DevOps Engineer III

At PDI Technologies, we empower some of the world's leading convenience retail and petroleum brands with cutting-edge technology solutions that drive growth and operational efficiency. 

By “Connecting Convenience” across the globe, we empower businesses to increase productivity, make more informed decisions, and engage faster with customers through loyalty programs, shopper insights, and unmatched real-time market intelligence via mobile applications, such as GasBuddy. We’re a global team committed to excellence, collaboration, and driving real impact. Explore our opportunities and become part of a company that values diversity, integrity, and growth.

Role Overview

Do you love creating solutions that unlock developer productivity and bring teams together? Do you insist on the highest standards for the software your team develops? Are you an advocate of fast release cycle times, continuous delivery and measurable quality? If this is you, then join an energetic team of DevOps Engineers building next generation development applications for PDI!

As a DevOps Engineer at PDI, you will design and maintain a CI/CD platform for engineering teams, supporting environments from development to production. You’ll focus on automating deployments, managing infrastructure as code, and improving the software development lifecycle. You’ll also ensure secure practices, train stakeholders on best practices, and work across various technologies, including Windows, Linux, scripting, and AWS.

Key Responsibilities

• Support pre-production services: Engage in system design consulting, develop software platforms and frameworks, conduct capacity planning, and lead launch reviews to ensure smooth deployment and operational readiness before services go live.
• Scale and evolve systems: Ensure sustainable system scaling through automation, continuously pushing for improvements in system architecture, reliability, and deployment velocity
• Champion Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices to ensure scalability, repeatability, and consistency across environments.
• Drive the selection and implementation of portable provisioning and automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Packer) to enhance infrastructure flexibility and efficiency.
• Evangelize across teams: Work closely with development and QA teams to ensure smooth and reliable operations, promoting a culture of collaboration in addition to DevOps best practices.
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines: Lead the development, optimization, and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines to enable seamless code deployment, reduce manual processes, and ensure high-quality releases.
• Enhance observability and monitoring: Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions, using metrics to drive reliability and performance improvements across production systems.
• Administer and optimize DevOps tools (e.g., Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket), providing user support as needed and focusing on automation to reduce manual interventions.
• Mentor and guide team members: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior DevOps engineers, fostering continuous learning and knowledge sharing within the team.

Qualifications

• 5-9 years in DevOps or related software engineering, or equivalent experience
• Proven expertise in AWS cloud services; experience with Azure or GCP is a plus
• Advanced proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, managing complex, multi-module environments
• Strong experience with configuration management tools like Ansible (preferred) or Chef
• Expertise in CI/CD best practices (Jenkins, CircleCI, TeamCity, GitLab)
• Experience with version control systems (Git, Bitbucket) and developing branching strategies for large-scale projects
• Proficient with containerization (Docker) and cloud orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, Helm)
• Functional understanding of logging and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK stack, Dynatrace, etc.)
• Familiar with build automation on Windows and Linux, build tools (MSBuild, Make), package managers (NuGet, NPM, Maven), and artifact repositories (Artifactory, Nexus)
• Experience in Windows and Linux systems, CLI, and scripting
• Programming experience in Python, Groovy, Go, C#, Ruby, or PowerShell
• Excellent problem-solving skills for diagnosing system issues and designing solutions
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience mentoring and working across development, operations, and security teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Domain experience in the Convenience Retail Industry, ERP, Logistics or Financial transaction processing solutions
• Relevant certifications are a plus
• Experience with common Cloud Operations/DevOps tools and practices is a plus

Behavioral Competencies

• Cultivates Innovation
• Decision Quality
• Manages Complexity
• Drives Results
• Business Insight

PDI is committed to offering a well-rounded benefits program, designed to support and care for you, and your family throughout your life and career. This includes a competitive salary, market-competitive benefits, and a quarterly perks program. We encourage a good work-life balance with ample time off [time away] and, where appropriate, hybrid working arrangements. Employees have access to continuous learning, professional certifications, and leadership development opportunities. Our global culture fosters diversity, inclusion, and values authenticity, trust, curiosity, and diversity of thought, ensuring a supportive environment for all.