Principal DevOps Engineer: Lead CI/CD & Cloud

USA-Medtronic MiniMed, Inc 1017; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401(k) with company match

Health, dental, vision insurance

PTO and holidays

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

MiniMed is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to collaborate with developers and IT staff to oversee code releases and optimize the software lifecycle. You will design and implement CI/CD pipelines, manage infrastructure as code, and drive reliability across cloud environments while leading a cross-functional team.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, deep knowledge of automation tools, and experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree and minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Build CI/CD Pipelines: Create automated systems to test and deploy code quickly.
• Manage Infrastructure as Code: Use code to provision and scale cloud servers automatically.
• Ensure Observability: Set up logging and monitoring tools to catch system errors early.
• Lead Incident Response: Fix major production crashes and find the root cause of failures.
• Mentor Team Members: Guide junior engineers and review their technical work.
• Ensure uptime of 99.9% and 99% quality of service (degradation).

Skills

DevOps

Leadership

Mentoring

Cloud computing

CI/CD

Observability

Incident response

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced degree

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Jira

Jenkins

NewRelic

OpenSearch

Job description

MiniMed is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to collaborate with developers and IT staff to oversee code releases and optimize the software lifecycle. You will design and implement CI/CD pipelines, manage infrastructure as code, and drive reliability across cloud environments while leading a cross-functional team.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, deep knowledge of automation tools, and experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.