DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives including defining project objectives, developing project schedules, preparing cost estimates, allocating/forecasting resources, and ensuring timely delivery under the direction of the Manager/Product Manager.
• Independently write and maintain complex automation scripts, refining them for readability, maintainability, and efficiency.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting in scripts with multiple integration points.
• Lead or participate in code reviews to improve overall script quality and start to see constructive feedback.
• Write clean, reusable, and high-quality IaC to solve novel or complex problems and lead advanced IaC reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices and providing guidance during the merge review process.
• Design patterns, practices, and platforms that enable developers to integrate and deliver software components efficiently.
• Build and improve the CI/CD process, ensuring a fully functional software ecosystem.
• Independently manage virtual servers, containers, and orchestration platforms.
• Identify and develop local and cross team/org automation capabilities for products that impact key business SLAs and KPIs.
• Implement security measures to protect data integrity and confidentiality across pipelines.
• Lead the advanced troubleshooting and resolution of complex or novel system issues, including analyzing logs, performance data, and system behavior.
• Define and enforce consistent branching strategies to facilitate parallel development, code isolation, and seamless integration across teams.
• Regularly review and analyze system performance metrics, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks, and implementing solutions to improve speed and responsiveness.
• Handle multi-region or multi-cloud network management, including zero trust networks and virtual private networks.
• Absorb and perform canary deployments.
• Perform chaos engineering with networking to test resilience.
• Develop and implement strategies for network redundancy and disaster recovery.
• Ensure that network infrastructure can withstand and recover from failures/disasters with minimal impact.
• Lead and facilitate technical discussions, providing insights and recommendations based on DevOps principles.
• Coach more junior DevOps Engineers through targeted feedback and guidance to improve technical skills, overcome challenges, and achieve specific goals.
• Serve in an on-call rotation that includes non-business hours to support production systems used by millions of automotive customers.

  Requirements

  • 3+ years of production experience working as a DevOps Engineer or Software Engineer.
  • DevOps expertise to efficiently provide valuable insights and solve challenging problems.
  • Expertise in Terraform to create, modify, and manage infrastructure configurations or IaC templates.
  • Expertise in containerization technologies (Docker & Kubernetes) to build, package, and deploy optimized container images.
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS and Azure) to optimize cloud resource utilization and costs throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Experience in cloud architecture and design patterns to create scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud architectures and apply best practices for cloud deployments.
  • Expertise with a scripting language to develop custom tools and scripts for DevOps workflows or integrate with APIs.
  • Expertise in version control systems to perform branching, merging, and resolving merge conflicts.
  • Versed in InfoSec policies and procedures to adhere to security standards/regulations and identify gaps in security architecture.
  • Experience in monitoring and analytics platforms (like Datadog) to set up monitors, alerts, and diagnostic tools for proactive issue detection, root cause analysis, and performance optimization across distributed systems.
  • Understanding of cloud billing and cost management tools to recognize total costs.
  • Ability to learn and apply new technologies, programming practices, patterns, and methods.
  • Demonstrates advanced problem-solving, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills.
  • Organized and detail-oriented.
  • Ability to develop healthy working relationships and collaborate with peers and leaders.
  • Exhibits integrity and high standards in work quality.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Values diversity and differences amongst individuals in interactions.

  Qualifications

  • 3+ years of production experience working as a DevOps Engineer or Software Engineer.
  • DevOps expertise to efficiently provide valuable insights and solve challenging problems.
  • Expertise in Terraform to create, modify, and manage infrastructure configurations or IaC templates.
  • Expertise in containerization technologies (Docker & Kubernetes) to build, package, and deploy optimized container images.
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS and Azure) to optimize cloud resource utilization and costs throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Experience in cloud architecture and design patterns to create scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud architectures and apply best practices for cloud deployments.
  • Expertise with a scripting language to develop custom tools and scripts for DevOps workflows or integrate with APIs.
  • Expertise in version control systems to perform branching, merging, and resolving merge conflicts.
  • Versed in InfoSec policies and procedures to adhere to security standards/regulations and identify gaps in security architecture.
  • Experience in monitoring and analytics platforms (like Datadog) to set up monitors, alerts, and diagnostic tools for proactive issue detection, root cause analysis, and performance optimization across distributed systems.
  • Understanding of cloud billing and cost management tools to recognize total costs.
  • Ability to learn and apply new technologies, programming practices, patterns, and methods.
  • Demonstrates advanced problem-solving, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills.
  • Organized and detail-oriented.
  • Ability to develop healthy working relationships and collaborate with peers and leaders.
  • Exhibits integrity and high standards in work quality.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Values diversity and differences amongst individuals in interactions.

  Skills

  • Terraform
  • Containerization Technologies (Docker & Kubernetes)
  • Cloud Platforms (AWS and Azure)
  • Cloud Architecture and Design Patterns
  • Scripting Languages
  • Version Control Systems
  • InfoSec Policies and Procedures
  • Monitoring and Analytics Platforms (like Datadog)
  • Cloud Billing and Cost Management Tools
  • New Technologies, Programming Practices, Patterns, and Methods
  • Problem-Solving, Troubleshooting, and Decision-Making Skills
  • Organizational and Detail-Oriented Skills
  • Collaboration and Communication Skills
  • Integrity and High Standards
  • Diversity and Differences

  Benefits

  • 401(k)
  • Dental Insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance

  Pay

  The salary will be determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, location, relevant education, qualifications, experience, technical skills, and business needs.

  Schedule

  N/A

  About the Role

  We are on the hunt for a DevOps Engineer to create, maintain, support, and improve complex cloud operations for cutting-edge microservice-based platforms. On this team, you will solve complex problems and work alongside talented DevOps Engineers, Software Engineers, Agile Delivery Leads, and Technical Product Managers who have a passion for driving innovation in mobility, safety, and convenience services. We love people who think big and like to get their hands dirty to help us build exciting initiatives.

  Company Overview

  At OP, we help you harness the power of technology for maximum impact. A technology consulting and solutions company, we offer advisory and managed services, innovative platforms, and staffing solutions across a wide range of fields including AI, cyber security, enterprise architecture, and beyond. For nearly two decades, we've been challenging the status quo of the consulting industry, serving up fresh, ingenious thinking through a radically lean structure. Together, this strategy delivers unprecedented performance at an unparalleled pace for faster results that propel your business forward.