DevOps Staff Engineer

Job Title: Staff Engineer

About the Role

We need a Staff Engineer for our Platform Engineering team for the ALE team with strong experience in AWS, Terraform, ADO, GitHub, CICD (ADO, Jenkins, GitHub Action, Runners), Build & Release automation and Windows Server skills.

.NET development experience will be good to have skill.

This role will play a critical part in designing, building, and maintaining the internal platforms and tools that enable software development teams to work efficiently and effectively.

As a Staff Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing platform offerings to streamline development processes across the organization. Your expertise will be crucial in enhancing application observability, ensuring robust monitoring and diagnostics capabilities. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to create scalable, resilient, and efficient platforms that support the organization's strategic goals and drive innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Enhance monitoring and diagnostics capabilities to ensure high availability and performance.
• Assist in building technical roadmap and advancing technical capabilities of the platform engineering team.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to align platform capabilities with organizational goals.
• Identify and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring the stability and scalability of the platforms.
• Lead and mentor a team of developers and engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.

Key Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or related fields.
• Technical lead who has consistently demonstrated the capability to develop high level technical design
• Help in building product technical roadmap and advancing technical capabilities
• Advanced knowledge in AWS and Azure Infrastructure
• Advanced knowledge in scripting like Python
• Advanced knowledge in IaC tools Terraform or CloudFormation
• Advanced knowledge in designing and implementing CI/CD pipeline with tools like AzureDevOps (ADO) Pipelines, GitHub Action, Jenkins, CodePipeline, or similar
• Good knowledge of version control tools like GitHub, AzureDevOps (ADO), GIT, Bitbucket or Team Foundation Server
• Good knowledge of working on containers with Docker and Kubernetes
• Good knowledge in configuration management tools like Ansible, Chef or Puppet
• Good knowledge of Windows Server Administration, IIS and windows components to host web applications and services.
• Good knowledge of integrating security scan tools like SonarQube, Veracode in CICD.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in Application development using .NET and Java tech stack.
• Hands-on experience in Code Reviews and Design Reviews.

Nice to Have

• AWS Certifications or similar
• Serverless automation
• Experience with GitOps workflows and progressive delivery strategies.
• Experience with System & IT operation – Windows and Linux OS administration.
• Understanding of networking principles and technologies (DNS, Load Balancers, Reverse Proxies), Microsoft Active Directory and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS).