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DevOps Principal Engineers

The DevOps Principal Engineer owns products and services from conception to continuous operation, plays a key role as embedded within teams to focus on the operational aspects of our services, as developers (not system administrators), your background will be that of a developer who had hands-on experience in a highly-complex technical operations environments, preferably native-cloud services. The DevOps Engineer should the visionary force behind the technical solution, values simplicity and is unafraid to challenge technical constraints and procedures to achieve an Agile design, works closely with all team members to create a modular, scalable solution that addresses/incorporates future architectural changes and designs, enabling the teams engineering practices in test driven development, continuous integration, and automated deployment.

Core Responsibilities:

Figure the continuous stability and upgrades to DevSecOps practices and modern tech stacks.
Automate systems and architectures.
Driving automation within an organization utilizing.
Automation Oriented.
Agile Mindset.
Develop and maintain scalable architecture solutions.
Seen as reference expert to peers as a subiect matter expert. on DevSecOps, CI/CD and Environments' management
Cloud, Automation, laC.
Constantly looking for better ways of solving technical problems and designing the solution, not afraid of challenging the status quo.
Provides the team a roadmap for implementing software engineering practices for higher code quality.
Reporting to Head of Engineering.

8-10 Years, Expert within the DevOps, CI/CD, Containerization and environments
Expert in building and scaling native-cloud microservices containers, based on K8 clusters, OpenShift, Cisco container platform and/or VMWare Tanzu K8 Grid.
Can make architecture decisions at a team and product level.
Linux and security best practices for Linux.
Strong experience of containerization with Docker and K8.
Scripting Bash, PowerShell, etc., preferred programming Java, Python, Node, or Go.
Preferred hands-on in Azure DevOps CI/CD (or any other CI/CD).
Experience in managing DB, NoSQL and such as (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and Redis).
Configuration management systems like: Puppet, Ansible or Salt, is a plus.
Experience in Agile Development, with specific Solution Architect (or similar) experience preferred.
Understands relationship with Product Owner, Scrum Master, Design Lead and rest of technical team.
Experience managing technical priorities within the Backlog.
Strong communication skills with ability to align the organization on complex technical decisions.
Active coach and mentor whose goals are to grow and maximize the team's potential.
Strong leadership skills mainly inspirational and team-forming capabilities.
High energy and passionate individual who inspires teammates to reach their naximum potential.
Excited about trying new solutions outside standard approved.
Embraces a culture of trust, free thought complete transparency.
Brave and rebellious, willing to challenge status quo.

Average salary estimate

$150000 / YEARLY (est.)

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$180000K

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What You Should Know About DevOps Principal Engineers, SSC Egypt

Are you a passionate DevOps Principal Engineer looking for your next big challenge? At our innovative tech company, we’re on the hunt for someone just like you! As a DevOps Principal Engineer, you will take ownership of our products and services, steering them from conception through to continuous operation. Your role will be incredibly dynamic, embedded in teams to focus on the operational aspects, thus leveraging your extensive developer background gained in complex technical environments, especially with native-cloud services. You’ll be the driving force behind our technical solutions, constantly seeking simplicity while challenging technical constraints and procedures. You’ll collaborate with team members to develop modular, scalable solutions that are future-proofed for architectural changes. Your expertise in DevSecOps, CI/CD practices, and cloud automation will guide our engineering practices, and you'll advocate for test-driven development and automated deployment. If you have 8-10 years of experience under your belt and are well-versed in building native-cloud microservices containers and managing NoSQL databases, we want to hear from you! Join us in creating the next wave of tech solutions while inspiring and mentoring a vibrant team to unlock their full potential. This is your chance to embrace a culture of trust and transparency where your ideas can help us redefine what's possible in the tech landscape.

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What does a DevOps Principal Engineer do at our company?

As a DevOps Principal Engineer at our company, you own the product lifecycle, from its inception to continuous operation. Your responsibilities include driving DevSecOps practices, automating systems, and creating scalable architecture solutions. You’ll work collaboratively within teams to foster high-quality software engineering practices and inspire others with your innovative mindset.