Principal DevOps Engineer

Mountain America Credit Union•Sandy, UT

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

Collaborates with software engineers, systems administrators, and quality engineers to automate the delivery and monitoring of software systems for internal and external credit union use.

Requirements

Minimum 10 years of DevOps experience.
Minimum 3 years of DevOps experience in a senior level position.
Experience in contributing to the standardization of SDLC processes and methodologies across the organization, for both internally developed software and externally acquired systems.
Windows server experience, including system installation, configuration, administration, troubleshooting.
Linux experience, including system installation, configuration, administration, troubleshooting.
Expertise with multiple scripting languages such as PowerShell and Bash.
Expertise with infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform
Expertise with cloud providers such as AWS or Azure.
Experience in implementing Azure at the organization level.
Expertise with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Octopus or GitHub.
Experience in container creation and orchestration.
Experience in Kubernetes administration.
Experience in Kubernetes implementation.
Willingness and ability to contribute to software development tasks as assigned, with a proven ability to implement and troubleshoot code changes in C#, MVC, .NET Core, or other languages.
Familiarity with test automation framework implementation for both UI and API testing.
Ability to architect and develop tools and utilities as needed to support the entire SDLC process in an automated way.
Expertise managing source in Git (repositories, branching, merging, etc.).
Experience with MS SQL server.
Experience automating integration tests with tools such as PostMan, SoapUI, XUnit.
Expertise with standard IT security practices such as encryption, certificates and key management.
Expertise guiding cross-organization teams in DevOps practices
Experience with documenting current and new processes in way that is usable by others.
Experience with teaching and guiding DevOps practices to others.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in computer science, information systems, or related field. Education will be verified.
OR 4 years combined education and experience in a DevOps role.
Demonstrated ability to clearly express ideas, methodology, results and recommendations verbally, in writing and through insightful reports and graphic illustrations.
Demonstrated ability to document outcomes and present information in a manner appropriate for key stakeholders and all levels of the organization.
Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
Self-starter with strong organizing and time management skills and the ability to work productively and efficiently in a fast-paced environment with multiple projects and timelines.
Adaptive to change, responds positively to altered circumstances or conditions.
Possess a desire and willingness to learn and continually update knowledge based on evolving DevOps concepts, strategies, tools etc.
Take initiative to be a problem solver and provide suggestions to improve processes and efficiencies.
Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate with other teams as needed.
Ability to sit, talk and hear consistently.
Ability to stand, walk, and use hands to handle or reach occasionally.
Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less).
Distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more).
Ability to lift up to 10 pounds occasionally.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with banking or credit union regulatory and security requirements is a plus.

Responsibilities

Advocates for DevOps processes by working closely with other IT professionals from across the organization.
Responsible for working with teams and resources necessary to implement and transition to a fully automated CI/CD pipeline, with a continuous focus on making sure security, quality, performance, scalability, and high reliability are integrated into every part of the software development life cycle.
Provides operational support to software engineers and quality engineers while acting as a liaison between the IT infrastructure teams and software development teams.
Perform legacy software deployments while enhancing automation to support a fully enabled CI/CD environment.
Coordinate with software engineers, systems administrators, and network engineers to help ensure standardization of technologies between different projects.
Assist in troubleshooting and resolving system issues and outages.
May be required to work occasional evenings and weekend hours to support production releases and resolve system issues.
Work with IT professionals across the organization in the establishment of standards and best practices, and to reduce complexity.
Continuously introduce new ways of improving and scaling systems and services, including microservices architecture, cloud computing, and other evolving technologies.
Lead and mentor the DevOps team in best practices.
Determine and implement processes to ensure the success of all DevOps, developers, and quality engineers.
Champions DevOps practices throughout the Credit Union by providing guidance, mentorship, and best practices.
Consults across multiple teams and is considered a top level technical expert in the field.