Principal DevOps Engineer

 About Gartner IT:

Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients.  We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner.  Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team. 

What you’ll do:

Our Continuous Integration team collaborates with a cross-functional team of application developers, operations engineers, security engineers, architects to understand complex product requirements and translate them into automated solutions.Collaborate with colleagues to support and improve architecture, systems, processes, standards and tools. We are looking for a Principal Devops Engineer to work specifically in our CI/CD Platform.

• Develop, implement and maintain fully automated CI/CD processes.

• Design, develop and implement reusable pipelines for application deployments.

• Lead technical discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment, security, and high availability in the cloud.

• Support automation efforts across DevOps team utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), micro service-based cloud deployments and CI & CD.

• Write and maintain code for automating the creation of scalable/resilient systems/infrastructure with a focus on immutability and containers.

• Develop, implement and maintain fully automated CI/CD processes.

• Write and maintain clear, concise documentation, runbooks and operational standards including infrastructure diagrams.

• Implement  automation across the organization utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Configuration Management, and Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Delivery (CD) tools such as Jenkins, ArgoCD etc.

• Ensure all solutions are properly monitored and instrumented.

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in development, test and production environments.

• Design and deploy scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant distributed systems.

• Continuously identify, adopt, & refine best practices.

• Work on container orchestration technologies [EKS].

• Mentor junior team members

Must Have:

• MS or BS degree in computer science, engineering, or related focus, or equivalent experience.

• 8+  or more years of Information Technology experience with 6+  years of relevant experience in AWS, automation and DevOps tools.

• 6+ years of hands-on experience with microservices, containers, and Kubernetes.

• SME in designing, developing, implementing and maintaining the CI/CD pipelines.

• Expert in GitOps - ArgoCD, FluxCD , Kustomize, Helm.

• Hands-on experience deploying applications and supporting services on AWS.

• Experience in AWS platform, Linux Operating Systems, Networking, and Database concepts.

• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills.

• Must have strong scripting experience (python, shell, groovy etc).

• Hands-on experience on infrastructure automation and management tools like Terraform is required.

• A team player who can comfortably work with distributed teams across the globe.

 

What you will get:

• Competitive compensation.
• Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
• Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
• A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
• A chance to make an impact – your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
• A hybrid work environment—enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
• 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
• Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
• 401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
• Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
• Parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Gartner Gives Charity Match.
  And much more!

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Don’t meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or other roles.

Who are we? 

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 20,000 associates globally who support ~15,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work? 

Our sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

What do we offer? 

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers. 

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 128,000 USD - 186,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.

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