Principal Engineer-DevOps

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What you’ll be doing...

We are seeking a Principal Engineer specializing in Software development along with DevOps expertise to lead our infrastructure and platform efforts, driving reliability, scalability, and operational excellence initiatives. In this role, you will:

Lead and implement large-scale, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems using Kubernetes, AWS, and other cloud technologies.

Design, build, and improve CI/CD pipelines, monitoring/alerting capabilities, and reliability features.

Architect and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions with a security-first approach.

Resolve complex technical issues during the build and deployment of applications across various verticals.

Analyze production system metrics to drive changes, optimize system utilization, and improve cost efficiency.

Enhance monitoring and alerting systems to proactively detect issues before customers report them.

Execute security tools, analyze vulnerabilities/findings, and work towards remediation with Dev/DevOps teams.

Participate as a key stakeholder in Incident Response (IR) and Disaster Recovery (DR) scenarios.

What we're looking for...

You'll need to have:

Bachelor's degree or six or more years of work experience.

Six or more years of software development experience with solid DevOps experience.