Principal DevOps Engineer

Insight Global; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global in Atlanta, GA seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to own the DevOps function for a 24/7 Fulfillment Platform. You will design, build, and operate Azure infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and automation that squads rely on to release safely and frequently.

You will establish tooling and standards from infrastructure as code to release orchestration, mentor engineers, and drive DevOps best practices across squads while ensuring high availability and performance across global services.

Qualifications

• Experience building and operating Azure-based DevOps for 24/7 platforms.
• Strong scripting or programming in Python/C#.
• Experience with IaC tools and release automation.
• Experience in on-call incident response and post-mortems.
• Proficient in Linux and Windows environments.
• Ability to design multi-tenant cloud infrastructure.
• Excellent communications and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own DevOps for Fulfillment Platform in Azure.
• Design, build, and operate infrastructure and pipelines.
• Ensure high availability and safe, frequent releases.
• Mentor engineers and establish DevOps standards.
• Collaborate with squads across the organization.

Skills

Azure

C# & Python

CI/CD design

Linux & Windows

Networking fundamentals

Cloud security

Observability tools

Incident management

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collab

DevOps standards

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

CircleCI

Octopus Deploy

New Relic

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

PostgreSQL

Elastic

Job description

• Proficiency in cloud platforms, primarily focused in Microsoft Azure.
• Proficiency in C# and Python, and in scripting with PowerShell or Bash.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or Ansible, and with container orchestration using Kubernetes.
• Understanding of networking concepts and protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, and routing
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices and compliance requirements
• Familiarity with security protocols such as SSH, HTTPS, IPsec, and AAA
• Experience working with a 24x7 global application with high availability and uptime
• Experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines and release automation through gradual deployments with multiple services, ideally with Azure DevOps, CircleCI, and Octopus Deploy
• Experience with observability and centralized logging tooling such as New Relic, Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana
• Experience with incident management, including on-call participation, root cause analysis, and post-mortem reviews
• Proficiency in managing both Linux and Windows environments
• Experience designing, developing, and managing global multi-tenant cloud-based infrastructure and applications, ideally with PostgresSQL, Elastic Cluster, etc.
• Experience with distributed systems and fundamental algorithmic concepts
• Ability to troubleshoot and solve issues with cloud-based processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex infrastructure challenges
• Ability to work and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement cloud solutions
• Excellent communication skills to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Independent owner who can solve problems, provide architecture guidance, and execute with minimal oversight
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and to establish DevOps standards and best practices across squads, including reviewing infrastructure and pipeline work produced by others

Job Description

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will take full ownership of the DevOps function for the client's Fulfillment Platform, a warehouse automation application that operates 24/7 globally. You will design, build, and operate the Azure infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and automation that product squads depend on to release safely and frequently. You will own the tooling and standards that make that possible, from infrastructure as code through to release orchestration and environment provisioning.