Principal DevOps Engineer I

This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.
Join Spectrum as a Principal DevOps Engineer and help shape the future of our platform operations. If you thrive on tackling complex production challenges, collaborating across teams, and streamlining deployment processes, this role offers the opportunity to drive continuous delivery and improvement. Your expertise will ensure robust, secure, and adaptable solutions that elevate the quality and reliability of Spectrum's services, making a significant impact on our technology landscape.
This position is in an office environment with a hybrid work schedule. Eligible employees can work from home up to one day each week.
How You'll Make an Impact

• Design, implement, monitor and troubleshoot cloud systems within your assigned areas
• Define strategy, roadmaps and reference architectures for cloud workloads including network, security, data and applications
• Build and optimize tools for automated deployment, implement DevOps pipelines and collaborate with engineering teams to streamline and simplify deployment and resolve production issues
• Develop and deploy new modules, upgrades, and fixes within production environments
• Serve as a specialist for performance and reliability, solving design challenges and developing specialized skillsets
• Articulate recommendations for enhancing performance through gap analysis, identifying practical alternatives and assisting with modifications
• Drive improvements in capacity, reliability, availability, monitoring, and performance of Spectrum's core systems
• Create well-documented, flexible code in Spectrum's standard programming languages
• Design intuitive interfaces for DevOps tool stacks that feature clear navigation
• Evaluate and introduce technologies that enhance efficiency, performance, and reliability
• Work closely with team members and operations to advance DevOps methodology
• Provide comprehensive documentation support for developers and testers
• Adapt objectively to iterative changes and evolving technology requirements

What You'll Bring to Spectrum
Required Qualifications
Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Experience

• 7+ years software engineering experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, or Python
• 5-8 years DevOps engineering experience
• 4-5 years automating CI/CD pipelines with tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or Argo and managing blue/green and canary deployments
• 2-3 years using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or Bicep and GitOps workflows
• 2-3 years working with Helm and Kubernetes management tools including ArgoCD, EKS or GKE
• 2-3 years working with AWS, Azure, GCP and hybrid integration with on-premises systems

Skills

• Ability to write clear technical documentation for developers and testers
• Skill in managing multiple assignments under limited direction
• Ability to identify and resolve highly complex issues
• Experience building consensus with leadership and implementation teams
• Effective verbal and written communication
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities
• Thorough understanding of software engineering and object-oriented design principles
• Front-end development expertise across Java, mobile apps and web technologies
• Familiarity with Maven and Ant for dependency management and build systems
• Expert knowledge of open source software including Angular or React

Preferred Qualifications
Education

• Master's Degree

Skills

• Ability to work in a lean agile format as part of a scrum team

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