Principal DevOps Engineer

Principal DevOps Engineer

Pittsburgh, PA (Onsite – 5 Days/Week), Strongsville/Cleveland, OH, Birmingham, AL, Pittsburgh, PA, Dallas/Farmers Branch, TX, Phoenix, AZ

Contract

Industry

• Banking / Financial Services Preferred

Job Summary

Seeking a highly experienced Software Engineer Principal to join the CI/CD Pipeline Engineering Team (Orange Rocket Initiative) supporting the enterprise-wide rollout of GitHub Enterprise. This role will focus on designing, developing, and optimizing production-grade CI/CD platforms, automation frameworks, reusable workflows, and deployment pipelines across large-scale enterprise environments.

The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Docker, Helm, and enterprise DevOps practices, with a strong software engineering background and experience driving modernization initiatives such as Jenkins-to-GitHub Actions migrations.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize enterprise CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Build reusable workflows, automation frameworks, and deployment pipelines.
• Integrate GitHub Actions with Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, and other DevOps tools.
• Design and implement API integrations and automation solutions.
• Support CI/CD modernization initiatives, including Jenkins-to-GitHub Actions migrations.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes/OpenShift and Helm.
• Develop and maintain Jenkins Shared Libraries using Groovy.
• Build and manage Docker images and containerized deployment strategies.
• Enhance platform performance, observability, reliability, and operational readiness.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to improve deployment efficiency and developer productivity.
• Ensure security, scalability, governance, and best practices across enterprise DevOps platforms.

Required Technical Skills

CI/CD & DevOps

• Deep expertise with GitHub Actions in enterprise environments.
• Strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience integrating:
• GitHub
• Jenkins
• JFrog Artifactory
• Experience designing reusable workflows and automation frameworks.
• Strong understanding of enterprise DevOps practices including:
• Security
• Scalability
• Reliability
• Governance

Source Control & SCM

• GitHub
• Bitbucket
• Azure DevOps
• Git-based development workflows

Containerization & Cloud-Native Technologies

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• OpenShift
• Helm
• Dockerfile development
• Container image creation and management

Development & Automation

• Jenkins Shared Libraries (Groovy)
• API Development & Integrations
• Automation Engineering

Programming Languages

Strong development experience in one or more of

• Golang
• Python
• Java
• JavaScript

Enterprise Experience

• Experience working in complex, large-scale production environments.
• Enterprise-wide platform implementation experience.
• CI/CD platform engineering and modernization expertise.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Agile/Scrum experience
• Monitoring & Observability Platforms
• Performance Optimization
• Scalability Engineering
• Operational Readiness
• Jira
• Confluence
• SharePoint

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting abilities
• Strong problem-solving mindset
• Self-motivated and proactive
• Quick learner with adaptability to new technologies
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional enterprise teams

Education

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent professional experience

Screening Questions

• Can you describe a GitHub Actions framework or platform you designed for multiple teams? How did you handle reusability, scalability, governance, secrets management, and permissions?
• Tell me about a migration or integration you led involving Jenkins and GitHub Actions. What challenges did you face with shared libraries, pipeline parity, performance, or security, and how did you address them?
• How have you improved the performance, observability, or reliability of a CI/CD platform at scale? What metrics, tools, or architectural improvements did you implement?

Preferred Candidate Profile

• 10–15+ years of Software Engineering and DevOps experience.
• Deep GitHub Actions expertise in enterprise environments.
• Strong Kubernetes/OpenShift deployment experience using Helm.
• Proven Jenkins-to-GitHub modernization experience.
• Strong software development background.
• Experience building scalable, secure enterprise CI/CD platforms.
• Banking or Financial Services experience preferred.

#M1

#DI-CB2

#L1 - KB1

Ref: #404-IT Pittsburgh