Principle DevOps Engineer

Hire Metrics; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Hire Metrics is seeking an experienced Principal DevOps Engineer to join their Development Operations Group in Austin, Texas. This role involves managing Azure cloud infrastructure and DevOps pipelines, ensuring operational excellence.

Candidates should bring over 10 years of computing experience, with at least 3 years focused on Azure. Expertise in Azure DevOps and YAML Pipelines is essential. This position offers an engaging environment with opportunities to apply innovative solutions in a dynamic setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of computing experience, with at least 3+ years in Azure.
• Proven expertise in Azure DevOps and YAML Pipelines.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Manage Azure infrastructure (IaaS and PaaS) and DevOps pipelines.
• Troubleshoot and improve all aspects of the cloud journey.
• Deliver long-term, repeatable IaC solutions.

Skills

Azure DevOps

YAML Pipelines

Automated testing

Vulnerability and patch management

Problem-solving

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

PowerShell

Python

Azure ARM templates

Job description

Looking for an experienced Principal DevOps Engineer to join our Development Operations Group. Development Operations is part of the Development Enterprise Architecture Group and is responsible for our products in Microsoft Azure cloud providing operational excellence, execution and oversight for client's Azure cloud-based applications. The candidate will have engaged in the proof-of-concept stage through the production stage providing Azure environment guidance and support for all steps. Responsibilities include managing all aspects of the Azure infrastructure (IaaS and PaaS) and Azure DevOps Build and Release Pipelines. Successful candidates will engage, troubleshoot, solution and improve all aspects of the cloud journey.

Qualifications

Qualified candidates will grow and adapt to new technologies and practices. In addition, candidate will have the following areas of expertise and experience:

• At least 10+ years of computing experience, knowledge and excitement about the terrain and 3+ years of direct Azure experience
• A solid grasp of the programming tools at their disposal, and knowledge of the time and place to use each one
• Expert Knowledge of Azure DevOps
• Strong working experience of YAML Pipelines
• A solid grasp of programming
• Azure OMS/Application Insights, AppDynamics, and/or New Relic
• Windows, Linux and directory services
• Apache and Passenger
• Automated testing
• Pragmatic problem-solving abilities dealing with complex systems
• Comfort wearing lots of hats in a heterogeneous environment: working with web servers and databases, and software, dashboards and various IaaS systems and PaaS resources
• Ability to deliver long-term, repeatable IaC solutions that incorporate directly into an overall CI/CD process
• Strong commitment to standardization
• Strong security/audit awareness
• Vulnerability and patch management
• Large-scale, enterprise operational experience
• An excellent command of written and spoken English

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Global Traffic Manager, Front Door, Application Gateway, f5
• Redis Cache
• Working experience with configuration management (e.g. Ansible/Puppet/Chef/Octopus/DSC)
• Working experience with networking and SDN
• Experience participating in audit, change management, and incident management
• ...any Azure PaaS resource in an automated, repeatable fashion through a combination of Azure ARM templates, PowerShell, shell, Python, etc.

Additional Information

Things that help a candidate stand out are:

• Multiple are better
• Preferred Az-400 certification but not mandatory
• Microsoft MVP