Principal DevOps Engineer

Direct Hire      Application Developer/Development      Tempe, Arizona

Direct Hire

Application Developer/Development

Tempe, Arizona

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Job Title: Principal DevOps Engineer
Location: Phoenix, Columbus, Dallas

What you’ll do:
The Principal DevOps Engineer is accountable for capability engineering & support for tooling and processes that supports Application Development, Testing, & Build/Deploy (CI/CD) capabilities. As a senior engineer for this domain, this role is responsible for advancing the capability roadmap to develop platforms & services that Application Teams can consume & onboard on to that enable automation, robust testing, & a ‘shift left’ security mentality as it relates to developing, testing, & deploying application code as well as infrastructure as code pipelines. This role will collaborate with Enterprise Architecture & the Application Teams to understand needs across the enterprise, as well as evangelize the use of CI/CD pipelines & automation in Software Development Lifecycle processes.

This role requires a deep technical understanding in the areas of: DevOps platforms, CI/CD pipelines and integrations, Microsoft Azure DevOps, static/dynamic application security testing, development frameworks, and configuring and deploying software across multiple environments. Additionally, strong strategic & critical thinking skills as well as communication and collaboration skills are required to develop relationships with multiple delivery teams, business partners, and IT leadership.

What we are looking for:

  • Responsible for defining, implementing, & supporting a target state architecture of DevOps platform tooling that supports multiple delivery teams across multiple development stacks. 
  • Works with Cloud Architecture and Solution Delivery teams to develop strategy and plan for application and pipeline modernization with a “cloud first” mentality.
  • Establish standards and best practices around SCM, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, security scanning automation, vulnerability management, and delivery (containers, PaaS, etc.).
  • Works with Enterprise Architecture, QA, & Security teams to analyze new and emerging trends in DevOps and Development Architecture to ensure standards remain current and relevant.
  • Guide internal application teams on standards and best practices to streamline their development processes in the evolving DevOps/Cloud technologies.
  • Facilitates the evaluation and selection of software product standards and services within the domain of DevOps and Development Architecture.
  • Administer cloud-based Azure Devops Services
  • Guide and mentor team members on DevOps best practices and standards.
  • Identify bottlenecks and implement solutions to optimize development and deployment processes.

Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of related IT experience, with 5+ years in application development with experience building & managing automation using DevOps / DevSecOps platforms & tooling.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years administration and support of Azure Devops Services including repositories, Pipelines, Artifacts, and work items.
  • Deep understanding and experience in designing & implementing modern continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines that include YAML, security scanning (SAST, DAST, SCA), containerized deployments, and automated testing capabilities (unit tests, regression tests, etc.).
  • Proficiency in Git including branching strategies and pull request best practices.
  • Experience designing & deploying integration applications into public cloud services or iPaaS-based providers (e.g., MuleSoft, Azure, AWS).
  • Demonstrated experience in any of the following technologies: Python, FastAPI, Typescript, Node.js, Angular, React, Java, and .Net.
  • Deep understanding of strategic and new and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills that can develop content for & communicate with Application Development & Infrastructure Engineering teams.
  • The Objective mindset that can think ‘enterprise first’ and remain unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor choice, with decisions made based on data, analysis, & POC results.
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
  • Experience delivering solutions across multiple cloud-based solutions including Azure, and AWS, and deploying to iPaaS solutions such as MuleSoft
  • Experience in the following tools and technologies: Atlassian Confluence, SonarQube, LucidChart, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes.
  • Experience delivering & operating in the Banking industry.

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