Principle Devops Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Architect, build, and maintain highly scalable, resilient, and secure cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure) tailored for high-throughput media applications.
• Lead the design, development, and continuous enhancement of sophisticated CI/CD pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment of our media products and services.
• Champion and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and practices using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible across all environments.
• Drive the strategy and implementation for containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes – EKS, AKS) of media-centric applications.
• Establish and manage comprehensive monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog) to ensure optimal performance and rapid incident response for media services.
• Define and enforce application security best practices (DevSecOps) throughout the agile Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement in cloud and DevOps practices.
• Establish technical design principles and operational best practices, driving their adoption across product portfolios to integrate operational readiness into the development lifecycle.
• Collaborate closely with software engineering, QA, and product teams to define infrastructure requirements, troubleshoot complex issues, and ensure the successful delivery of high-quality media technology solutions.
• Lead efforts in performance optimization, cost management, disaster recovery planning, and business continuity for all critical media services.

Requirements:

• BS/MS/BTech in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Cloud Operations, with lead, or architectural capacity within a product-centric SaaS or Media Tech environment.
• Deep understanding and substantial hands-on experience with fundamental services on major cloud platforms (AWS strongly preferred; GCP or Azure is a plus), including compute, networking, storage, databases, security, and observability services.
• Expertise in one or more scripting/programming languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or Ruby.
• Excellent hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker container technology, and associated ecosystem tools.
• Proven experience as a technical leader with a strong background in software development principles and scalable web application architectures.
• Deep technical knowledge of cloud-native architectures and technologies relevant to media streaming, content processing, and delivery.
• Proficiency in driving secure SDLC with established DevOps/DevSecOps practices, metrics, and tooling.
• Hands-on development experience with infrastructure as code frameworks; Terraform highly preferred.
• Expertise in CI/CD automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, ArgoCD) and configuration management tools.
• Strong understanding of networking protocols, security best practices, and compliance standards relevant to media applications.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog).
• Prior experience in the Media Technology domain (e.g., video streaming, VOD, live broadcast, CDNs, digital rights management) is highly desirable.