Principal Engineer - DevOps
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Why this role
The Principal DevOps Engineer will be a hands-on technology expert that plays a pivotal role in architecting and designing engineering tooling systems and cloud infrastructure that enable Evolve engineering teams to scale quickly and reliably.
This role will support and collaborate closely with cross-functional product and engineering leadership focused on delivering features to our web platform.
This role requires expert level knowledge building custom DevOps solutions for modern web applications in AWS and GitLab CI/CD. The Principal Engineer should be comfortable creating and maintaining Terraform modules and Deploying and Supporting Kubernetes clusters. Candidates must be comfortable creating strategy as well as leading tactically in a hands-on capacity.
What you’ll do
- Lead domain specific projects with autonomy to make decisions on design to develop and maintain tools for automation that reduce operational friction and increase engineering efficiency.
- Provision infrastructure with Terraform and create reusable modules.
- Implement application monitoring tools that reflect the wellness of the Evolve application.
- Champion collaboration with teams across the organization to identify DevOps needs and deliver solutions to advance Evolve’s medium and long term technology goals.
- Take ownership over the establishment and maintenance of Gitlab repositories, create new CI/CD templates and standardize the process of generating new git repositories.
- Enable teams to integrate and deploy code with CI/CD pipelines in a manner that is secure, reliable and efficient.
- Drive the creation, build and deployment of Pipelines using Gitlab.
- Integrate tooling with build infrastructure and achieve process consistency throughout Evolve.
What makes you a great fit
- 8+ years experience in a DevOps, Cloud or SRE role.
- Success in having provided technical leadership as a senior member of a development team.
- Expert Understanding of modern DevOps best practices and how to implement them.
- Expertise automating the provisioning of infrastructure (preferably Terraform).
- Expertise with one or more application monitoring tools as well as the ability to use those tools to verify the wellness of production environments.
- Expertise with one or more cloud infrastructure providers (preferably AWS).
- Expertise building deployment pipelines (preferably in GitLab, Docker and/or AWS).
- Experience participating in design sprints and the ability to prototype quickly.
- Ability to debug problems that span across systems, and design solutions that span the whole stack.
- Ability to identify and prioritize work in a manner that is in alignment with the needs of the organization.
- Previous success working in a Scrum environment as well as experience working with Agile and Lean methodologies.
- Expertise with Jira, Git and Confluence.
Location
We currently are able to hire throughout the U.S except in the following states: California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, New Jersey, New Mexico and Pennsylvania. If you live in Colorado, you can work remotely anywhere in the state, at our downtown Denver office, or a hybrid of both!
Compensation
For this role our salary range is $157,000 - $181,000, depending on relevant experience. This role will also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on both company and individual performance.
Additional compensation details:
Equity: 75% of salary equivalent RSUs
Variable comp: 15% of salary target
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How we reward Evolvers
Evolvers have access to highly competitive benefits and rewards that support their whole well-being so they can focus on bringing their best selves to work.
Financial
- Industry competitive pay, including equity in the company for all Evolvers
- 401(k) with a 4% match that vests immediately
Family
- 6 weeks of paid parental leave for birth and non-birth parents
- Infertility coverage
- Child care discounts and locator support
- Pet insurance to cover your furry children
Well-being
- Comprehensive health plans that include a 100% employer paid option for you and your family
- 100% employer-paid dental and vision for you and your family
- 8 free mental health visits
Unplug and Explore
- Take some time away from work with generous PTO, sick, holidays, and a personal holiday to celebrate what’s more important to YOU
- Annual Evolve travel credit after 1 year
- Discounts to stay at Evolve properties
Learn Every Day
- World class onboarding programs
- Learning and development opportunities
About Us: Still curious about who we are and what we do? Read more about our business and our culture at evolve.com.
EEO
At Evolve, we are committed to diversity and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified candidates will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military service or veteran status, physical or mental disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. Evolve participates in e-Verify for all positions.
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation at any point in the hiring process, please let your recruiter know.