Principal DevOps Engineer

PrismHR; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PrismHR is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead in building a state-of-the-art PaaS infrastructure in the cloud. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in AWS and Azure, with a strong focus on automation and facilitating collaboration. This role involves innovative cloud solutions, tackling complex infrastructure challenges, and enhancing user experience while thriving in an Agile team environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant DevOps expertise.
• Fluent in automation languages like Python and PowerShell.
• Experience with AWS and Azure cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement innovative cloud solutions focused on IaC.
• Automate IaaS and PaaS configurations in Azure and AWS.
• Collaborate on complex technological infrastructure problems.

Skills

Automation languages

Integration technologies

Cloud architectures

CI/CD processes

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor of Engineering/Technology or Master of Computer Applications

Azure and/or AWS certifications preferred

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

The Principal DevOps Engineer is a key part of the engine that drives success. You will join a team on a quest to shape the future of PrismHR by solving thought-provoking problems and using transformational technologies as we work toward building a state-of-the-art PaaS infrastructure in the cloud. You will be part of a tech-savvy, Agile-driven team with a no-nonsense attitude, focused on evangelizing cloud potential and providing value through automation and innovative transformation. You will collaborate with other teams to reinvent and automate IT, and you will be given the opportunity to realize your full potential through courageous innovation. This role offers the chance to thrive in a culture of ownership and delivery, with a strong emphasis on automation. You will be part of the team at the center of a groundbreaking, transformational success story at PrismHR, a fast-paced, energetic, and innovative software company.

Desired Experience

• Bachelor of Engineering/Technology or Master of Computer Applications from an accredited institution and/or 12+ years of relevant DevOps expertise, preferably in the PEO, HCM or IT/ITES Industry.
• Adept in integration technologies, automation languages (Python, PowerShell, json, YAML).
• Hand-on engineering experience using hosting solutions in public cloud IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS platforms in Azure and/or AWS.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration: Docker, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service.
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Familiarity with AWS architectures/services.
• Familiarity with standards and principles of Azure Cloud Infrastructure.
• Hand-on experience in engineering technical solutions in public cloud based on industry standards using Azure Core Platform (Compute, Storage, Networking), Azure Services, Azure AD, Azure Automation, Azure Monitor, Azure Bastion.
• Hands-on experience with AWS Services like (EC2, VPC, S3, ELB, RDS, Route53, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS Network Firewall, Elastic Load Balancers, and more)
• Familiarity with unified hub-and-spoke architecture for large-scale branch connectivity.
• Experience in working with infrastructure provisioning tools, such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Chef, Puppet, Jenkins, or with a healthy appetite to learn.
• Should be fluent with modern Devops concepts.
• Solid experience setting up and maintaining DevOps pipeline using CI/CD processes (Jenkins), GitHub (Source Control).
• Experience in scalable cloud design, including high availability, redundancy, failover, and load balancing.
• Deeply knowledgeable with container platforms, such as Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS.
• Adapt in Agile methodologies of software development.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, a knack for problem-solving, a desire to enhance user experience, and a passion for technology.
• Azure and/or AWS certifications preferred

Responsibilities

• Design and implement innovative cloud solutions with a strong focus on IaC (Infrastructure as Code).
• Install, configure, automate, and monitor IaaS and PaaS in Azure and AWS cloud.
• Collaborate with others to brainstorm best ways to tackle a complex technological infrastructure, security, or development problem.
• Perform incremental testing actions on code, processes, and deployments to identify ways to streamline execution and minimize errors encountered.
• Build automated deployments using configuration management technologies.
• Deploy new modules and upgrades and complete fixes within the production environment.
• Focus on configuration, documentation, optimization and support of the infrastructure components.
• Use open-source technologies and tools to accomplish specific use cases encountered within the project.
• Use coding languages or scripting methodologies to solve a problem with a custom workflow.
• Automate configuration of next-gen firewalls and load balancing services (Azure firewall, Elastic load balancers, App Gateways, NAT Gateways, F5 BIP-IP).
• Configures and automate Confluent Kafka, Databricks, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon ECS.
• Performs gap analysis and suggests solutions to drive infrastructure operations maturity.
• Defines standards and practices for building secure and reliable services on a public cloud platform.
• Implement and deploy infrastructure automation and configuration management (Jenkins, Powershell, Terraform, Python).
• Contribute to cloud migrations.
• Educate and mentor product teams and junior engineers.
• Documents processes, platforms, and traffic flows, including high- and low-level designs of technical requirements.
• Evaluate new cloud-related technologies and perform proof of concepts.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to peers, partnering teams, and stakeholders in solving complex technical problems.
• Provide state-of-the-art technical solutions for scalability, reliability, security, and performance.
• Craft robust and highly available cloud infrastructures using industry-leading frameworks and tools.

PrismHR is a fast-paced SaaS company which provides customers with a cloud-based payroll process software application. PrismHR also provides professional services including system implementation consulting, custom configurations, and training. Lastly, via the Company’s Marketplace platform customers and end users access other human resources and employee benefits applications from PrismHR’s Marketplace Partners.

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