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The DevOps Engineer designs, develops, integrates, automates, deploys, and supports applications, platforms, and technology infrastructure across development, testing, staging, and production environments; applies DevOps practices and engineering principles to automate software delivery, infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, and operational processes; develops and maintains continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, infrastructure as code, deployment automation, and observability solutions to improve the reliability, scalability, security, consistency, and efficiency of technology services; collaborates with application development, infrastructure, security, and operations teams throughout the software and service lifecycle.

• Design, develop, implement, integrate, and maintain automated processes, tools, and technology solutions that support software development, testing, deployment, and operation across multiple environments
• Design, develop, configure, and maintain continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and associated tooling to automate source control, code builds, testing, security validation, artifact management, and application deployments
• Implement automated deployment strategies and processes for applications, services, infrastructure, containers, and other technology components; evaluate and apply appropriate deployment methods based on system requirements, risk, and operational needs
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC), configuration management, and automation solutions to provision, configure, and manage repeatable and consistent technology environments
• Design and manage application and infrastructure configurations across development, testing, staging, and production environments; establish processes to maintain consistency, traceability, version control, and appropriate separation between environments
• Integrate automated testing, quality controls, security scanning, and compliance checks into software delivery pipelines to identify and address defects, vulnerabilities, and configuration issues before deployment
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions to assess application and infrastructure health, availability, performance, capacity, and reliability; develop alerts and automated responses to identify and address issues proactively
• Troubleshoot complex application, infrastructure, deployment, configuration, and integration issues; perform root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive measures to improve system reliability and reduce recurring incidents
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, highly available, and resilient technology solutions, including cloud, virtualized, containerized, clustered, and other distributed environments
• Support the implementation and maintenance of disaster recovery, backup, business continuity, fault tolerance, and system resilience strategies; participate in recovery testing and evaluate results to improve operational readiness
• Apply security principles and controls throughout the software and infrastructure lifecycle, including access management, vulnerability remediation, secure configurations, encryption, logging, and automated security validation
• Evaluate and implement DevOps tools, platforms, frameworks, and technologies; develop standards, reusable components, templates, and automation to improve consistency and efficiency across development and operations environments
• Integrate application, infrastructure, database, networking, and other technology components to support the requirements and performance of enterprise applications and services
• Develop scripts, utilities, and software components to automate operational processes, integrate systems, manage configurations, and improve the efficiency and reliability of technology services
• Monitor technology environments and service performance; analyze trends and capacity requirements and recommend or implement changes to improve scalability, availability, performance, and resource utilization
• Apply software supply chain security practices, such as dependency scanning, artifact signing, and hardened images
• Integrate secrets management, certificate management, and policy-as-code controls into deployment and infrastructure automation to strengthen security and governance
• Monitor and optimize infrastructure and platform costs, resource utilization, and service efficiency; recommend improvements to reduce waste and improve value
• Establish and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, configuration information, deployment procedures, operational standards, and other documentation necessary to support the lifecycle and maintainability of DevOps solutions
• Collaborate with application developers, system administrators, infrastructure engineers, architects, security professionals, project managers, service owners, and other stakeholders to establish and continuously improve software delivery and operational processes
• Participate in change management, incident management, problem management, and other IT service management processes as appropriate to the responsibilities of the position
• Evaluate emerging technologies, engineering practices, and industry standards; recommend and implement improvements to development, deployment, infrastructure, and operational processes
• May design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain applications, services, integrations, or infrastructure components when required to support DevOps and platform engineering objectives
• May design, configure, and maintain cloud, container, server, networking, database, storage, and other infrastructure components supporting enterprise applications and services
• May develop specialized automation, platform services, deployment frameworks, or reusable engineering solutions for specific technology environments

Level:

– Advanced Professional

Base Description:

– Completes activities, tasks, and/or projects of a functional nature.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates proficient and comprehensive knowledge of defined skill areas/applications. Applies knowledge of principles, practices, and procedures of a particular field to decision-making and problem–solving. Works under minimum supervision on varied and sometimes difficult work assignments, conferring with supervisor or subject matter experts on unusual matters. May lead others or a team in completion of complex assignments. Interprets and communicates information clearly, accurately, and persuasively. Researches and tries new approaches when solving difficult or novel problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Indirect supervisor or mentor for other full–time employees
– May serve as direct supervisor for part–time, student, and/or temporary workers, volunteers, or a full–time employee

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– May validate and pay invoices
– May monitor/track budgets and funding

Problem Solving:

– Encounters generally routine problems with progressively more complex and/or varied problems
– Typically follows recommended course of action and procedures to resolve problems
– May apply specialized knowledge and skills to resolve complex and/or varied problems, with supervisor oversight
– Researches and tries new approaches when solving problems

Independence of Action:

– Works with minimal supervision on more difficult work assignments, conferring with supervisor on unusual matters
– Follows precedents and procedures
– May set priorities and organize work within general guidelines established by supervisor

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates internally and externally within working unit and the University
– May communicate with external audiences for business purposes
– Promotes open communication in a manner that builds relationships among team members
– Applies appropriate strategies for managing conflict; negotiate reasonable compromises; propose and evaluate possible solutions
– Interprets and communicates information, ideas and instructions clearly, accurately and persuasively both verbally and in written materials intended for distribution

• Comp Grade – 12
• Minimum – $81,312.00
• MidPoint – $101,664.00
• Maximum – $122,016.00

• Database design
• Database management
• Innovative thinking
• Network programming
• Programming
• System design
• Technical development
• User experience