud automation and orchestration.
• Mentor junior developers and lead DevOps initiatives.
• Collaborate with architecture and product teams to improve reliability.

Skills

Python

Java/JVM

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

EKS

RDS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Helm

Hashi Vault

Istio

Job description

ADP is hiring a Principal DevOps Engineer.

• Are you empathetic to client needs and inspired by transformation and impacting the lives of millions of people every day?
• Are you looking to join a dynamic, inclusive team environment with a culture of collaboration and belonging?

Well, this may be the role for you. Ready to design what's next?

In this role, you will build innovative and flexible cloud solutions for the automation, execution, and implementation of processes that deliver products more quickly to market across ADP’s cloud-based payroll, tax, HR, and benefits solutions, while keeping them highly reliable and available.

No two days are the same. As part of a DevOps/SRE team, you’re the first one they call from an operations standpoint to understand why an app is down. In this hands‑on role, you’ll work side‑by‑side with the architecture and product development to design and implement CI/CD pipelines and Cloud initiatives. Every day will require you to be agile, adaptable, and fluid.

To thrive in this role, you’ll need experience creating, executing, or troubleshooting end‑to‑end automation scripts for the cloud, migrating data, and managing change within an organization. You should have come up through the ranks as a full‑stack engineer, be passionate about automation, and have experience writing code and building fully automated, highly elastic, cloud‑orchestrated platforms over various IaaS providers such as AWS, GCE, and/or Azure.

• Expert‑level skills in Python are necessary.
• Some experience with Java/JVM, the Spring Ecosystem, Service Mesh/Istio, Hashicorp Vault, etc.
• Significant experience with Cloud (AWS, EKS, RDS), Containerization (K8S), Orchestration (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Helm Charts), Clustering, CICD tools, etc.

You will have a hands‑on role designing, developing, debugging, and deploying software solutions, leveraging your expertise with code complexities, and you will also serve as a mentor to junior developers. In the senior role, you will balance the assignment of user stories, prioritization, and consideration of the technical interests of each developer on the team.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Scrums. You’ll start each day with a scrum, working in a team to understand responsibilities, identify issues, and communicate coding priorities while choosing user stories to complete. You will also participate in other agile ceremonies, including scheduled sprint demos, where you will present your work to up to 90 stakeholders.
• Collaboration and Communication. You’ll be the point person for developers and operations when they need to find a solution quickly. You’ll listen to their needs, find a solution, and share it. You’re comfortable presenting to leadership everything from system designs to new ideas for technology to production incidents.
• CI/CD. You’ll be part of the team that designs and implements extensions to our existing DevOps and CI/CD tools to help usable products get to market faster through accurate automation.
• Variety of work. There is no typical day. You could be checking in with a team in India one minute, meeting with leadership to review initiatives for the coming quarter later, or handling a few ad‑hoc requests from your peers in other departments.
• Change. You’re comfortable working on products with technology never used before. Inevitable challenges will arise, and we’ll rely on you to look for a solution. Fail fast, fail safely.
• Influence and inspire confidence. You are comfortable presenting to senior leaders, product owners, and peers with a compelling voice that demonstrates executive presence, leads change, and creates clear executive‑level communications on milestone achievements.
• Experience. You have 12+ years of experience in relevant skills gained and developed in the same or similar role.

TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE:

• You’ll have a Bachelor’s degree OR equivalent.

YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN:

• Have courageous team collaboration. Courage comes from how associates are willing to have difficult conversations, speak up, be an owner, and challenge one another’s ideas to find the best solution.
• Deliver at epic scale. We deliver real user outcomes using strong judgment and good instincts. We’re obsessed with the art of achieving simplicity with a focus on client happiness and productivity.
• Be surrounded by curious learners. We align ourselves with other smart people in an environment where we grow and elevate one another to the next level. We encourage our associates to listen, stay agile, and learn from mistakes.
• Act like an owner & doer. Mission‑driven and committed to leading change, you will be encouraged to take on any challenge and solve complex problems. No tasks are beneath or too great for us. We are hands‑on and willing to master our craft.
• Give back to others. Always do the right thing for our clients and our community and humbly give back to the community where we live and work. Support our associates in times of need through ADP’s Philanthropic Foundation.
• Join a company committed to equality and equity. Our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at ADP:

ADP is committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace, and is further committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic including: race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectionate or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, protected veteran status or disability. Hiring decisions are based upon ADP's operating needs, and applicant merit including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, ability, availability, cooperation, and job performance.