Principal DevOps Engineer

Architect and operate automated releases and one-click deployment with safety and compliance baked in. Own release orchestration standards and environment auto-configuration patterns to ensure speed, reliability, and auditability. This role involves designing and maintaining automated release pipelines, implementing one-click deployment mechanisms, integrating security and compliance gates, and collaborating with IaC engineers to ensure environment consistency and drift detection.

Must Have

• Design and maintain automated release pipelines and promotion flows (dev → test → stage → prod).
• Implement one-click deployment mechanisms with pre-checks, progressive rollout, and rollback capabilities.
• Integrate security and compliance gates (SAST, SBOM, artifact signing) into release workflows.
• Collaborate with IaC engineers to ensure environment consistency and drift detection.
• Develop and enforce release governance standards and documentation automation.
• Act as deputy to the Team Manager for technical decisions and roadmap execution.
• Troubleshoot complex deployment issues and implement rollback strategies.
• Mentor junior engineers on release automation best practices.
• Strong expertise in CI/CD pipeline design and release automation.
• Hands-on experience with deployment orchestration tools (ArgoCD, Flux, Azure DevOps Release).
• Proficiency in scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python) and pipeline-as-code.
• Knowledge of policy-as-code, compliance automation, and audit trail generation.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex deployment issues and implement rollback strategies.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Good to Have

• 9+ years in DevOps or release engineering roles.
• Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm).
• Familiarity with observability and auto-documentation tools.
• Relevant certifications (CKA, Azure DevOps Expert, or similar).

Role Summary

Architect and operate automated releases and one-click deployment with safety and compliance baked in. Own release orchestration standards and environment auto-configuration patterns to ensure speed, reliability, and auditability.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain automated release pipelines and promotion flows (dev → test → stage → prod).
• Implement one-click deployment mechanisms with pre-checks, progressive rollout, and rollback capabilities.
• Integrate security and compliance gates (SAST, SBOM, artifact signing) into release workflows.
• Collaborate with IaC engineers to ensure environment consistency and drift detection.
• Develop and enforce release governance standards and documentation automation.
• Act as deputy to the Team Manager for technical decisions and roadmap execution.
• Troubleshoot complex deployment issues and implement rollback strategies.
• Mentor junior engineers on release automation best practices.

Required Skills

• Strong expertise in CI/CD pipeline design and release automation.
• Hands-on experience with deployment orchestration tools (ArgoCD, Flux, Azure DevOps Release).
• Proficiency in scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python) and pipeline-as-code.
• Knowledge of policy-as-code, compliance automation, and audit trail generation.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex deployment issues and implement rollback strategies.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• 9+ years in DevOps or release engineering roles.
• Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm).
• Familiarity with observability and auto-documentation tools.
• Relevant certifications (CKA, Azure DevOps Expert, or similar).

Tools & Technologies

• CI/CD: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
• Deployment: ArgoCD, Flux, Helm
• IaC: Terraform, ARM/Bicep
• Compliance: OPA, Conftest, Sigstore
• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP

Performance Metrics

• One-click deployment coverage for all environments within 90 days.
• Deployment success rate ≥ 99% with automated rollback ≤ 15 minutes.
• Compliance gate pass rate ≥ 99% across all releases.
• Reduction in manual deployment steps by ≥ 80%.