Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior Dev Ops Engineer (Full-Time Employee)

Location:

Seattle, WA / Spokane, WA / San Jose, CA

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

• Lead design, development, and optimization of CI/CD pipelines using industry-leading tools.
• Architect and implement robust Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for scalable, secure on-prem and cloud environments.
• Drive automation of provisioning, deployment, testing, and monitoring leveraging scripting languages (Python, Bash).
• Develop and manage containerized applications and orchestrate workloads with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Utilize cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) to optimize infrastructure performance, resilience, and cost.
• Implement and support continuous monitoring, logging, and alerting utilizing tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Open Telemetry (OTEL).
• Apply configuration management solutions (Ansible or other - Chef, Puppet, or Salt Stack).
• Champion Dev Sec Ops  practices by integrating security into all automated pipelines and infrastructure.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex deployment, infrastructure, and system issues.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with software engineering, QA, product management, security, and IT operations throughout agile, cross‑disciplinary teams.
• Establish and maintain clear, comprehensive documentation including procedures, runbooks, and technical solutions to support team knowledge and operational excellence.
• Mentor, coach, and provide technical leadership to Dev Ops engineers and advocate for best practices across engineering teams.
• Drive process improvements, evaluate emerging technologies, and contribute to strategic Dev Ops roadmaps.

• Extensive experience with CI/CD tools (Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins).
• Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code:
  Terraform, Open Tofu, AWS Cloud Formation.
• Advanced scripting abilities using Python and Bash/Shell.
• Extensive experience with containers (Docker, Podman) and Kubernetes orchestration.
• Strong expertise across major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Solid knowledge of monitoring and logging stacks:
  Prometheus, Grafana, OTEL.
• Proven track record with configuration management tools:
  Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt Stack.
• Skilled in Git version control and workflows (Git Hub, Git Lab).
• Advanced infrastructure security skills with hands‑on expertise in tools such as Hashi Corp Vault, Semgrep, and integrated CI/CD pipeline security.
• Experience with artifact management (Artifactory, Docker Registry).
• Exceptional troubleshooting and debugging skills in cloud, container, and distributed system environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and documentation capabilities.
• Demonstrated success working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities such as mentoring, technical guidance, and best practices advocacy.

• R requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting production systems in Dev Ops or cloud engineering roles (minimum 5 years with direct Dev Ops focus).
• Proven expertise in IaC, automation, and cloud security at enterprise scale.
• Significant experience with high‑availability architectures, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and cost optimization strategies.
• Exposure to multi‑cloud and hybrid‑cloud environments.
• Prior leadership, mentoring, or team lead experience strongly preferred.

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