Principal DevOps Architect Enterprise CI/CD Leader

MKS Instruments

Shattuckville (MA)

Hybrid

USD 140,000 - 185,000

Full time

12 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Life and disability insurance

12 paid holidays

15 paid vacation days

6 weeks fully paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

MKS Instruments is hiring a Principal DevOps Architect within Engineering Services to shape how teams build, test, secure, and deliver software. You will own the enterprise DevOps vision, modernize a diverse tool landscape, and create scalable CI/CD solutions. This hybrid role requires deep hands-on expertise and strong collaboration with Security and IT.

You will mentor, set standards, and drive reliable, automated software delivery across sites, reporting to the Engineering Services Manager.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
8+ years of progressive experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering, software engineering, cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a related technical discipline.
5+ years of hands-on experience architecting, building, administering, or modernizing enterprise CI/CD and DevOps platforms supporting multiple teams/sites/business units.
Deep understanding of CI/CD architecture, software development lifecycle practices, source control, branching and pull-request models, build and test automation, artifact management, release engineering, and platform reliability.
Hands-on experience with several of the following: GitHub Enterprise, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, CloudBees CI, Perforce, Bitbucket, Nexus Repository, Jira, and Confluence.
Experience creating reusable automation, pipelines, templates, frameworks, or platform capabilities that reduce developer friction and improve consistency at scale.
Strong understanding of DevSecOps and secure software delivery practices, including identity, secrets, vulnerability management, access controls, auditability, and software supply chain security.
Ability to move between architecture and hands-on technical problem solving, while influencing teams without direct authority.
Strong communication skills and the ability to translate complex technical decisions into practical solutions for engineers, IT, Security, vendors, and business leaders.
Travel is less than 15%.

Responsibilities

Own the technical vision and architecture for MKS's enterprise DevOps capability, including source control, CI/CD, artifact management, release automation, DevSecOps, reliability, and platform governance.
Modernize and simplify a complex DevOps ecosystem spanning GitHub Enterprise, Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins, CloudBees CI, Nexus, Perforce, Bitbucket, and related engineering platforms.
Architect reusable CI/CD solutions including pipeline templates, shared libraries, automated testing, quality gates, artifact promotion, and repeatable release patterns that engineering teams can adopt at scale.
Solve challenging platform and developer-experience problems by identifying friction, technical debt, reliability gaps, and opportunities for automation and standardization.
Partner with Security and IT to build security into engineering workflows through identity management, secrets management, least-privilege access, vulnerability scanning, auditability, and software supply chain controls.
Set technical direction and influence engineering practices across teams and sites, while providing flexibility to support different products and environments.
Establish and lead the DevOps Center of Excellence, creating standards, reference architectures, documentation, training, and a community of practice.
Serve as a principal-level technical advisor to engineering teams, helping solve CI/CD, platform reliability, release, and DevSecOps challenges.
Improve long-term reliability and supportability of platforms through automation, ownership, documentation, observability, and operational practices.