Who you are:
You are a customer-focused, data-driven developer with a passion for delivering exceptional customer experiences. You have a strong understanding of cloud technologies, automation, infrastructure as code, networking, microservices architectures, object-oriented design, and DevOps practices. You are proficient in Python, Groovy, or Go and have a desire to continuously learn and expand your technical expertise.
You bring proven experience applying software engineering best practices throughout the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, security, source control management, build processes, automated testing, deployment, monitoring, chaos engineering, and self-healing operations. You are familiar with technologies and tools such as AWS, Azure, CloudFormation, Terraform, New Relic, Lambda, Serverless, Elasticsearch, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory, and Jira.
What to expect as a member of the Developer Platform (DevPlat) team at WatchGuard:
The WatchGuard Developer Platform team owns and supports CI/CD pipelines across multi-cloud environments, along with key developer platforms and services including GHES, Artifactory, Jenkins, Graylog, service discovery tools, cloud infrastructure in AWS and Azure, and build platforms used by our development teams. As you become familiar with our systems, you will:
• Design, build, and maintain scalable and secure foundational platforms that enable developers to deliver high-quality software efficiently.
• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD workflows across multi-cloud environments while ensuring fast, reliable, and secure build, test, and deployment processes.
• Automate and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, and Bicep.
• Build and maintain internal tools that improve developer productivity, efficiency, and security.
• Design, implement, and manage secure, scalable networking solutions across AWS and Azure, including VPC/VNet, routing, DNS, and load balancing.
• Automate cloud networking infrastructure while following performance, reliability, and security best practices.
• Design, deploy, and manage containerized applications on Kubernetes platforms (EKS and AKS), ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
• Build and maintain container platforms, ingress controllers, service discovery solutions, observability tools, and deployment automation using Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
A Typical Day in the Life of a Developer Platform Engineer at WatchGuard:
As a member of the DevPlat team, a typical day may include:
• Creating and enhancing CI/CD pipelines, developer tools, and cloud infrastructure.
• Building internal developer tools that automate repetitive tasks and improve developer productivity.
• Championing security and operational excellence while serving as a trusted cloud expert for development teams around the world.
• Continuously learning new technologies and sharing knowledge through documentation, presentations, and collaboration with other teams.
Skills Required
- Strong understanding of cloud technologies, automation, infrastructure as code, networking, microservices architectures, object-oriented design, and DevOps practices
- Proficiency in Python, Groovy, or Go
- Experience applying software engineering best practices throughout the software development lifecycle
- Experience with coding standards, code reviews, security, source control, build processes, automated testing, deployment, monitoring, chaos engineering, and self-healing operations
- Familiarity with AWS, Azure, CloudFormation, Terraform, New Relic, Lambda, Serverless, Elasticsearch, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory, and Jira
- Experience designing and managing CI/CD workflows across multi-cloud environments
- Experience automating and managing cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools
- Experience designing and managing secure cloud networking solutions, including VPC/VNet, routing, DNS, and load balancing
- Experience deploying and managing containerized applications on Kubernetes platforms, including EKS and AKS
WatchGuard Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about WatchGuard and has not been reviewed or approved by WatchGuard.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is portrayed as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, and mental-health support. Feedback suggests plan breadth and quality are a recurring bright spot.
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Parental & Family Support — Caregiver benefits include paid parental leave, backup care, adoption assistance, fertility coverage, and, in some locales, subsidized childcare. Feedback suggests these supports meaningfully enhance the total package for families.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO and holidays are emphasized alongside options like paid sick time and volunteer time. Feedback suggests time off provisions contribute to a favorable work-life balance.
WatchGuard Insights
What We Do
WatchGuard® Technologies, Inc. is a global leader in unified cybersecurity. Our Unified Security Platform® approach is uniquely designed for managed service providers to deliver world-class security that increases their business scale and velocity while also improving operational efficiency. Trusted by more than 17,000 security resellers and service providers to protect more than 250,000 customers, the company’s award-winning products and services span network security and intelligence, advanced endpoint protection, multi-factor authentication, and secure Wi-Fi. Together, they offer five critical elements of a security platform: comprehensive security, shared knowledge, clarity & control, operational alignment, and automation. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. To learn more, visit WatchGuard.com.
