Senior DevOps Engineer
$150,000–$200,000 year
HybridDurham, North Carolina, United States or Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes platforms and cloud-native infrastructure while building automation frameworks using Ansible, Terraform, and Go. Manage Linux and Windows environments, virtualization setups like KVM and VMware, and CI/CD pipelines to support Morpheus and VM Essentials products. Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to deliver scalable, secure platforms, troubleshoot complex distributed issues, and enhance observability through monitoring and alerting. Work remotely two days per week from an HPE office, applying hands-on technical leadership to improve operational excellence across enterprise-scale systems.
Required Qualifications
- Hybrid work arrangement (average 2 days per week from an HPE office)
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline
- 7+ years of professional experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or related fields
- Strong Linux system administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting skills
- Solid understanding of servers, operating systems, storage, and infrastructure architecture
- Experience operating highly available and distributed systems in enterprise environments
- Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating Kubernetes platforms
- Strong expertise in container orchestration, deployment strategies, monitoring, and troubleshooting
- Understanding of cloud-native architecture patterns and platform operations
- Strong scripting and automation skills using Shell and related technologies
- Experience developing infrastructure automation solutions and operational tooling
- Hands-on experience with KVM, VMware, Hyper-V, or related virtualization platforms
- Experience with clustering technologies and highly available system architectures
- Knowledge of disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilience best practices
- Strong understanding of networking concepts and technologies, including: VLANs DNS IPAM Firewalls Load balancing Routing and switching fundamentals
- Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms
- Strong understanding of DevOps principles, infrastructure as code, and software delivery automation
- Experience with deployment strategies, version control workflows, and release management practices
- Familiarity with Git-based version control systems
- Understanding of collaborative software development environments, code reviews, and Agile methodologies
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication abilities
- Ability to collaborate effectively across global and cross-functional teams
- Self-motivated and capable of working independently with minimal supervision
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with Go or similar programming languages
- Experience with cloud platforms and cloud-native services
- Knowledge of distributed computing and microservices architectures
- Experience with platform observability tools and monitoring solutions
- Familiarity with security automation and infrastructure compliance frameworks
- Experience supporting large-scale engineering environments and developer platforms
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