Principal DevOps Engineer

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer who will spearhead the technical strategy for cloud migration. The individual will mentor junior engineers, enforce DevOps best practices, and lead the transformation of cloud infrastructure within a critical healthcare environment focused on improving patient outcomes and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in public cloud environments, 10+ years in IT infrastructure.
• Proven experience with cloud-native infrastructure and DevOps best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale cloud infrastructure migration planning.
• Build secure and cost-optimized cloud environments using IaC tools.
• Design CI/CD pipelines for data and analytics products.

Skills

Leadership in cloud migrations

Scripting

Container orchestration

CI/CD tools

Infrastructure automation

Cloud networking

Security

Cost optimization

Multi-cloud management

Observability tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree (Preferred)

Job description

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Overview

The Principal DevOps Engineer will lead the technical strategy and implementation of CHOP's enterprise-wide cloud migration. As a senior member of the Cloud Product Team within the Enterprise Technology Platform Solutions department, you will drive adoption of cloud-native infrastructure, automate delivery pipelines, and collaborate cross-functionally to modernize data and analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale cloud infrastructure migration planning and execution.
• Build and maintain secure, scalable, and cost-optimized cloud environments using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Bicep.
• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native data and analytics products.
• Identify and resolve platform gaps in observability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and analytics teams to align on technical standards.
• Develop and enforce DevOps best practices and guide engineering maturity across teams.
• Drive automation in provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and deployment pipelines.
• Serve as a technical lead for incident response, root cause analysis, and production troubleshooting.
• Mentor junior DevOps and Data Engineers.
• Support Agile delivery through Scrum ceremonies and cross-team coordination.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Informatics, or related field (Required); Master's preferred.

Experience: At least 6 years in public cloud environments and 10 years in IT infrastructure, DevOps, or software engineering.

Skills: Proven leadership in cloud migrations, scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell), container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), CI/CD tools, infrastructure automation, cloud networking, security, cost optimization, multi-cloud management, and observability tools.

Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (Required); DevOps Engineer Expert (Preferred).

Additional Info: Department operates approximately 80% remotely, 20% on-site in Philadelphia. All onsite employees must be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Salary Range: $139,220 - $184,460 annually.

Employment Type: Full-time, Mid-Senior level, Engineering and IT role in Healthcare industry.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.