Devops Engineer

DigiCert, Inc.
United States
12 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
$150,000.0 - $160,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Bash Shell Border Gateway Protocol Cloud Computing Software Documentation Cyber Security Continuous Integration Data Infrastructure Linux DevOps
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Disaster Recovery Domain Name System (DNS) Monitoring of Systems Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) Linux System Administration Release Management Ansible Virtualization Technology Network Routers Mttr Technical Debt Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Kubernetes Restful APIs Terraform Splunk Data Pipelines

Job description

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer who will play a role in updating the state of our infrastructure, automation, and operational excellence. This role requires a deep understanding of systems, networking, monitoring, and security, with a strong bias toward automation, reliability and scale. The ideal candidate will be a technical leader, helping to shape the direction of infrastructure and tooling.

What you will do

  • Implementation of infrastructure automation, monitoring, and system reliability practices committed to providing 100% service availability.
  • Able to perform forensic system administration, troubleshooting unfamiliar Linux systems and services.
  • Demonstrates a SecOps mindset with a focus on secure automation and hardened Linux system administration.
  • Champion the use and advancement of DevOps best practices including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and zero-touch provisioning.
  • Utilize best practices in release management, incident management, capacity planning, and operational readiness.
  • Instrumentation of services with visualization to speed triage (lower MTTR) allowing no direct access to systems.
  • Exerts technical influence horizontally-up and laterally to fellow seniors, and down to the team.
  • Acts as a mentor to DevOps and engineering team members; share knowledge and foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
  • Proactively identify and implement opportunities to increase system resiliency.
  • Implement technical direction around infrastructure, cloud, networking (BGP), and automation strategy.
  • Participate in on-call rotation, demonstrating strong customer empathy and responsiveness to incidents.
  • Own and improve standard operating procedures and system documentation.
  • Research, prototype, and implement new technologies across cloud, virtualization, and hardware platforms., Lead release engineering and DevOps for Java applications on Azure. Design CI/CD pipelines, manage Azure infrastructure with Terraform, implement deployment strategies, troubleshoot application and infrastructure issues, and build production-ready AI agents for release engineering and operational automation. Partner with development, SRE, security, and platform teams to establish governance, reusable automation, quality standards, and reliable operational practices. Top Skills: AzureAzure App ServicesAzure DevopsAzure Kubernetes Service (Aks)DockerGitGithub ActionsGradleJavaKubernetesMavenSpring BootTerraform LogicManager

Senior Devops Engineer

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Requirements

  • Strong Linux systems administration background with a deep understanding of how Linux interacts with hardware (CPU, memory, disk, networking).
  • Advanced proficiency in scripting and automation using Ansible, Bash, Python, Packer, and Terraform.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, IAM, VPC, etc.) and provisioning tools like Terraform and Packer.
  • Experience with datacenter operations including racking, stacking, and remote system management.
  • Proven ability to manage and configure systems at scale with zero-touch provisioning approaches.
  • Experience managing monitoring systems and developing custom dashboards for observability.
  • Solid understanding of networking within a linux environment (Router -> Switch -> Server -> Virtualization -> Linux -> Service) ; BGP and DNS experience is a plus.
  • Passion for operational excellence, security, and performance.
  • Ability to self-manage, communicate effectively, and collaborate with diverse technical teams.
  • Willingness and ability to learn new technologies as required.

Nice to have

  • Experience with Kentik, Splunk, or similar network visibility and observability platforms.
  • Familiarity with modern CI/CD tools and pipeline architecture.
  • Willingness and ability to learn new languages as required.
  • Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining RESTful APIs following coding best practices.
  • Understanding of release management processes in large-scale environments.

Benefits & conditions

Senior DevOps Engineer responsible for infrastructure automation, monitoring, reliability, secure Linux administration, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, cloud and networking strategy, and zero-touch provisioning. The role includes incident response, capacity planning, observability, documentation, on-call support, technical leadership, mentoring, and researching technologies across cloud, virtualization, and hardware platforms. The summary above was generated by AI, * Competitive compensation and comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage

  • Retirement savings programs with company matching (401(k) or RRSP)
  • Generous paid time off, including holidays, and vacation
  • Paid parental leave and family support benefits
  • Life and disability coverage
  • Flexible spending and health savings options (where applicable)
  • Health and wellness support, including gym reimbursement and wellness programs
  • Employee Assistance Program with 24/7confidential support for employees and families
  • Education assistance and professional development opportunities
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning and continuous learning resources
  • Employee referral bonus program and additional company perks and discounts
  • Internal rewards and recognition platform (Motivosity) to celebrate and acknowledge project wins, milestone achievements, and the outstanding contributions of our colleagues
  • Business travel insurance and global employee support programs, The annualized base salary range for this position is outlined below.

About the company

DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management, to secure infrastructure, software, devices, messages, AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100,000 organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, choose DigiCert to stop today’s threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future at www.digicert.com

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