Principal DevOps Engineer: Cloud & CI/CD Leader

Spectrum; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Work-from-home up to 1 day/week

Job summary

Spectrum is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer in Charlotte to lead cloud and deployment automation efforts across our platform operations. You will design, monitor, and optimize cloud workloads, pipelines, and tooling in collaboration with engineering teams.

The role emphasizes reliability, security, and performance, with a hybrid schedule and the option to work from home up to one day per week. Bachelor-level degree and 7+ years devops/engineering experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years software engineering experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, or Python.
• 5-8 years DevOps engineering experience.
• 4-5 years automating CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Jenkins or Argo and managing blue/green and canary deployments.
• 2-3 years using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or Bicep and GitOps workflows.
• 2-3 years working with Helm and Kubernetes management tools including ArgoCD, EKS or GKE.
• 2-3 years working with AWS, Azure, GCP and hybrid integration with on-premises systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, monitor and troubleshoot cloud systems within your assigned areas.
• Define strategy, roadmaps and reference architectures for cloud workloads including network, security, data and applications.
• Build and optimize tools for automated deployment, implement DevOps pipelines and collaborate with engineering teams to streamline and simplify deployment and resolve production issues.
• Develop and deploy new modules, upgrades, and fixes within production environments.
• Serve as a specialist for performance and reliability, solving design challenges and developing specialized skillsets.
• Articulate recommendations for enhancing performance through gap analysis, identifying practical alternatives and assisting with modifications.
• Drive improvements in capacity, reliability, availability, monitoring, and performance of Spectrum’s core systems.
• Create well-documented, flexible code in Spectrum’s standard programming languages.
• Design intuitive interfaces for DevOps tool stacks that feature clear navigation.
• Evaluate and introduce technologies that enhance efficiency, performance, and reliability.
• Work closely with team members and operations to advance DevOps methodology.
• Provide comprehensive documentation support for developers and testers.
• Adapt objectively to iterative changes and evolving technology requirements.

Skills

Technical documentation

Multitasking

Complex issue resolution

Stakeholder alignment

Communication

Analytical reasoning

OOP fundamentals

Front-end tech exposure

Maven/Ant

Open source (Angular/React)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS or equivalent

Master’s Degree

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Bicep

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Argo

Kubernetes (Helm, ArgoCD, EKS/GKE)

Job description

Spectrum is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer in Charlotte to lead cloud and deployment automation efforts across our platform operations. You will design, monitor, and optimize cloud workloads, pipelines, and tooling in collaboration with engineering teams.

The role emphasizes reliability, security, and performance, with a hybrid schedule and the option to work from home up to one day per week. Bachelor-level degree and 7+ years devops/engineering experience preferred.