Principal DevOps Engineer

About the role

As a Principal DevOps Engineer focused on Site Reliability within Cloud Delivery Engineering (CDE) , you will contribute to the development of our solution delivery platforms supporting our web-based applications on the latest cloud technologies within a Dev Sec Ops culture. You will have the opportunity to utilize automation technologies and private/public cloud technologies to provide world-class solutions that serve the non-profit industry.

Responsibilities

• Build automation leveraging CI/CD processes, automated testing, unit testing, code coverage and other software development best practices
• Contribute to reusable automation scripts, libraries, services, and tools to increase system and process efficiencies
• Partnering with the security teams and tools to continually review and understand new industry security threats, associated technologies and quickly addressing vulnerabilities
• Pursue opportunities to further operational excellence by increasing efficiency and reducing risk, complexity, waste and cost
• Partner with key stakeholders to establish technical direction and negotiate technical decision points to drive innovative solutions
• Drive technical design , documentation, and validation, while ensuring implementation aligns with our technical strategies and strategic business goals
• Develop architectural designs for applications building something to delight clients while managing costs to deliver these applications

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 8 years of related experience; or an advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience.
• 8 + years of experience leveraging automation to manage Linux systems and infrastructure, specifically RedHat
• 8 + years of experience with common web technologies required - Javascript , Java , HTML, AJAX or other equivalent Object-Oriented language
• 8 + years of experience in the implementation of cloud technologies (Microsoft Azure) and an understanding of SAAS, PAAS, and IAAS models
• Experience building high performance, scalable, robust, 24x7 environments and/or applications
• Experience creating scripts or automation, such as Perl, PowerShell, Bash, Ansible, Python, Terraform, or similar for cloud orchestration required
• Available on a 24x7x365 basis when needed for production impacting incidents or key customer events .
• Ability to create quality code that is secure and operable at scale.
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• Blackbaud powers social impact through purpose‑driven technology and responsible AI. Guided by our Intelligence for Good® vision, we're building a culture where innovation, trust, and human expertise come together to help organizations make a greater difference in the world.

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