Senior DevOps Engineer

Specialized Recruiting Group - Portland, OR; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Senior DevOps Engineer role in Portland, OR is focusing on building and maintaining scalable infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. You will manage cloud infrastructure, implement automation, and champion DevOps practices across teams.

You will mentor others, collaborate with development, QA, and SRE teams, and help ensure security and compliance while optimizing performance and cost. A strong background in GCP/AWS and container orchestration is required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps or a related field.
• Proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and cloud-based infrastructure.
• Deep understanding of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or AWS.
• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• CI/CD Pipeline Optimization: Design, implement, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines to streamline the software delivery process, ensuring rapid and reliable deployments.
• Infrastructure Management: Manage and maintain our cloud-based infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring high availability, performance, security, and cost-effectiveness.
• Automation Expertise: Automate repetitive tasks and processes to improve efficiency, reduce manual errors, and ensure consistency across environments.
• Monitoring and Observability: Implement and maintain comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve issues, ensuring the health and performance of our systems.
• Mentorship and Collaboration: Share your expertise and mentor other team members on DevOps best practices, tools, and techniques. Collaborate with development, QA, and SRE teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
• Security and Compliance: Ensure our infrastructure and processes adhere to industry best practices and security standards, protecting our systems and data from potential threats.
• Incident Response: Participate in incident response and post-incident review processes to minimize downtime, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.

Skills

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

Automation

Monitoring

Security practices

Mentorship

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Chef/Puppet

Prometheus

Grafana

Jenkins

CircleCI

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Our client is looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join their team in Portland, OR. The ideal candidate will be able to work in a fast paced environment, operate gracefully under stress, effectively manage multiple assignments, be self driven, proactive and have great interpersonal and communication skills.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining the infrastructure and processes that empower their development teams to deliver high-quality software quickly and reliably. You will be responsible for implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, managing cloud-based infrastructure, and championing DevOps best practices throughout the organization. This role requires a strong technical background in DevOps practices, cloud technologies, automation tools, and the ability to mentor and guide other team members.

• T-TH onsite schedule, client is very open to being flexible given the role and what the candidates' needs are.

Role & Responsibilities

• CI/CD Pipeline Optimization: Design, implement, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines to streamline the software delivery process, ensuring rapid and reliable deployments.
• Infrastructure Management: Manage and maintain our cloud-based infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring high availability, performance, security, and cost-effectiveness.
• Automation Expertise: Automate repetitive tasks and processes to improve efficiency, reduce manual errors, and ensure consistency across environments.
• Monitoring and Observability: Implement and maintain comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve issues, ensuring the health and performance of our systems.
• Mentorship and Collaboration: Share your expertise and mentor other team members on DevOps best practices, tools, and techniques. Collaborate with development, QA, and SRE teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
• Security and Compliance: Ensure our infrastructure and processes adhere to industry best practices and security standards, protecting our systems and data from potential threats.
• Incident Response: Participate in incident response and post-incident review processes to minimize downtime, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.

Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps or a related field.
• Proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and cloud-based infrastructure.
• Deep understanding of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or AWS.
• Hands-on experience with containerization (e.g., Docker) and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).

Skills:

• Strong programming or scripting skills in Python, Bash, or other relevant languages.
• Expertise in configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Solid understanding of networking and security concepts.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to mentor and guide others.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with cybersecurity tools and technologies.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana).
• Knowledge of SRE principles and practices.
• Contributions to open source projects related to DevOps.
• Certifications in relevant cloud technologies or DevOps practices.

Required Technical Skills

• Expert: AWS or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Security (Identity and Access Management, Cloud Armor, Security Command Center, Secret Manager)
• Advanced:
• Experience with infrastructure optimization and cost management on GCP
• Knowledge of GCP best practices and architectural patterns
• Bonus: Experience with other cloud providers (AWS, Azure) or hybrid cloud environments.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Expert: Terraform
• Proficient: Ansible, or similar configuration management tools (Chef, Puppet)
• Bonus: Experience with other IaC tools (e.g., CloudFormation, Pulumi), or policy-as-code frameworks (e.g., Open Policy Agent)

CI/CD

• Expert: Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab CI/CD, or similar tools
• Advanced: Experience designing and implementing complex CI/CD pipelines with multiple stages, environments, and deployment strategies
• Bonus: Experience with Tekton, Argo CD, or other Kubernetes-native CI/CD solutions

Containerization and Orchestration

• Advanced: Experience with Kubernetes networking, storage, security, and cluster management
• Bonus: Experience with Helm (Kubernetes package manager), Istio (service mesh), or Knative (serverless platform)

Programming and Scripting

• Proficient: Python, Bash, or other scripting languages (e.g., Ruby, Perl)
• Bonus: Experience with Go (Golang) or other compiled languages (e.g., Java, C++)

Monitoring and Observability

• Proficient: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), or similar monitoring and logging tools
• Advanced: Experience designing and implementing monitoring and alerting strategies for distributed systems
• Bonus: Experience with distributed tracing (e.g., Jaeger, Zipkin) or other observability tools (e.g., OpenTelemetry)

Security

• Proficient: Security best practices for cloud infrastructure, container security, network security, access control, secrets management
• Advanced: Experience implementing and maintaining security policies, conducting security audits and reviews
• Bonus: Experience with security scanning tools (e.g., Trivy, Clair), penetration testing, or security certifications (e.g., CISSP)

Additional Skills (Highly Desirable)

• Experience with Temporal.io
• Knowledge of chaos engineering principles and practices
• Familiarity with GitOps workflows
• Experience with serverless technologies (e.g., Cloud Functions, AWS Lambda)
• Understanding of cost optimization techniques for cloud infrastructure