Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in Linux systems, Kubernetes platforms, virtualization technologies, automation, and modern DevOps practices.

In this role, you will design, deploy, operate, troubleshoot, and automate enterprise-scale infrastructure and platform services that support the development and delivery of Morpheus and VM Essentials products. You will partner closely with software engineering, architecture, QA, and operations teams to deliver scalable, secure, highly available, and automated platforms.

This position requires a hands-on technical leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about improving operational excellence through automation, observability, and cloud-native technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot Kubernetes platforms and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Build, automate, and enhance infrastructure and platform services using technologies such as Ansible, Terraform, Go, shell scripting, and related automation frameworks.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
• Administer and support Linux and Windows environments while ensuring reliability, scalability, security, and performance.
• Manage virtualization environments leveraging KVM, VMware, Hyper-V, and associated technologies.
• Collaborate with software development, QA, architecture, DevOps, and operations teams to deliver robust platform solutions.
• Participate in architecture reviews and contribute to technology strategy, platform standards, and engineering best practices.
• Enhance observability through monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational readiness initiatives.
• Implement security best practices and ensure compliance with organizational policies and standards.
• Support software releases, platform upgrades, patching activities, and lifecycle management processes.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational runbooks, knowledge base articles, and architecture diagrams.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to platform architecture, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure, platform, and deployment issues across distributed environments.
• Effectively manage multiple priorities while delivering high-quality, reliable solutions within agreed timelines.

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

• 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.

Technical Skills

Linux & Infrastructure

• 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.

Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Technologies

• 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.

Programming & Automation

• Strong scripting and automation skills using Shell and related technologies.
• Experience developing infrastructure automation solutions and operational tooling.
• Familiarity with Go or similar programming languages is highly desirable.

Virtualization & High Availability

• 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.

Networking

• Strong understanding of networking concepts and technologies, including:
• VLANs
• DNS
• IPAM
• Firewalls
• Load balancing
• Routing and switching fundamentals

DevOps & CI/CD

• 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.

Software Development Practices

• Familiarity with Git-based version control systems.
• Understanding of collaborative software development environments, code reviews, and Agile methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Soft Skills

• 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.

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.