The Role
The Staff DevOps Engineer will design and implement tools to enhance developer productivity and support CI/CD processes, mentoring engineers in best practices.
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At Cision, we believe in empowering every individual to make an impact. Here, your voice is heard, your ideas are valued, and your unique perspective fuels our collective success. As part of our global team, you'll thrive in an environment that champions curiosity, collaboration, and innovation, all while making meaningful contributions to the brands we accelerate.
Join us in shaping the future of communication and building authentic connections that matter. Whether you're solving complex problems or driving bold innovations, your growth is our success, and together, we’ll create the conversations of tomorrow.
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We're looking for an accomplished Staff DevOps Engineer (DevX) to spearhead the development of our internal developer experience platforms. In this role, you will design and implement tools and infrastructure that streamline the software development lifecycle—from code commit to production deployment. You'll play a pivotal role in enhancing developer productivity and system reliability, working across teams to ensure our engineering environment is efficient and developer-friendly. Reporting to the DevX Manager (Observability & DevX), you'll also mentor other engineers and drive best practices in CI/CD and automation.
What You'll Do
What You'll Bring
What We Offer
What You’ll Do
- Design, build, and maintain internal platforms and tools (CI/CD pipelines, developer portals, automation frameworks) that improve developer productivity and software quality.
- Collaborate with software engineering teams to understand workflow pain points and deliver solutions that streamline coding, testing, and deployment.
- Implement and refine continuous integration and delivery processes to enable rapid, reliable releases, including build automation, test frameworks, and deployment strategies.
- Provide expert guidance and mentorship on DevOps best practices, tooling, and automation to engineers across the organization.
- Drive innovation in developer experience by evaluating new technologies and championing continuous improvement in our engineering processes.
Essential Skills & Experience
- 7–10 years' experience in DevOps, Software Engineering, or related roles, with a focus on build/release engineering and developer productivity.
- Strong proficiency in designing CI/CD pipelines and using related tools (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions) to automate software delivery.
- Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.) and configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet).
- Proficient in one or more programming languages (such as Python, Java, or C#) and scripting, with an ability to build internal tools and integrations.
- Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS and/or GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) at scale.
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools to ensure the solutions you build are observable and reliable.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, a collaborative mindset, and experience mentoring other engineers or leading technical projects.
Preferred (Not Essential)
- Experience developing or administering developer portals or “InnerSource” tools (e.g. Backstage) is a plus.
- Contributions to open-source DevOps or developer tools projects are an advantage.
As a global leader in PR, marketing and social media management technology and intelligence, Cision helps brands and organizations to identify, connect and engage with customers and stakeholders to drive business results. PR Newswire, a network of over 1.1 billion influencers, in-depth monitoring, analytics and its Brandwatch and Falcon.io social media platforms headline a premier suite of solutions. Cision has offices in 24 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA and APAC. For more information about Cision's award-winning solutions, including its next-gen Cision Communications Cloud®, visit www.cision.com and follow @Cision on Twitter.
Cision is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and perform at their best. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion is vital to driving our culture, sparking innovation and achieving long-term success. Cision is proud to have joined more than 600 companies in signing the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ pledge and named a “Top Diversity Employer” for 2021 by DiversityJobs.com.
Cision is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected statuses.
Cision is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Cision will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected]
Please review our Global Candidate Data Privacy Statement to learn about Cision’s commitment to protecting personal data collected during the hiring process.
Top Skills
Ansible
AWS
C#
Ci/Cd Pipelines
CloudFormation
Docker
GCP
Github Actions
Gitlab Ci
Infrastructure As Code
Java
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Puppet
Python
Terraform
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The Company
What We Do
Brandwatch is the world’s leading digital consumer intelligence company, allowing users to analyze and utilize conversations from across the web and social media.
It is the perfect platform to make sense of your consumers, their needs, wants, and interests.
With official access to Twitter, Reddit, and Tumblr's firehose, plus data coming from 100 million other sites, our historical archive includes over a trillion conversations, with 501 million new ones added every day.
Our platform then combines queries and AI to help you parse and analyze the data that's useful to you. From there it can be chopped, sliced, and combined to find insights you can put into action.
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