Senior CloudOps Engineer - GCP, Kubernetes & CI/CD

Ulta Beauty; Bolingbrook (IL); On-site; USD 106,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Ulta Beauty is hiring a Senior CloudOps Engineer to ensure reliable, scalable cloud-native platforms on Google Cloud Platform. You will manage GCP workloads, optimize Kubernetes clusters, and own CI/CD pipelines to accelerate secure deployments.

Join a cross-functional team delivering automation, observability, and reliable cloud operations. The role requires 5+ years of development experience, strong scripting skills, and the ability to collaborate with offshore teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 5+ years development experience with solid programming abilities including unit testing, debugging and code profiling.
• 2+ years of experience on cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure or AWS.
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Experience with Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Experience with Bash, SQL, Java, Perl, Groovy, Python or equivalents.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform products such as Kubernetes and Istio.
• Experience with Git/Bitbucket repositories.
• Experience with Docker, Jira, Jenkins, or MongoDB is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills; comfortable with non-technical partners.

Responsibilities

• Manage, monitor, and optimize GCP workloads including GKE and Compute Engine.
• Operate, troubleshoot, and optimize Kubernetes clusters using kubectl and Helm.
• Build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, tests, and deployments.
• Develop automation with shell scripting, Python, and gcloud CLI.
• Support observability platforms: logging, metrics, tracing, alerting.
• Mentor engineers and promote DevOps best practices.
• Guide offshore teams on complex cloud projects.

Skills

CloudOps

DevOps

Kubernetes

Bash scripting

Python

gcloud CLI

CI/CD

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Git/Bitbucket

Docker

Jira

Jenkins

MongoDB

Istio

Helm

kubectl

Job description

Ulta Beauty is hiring a Senior CloudOps Engineer to ensure reliable, scalable cloud-native platforms on Google Cloud Platform. You will manage GCP workloads, optimize Kubernetes clusters, and own CI/CD pipelines to accelerate secure deployments.

Join a cross-functional team delivering automation, observability, and reliable cloud operations. The role requires 5+ years of development experience, strong scripting skills, and the ability to collaborate with offshore teams.