Principal DevOps Architect

Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Principal DevOps Architect to lead the transformation and delivery of modern DevOps practices within our enterprise organization. This is a senior leadership role responsible for defining, building, and scaling DevOps strategies, driving organizational change, and ensuring seamless delivery of critical applications and systems.

The ideal candidate will combine hands-on technical expertise with strong leadership and strategic vision, enabling teams to adopt cutting-edge technologies and methodologies to optimize delivery, improve quality, and increase resilience across our systems.

Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership:
• Develop and execute a comprehensive DevOps strategy aligned with business goals.
• Lead cultural and organizational change to drive DevOps adoption across the enterprise.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and leadership teams to align priorities and goals.
• Champion continuous improvement and drive innovation in infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and application delivery.

Technical Expertise & Architecture:
• Design and implement scalable DevOps architectures, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and monitoring systems.
• Lead API design and development initiatives, ensuring scalability, security, and efficiency.
• Oversee the deployment, maintenance, and optimization of Kubernetes clusters and containerized environments.
• Implement best practices for containerization and orchestration across environments.
• Architect solutions using modern tools such as GitHub Actions for CI/CD workflows.
• Ensure robust security practices are embedded in the software delivery lifecycle.

Delivery Enablement:
• Own and optimize delivery pipelines for high reliability, scalability, and security.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration between development, operations, and security teams.
• Establish observability, monitoring, and alerting frameworks to ensure system health and rapid issue resolution.
• Mentor and coach engineering and operations teams to build internal DevOps capabilities.

Governance and Compliance:
• Drive policy-as-code initiatives using tools like Open Policy Agent (OPA).
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices for infrastructure and application security.

Required Qualifications:
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, or cloud architecture roles, with 5+ years in a senior leadership capacity.
• Proven experience in API design and development.
• Hands-on expertise with GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes architecture, deployment patterns, and best practices.
• Expertise in containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Helm, Harbor).
• Strong understanding of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform
• Experience with cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Experience with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) On-Prem solutions, including deployment, management, and optimization of hybrid cloud Kubernetes environments.
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills with a focus on root cause analysis and continuous improvement.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive stakeholders and align technical strategies with business objectives.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with C# / .NET development.
• Familiarity with Angular.js development.
• Experience administering RabbitMQ clusters.
• Experience with Open Policy Agent (OPA) for policy-as-code enforcement.
• Certifications in DevOps, Kubernetes, or relevant cloud technologies (e.g., CKA, Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer).