Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Principal DevOps Engineer to drive platform engineering and modern infrastructure initiatives across on-premises and cloud environments.
This is an individual contributor role requiring deep hands-on expertise in bare-metal Kubernetes environments, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), CI/CD automation, and contemporary DevOps tooling. The role also includes ownership of CI/CD platform evolution, Jenkins lifecycle management, platform reliability, tool upgrades, and disaster recovery strategies.
Key Responsibilities
Architect, build, and maintain Kubernetes clusters across bare-metal (kubeadm, Rancher) and Azure (AKS)
Design scalable, resilient platform infrastructure
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins (Groovy) and GitHub Actions
Own Jenkins lifecycle: upgrades, patching, plugin management, migration/modernization
Manage GitHub/GitHub Cloud repositories and workflows
Ensure timely upgrades of DevOps tools, platforms, and dependencies
Define and implement disaster recovery (DR), backup,



and high availability strategies
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices for provisioning and configuration
Ensure security, reliability, and performance of systems
Troubleshoot complex distributed system and networking issues
Collaborate with engineering teams for cloud-native adoption
Drive DevOps best practices and platform standardization
Required Skills & Experience
Kubernetes:
Robust experience with bare-metal Kubernetes (kubeadm, Rancher)
Hands-on AKS expertise
Deep knowledge of Kubernetes architecture and lifecycle

CI/CD & Automation:
Expert in Jenkins (pipelines, Groovy)
Experience with Jenkins upgrades, migrations, plugin dependency management
Solid GitHub Actions experience
GitHub / GitHub Cloud expertise

Infrastructure:
Strong Azure knowledge
Experience with hybrid environments
Strong Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/ARM/Bicep or equivalent)

Networking:
Kubernete

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