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Patterson Services, Inc. · 5 hours ago

Principal DevOps Engineer (Remote)

Saint Paul, MN

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff

$160K/yr - $180K/yr

9+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Mentor a team of DevOps engineers, providing technical guidance and fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.

Shape and implement the long-term DevOps strategy for the organization

Develop and manage infrastructure automation using Terraform

Oversee cloud infrastructure, hosted in Azure ensuring optimal cost management, security, and scalability.

Design and implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.

Ensure proactive issue identification and resolution through observability

Automate repetitive tasks to improve system reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.

Continuously evaluate processes and tools to identify areas for improvement.

Partner closely with software engineers, IT operations, and security teams to ensure alignment on goals, infrastructure requirements, and best practices.

Help define and enforce best practices for development and deployment.

Collaborate with security teams to ensure that all DevOps processes adhere to security best practices and regulatory compliance requirements.

Implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans for critical systems.

Oversee cloud infrastructure (Azure) and ensure network architecture is robust, secure, and optimized for performance. Manage and optimize Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) setups, DNS, load balancing, and other critical network components.

Collaborate with network teams to design and implement high-performance networking solutions, including routing, and firewall policies. Troubleshoot and optimize network connectivity and performance issues.

Design, develop, and manage Terraform modules for provisioning and managing infrastructure resources in a consistent and automated way. Ensure that cloud and network infrastructure is fully automated, scalable, and optimized for cost and performance.

Serve as the key contact for assigned applications and troubleshoot complex system problems in partnership with the use/client community, internal, and vendor IT staff.

Deploy, manage, automate and scale cloud computing services to support product development teams.

Build automation tools to support the software development and infrastructure operations teams.

Work with technical teams to resolve issues, install, and test upgrades and customizations.

Monitor assigned systems and applications performance to maintain agreed to performance metrics. Take proactive steps to improve performance when necessary. Escalate issues to management.

Participate in technical on-call services as needed to ensure timely and high-quality incident resolution.

Use continuous deployment tools to provide a seamless deployment process to all environments.

Define changes to the application environments in Azure and guide Engineers in the setup/changes and implementation of new technology solutions.

Assist in documentation of application systems, process flows, and support processes.

Participate in meetings to review processes and identify requirements and/or needs.

Define needs by documenting processes; includes research, planning and writing supporting documentation.

Communicate effectively with management to enhance their understanding of the opportunities and limitations of information systems.

Stay current with industry trends in cloud, networking, and DevOps. Research and evaluate emerging technologies to optimize infrastructure and network performance.

Qualification

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DevOps experienceTerraformAzure cloud infrastructureContinuous integration pipelineScripting (PowerShell)Version control systemsSQLDatabasesInfrastructure as Code (IaC)Customer service orientationCloud certificationsDockerKubernetesAgile development environmentProblem-solving abilities

Required

Bachelor or Associate degree in Computer Science, Management Information Sciences or area of functional responsibility preferred, or equivalent years of industry work experience

At least 9+ years of DevOps experience.

Strong experience in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including creating reusable modules, managing state files, and integrating with cloud providers (Azure). Proficiency in automating cloud and network infrastructure provisioning using Terraform is a must.

Strong expertise in managing and optimizing Azure cloud infrastructure with a focus on network services (e.g., VPC, subnetting, load balancing, security groups, etc.).

Knowledge of all aspects of application development and project life cycles Design and development experience with engineering software design tools

Some Scripting experience required with strong focus on PowerShell

Proficiency with version control systems e.g. git, SVN, CVS

Proficiency with SQL and databases

Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Experience in designing and implementing a continuous integration pipeline (CICD)

Strong product experience from inception to customer delivery

Strong customer service orientation

Ability to troubleshoot issues in Stage and Production environments

Consistent, positive attitude and respect for high quality standards

Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization. Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.

Ability to absorb new ideas and concepts quickly

Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment

Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

Ability to conduct research into issues as required