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Centroid Systems

Principal DevOps Engineer - Full time

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About The Role

We are seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to join our Managed Services Team and take ownership of supporting diverse client environments. This role focuses on maintaining, triaging, and improving a variety of customer systems from custom-built applications to modern cloud solutions across multiple industries and technology stacks.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned engineer who thrives in dynamic, multi-technology environments and has a proven track record of troubleshooting, performance tuning, and driving operational excellence. This is a hands-on and client-facing position, ideal for someone who can rapidly assess unfamiliar systems, deliver fixes, and provide technical leadership in a consulting setting.

Key Responsibilities

  • Client Environment Support Serve as a primary point of contact for production support, triage, and incident resolution across diverse client systems.
  • Bugfixing & Maintenance Perform root cause analysis, implement bug fixes, and ensure long-term stability of customer applications.
  • Cross-Technology Expertise Work across a wide range of technologies such as .NET, Ruby on Rails, cloud-native applications, and automation tools.
  • Operational Leadership Establish and refine monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices.
  • Collaboration Partner with customer teams and internal engineers to identify improvements and streamline operations.
  • Maintenance Windows Participate in planned weekend maintenance activities as part of a rotating schedule.
  • Knowledge Transfer & Documentation Ensure systems are well-documented and that knowledge is shared within the team.
  • Adaptability Continuously learn and integrate new tools, platforms, and technologies used across client environments.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 7+ years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or managed services roles, with at least 3+ years supporting production environments at scale.
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across application, infrastructure, and networking layers.
  • Experience with Data Engineer tools on AWS: Extract-Transform-Load, Machine Learning, AWS Lambda
  • Experience with multiple cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud) and hybrid environments.
  • Proven ability to debug, support, and maintain applications built with various frameworks, including .NET and Ruby on Rails.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, observability tools, and incident response workflows.
  • Strong scripting or automation experience (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).
  • Excellent communication and client-facing skills for working in a consulting environment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior experience in managed services or consulting environments with multiple concurrent clients.
  • Familiarity with a broad range of database technologies (Oracle DB, SQL Server, Postgres, MongoDB, etc.).
  • Experience improving legacy systems for better reliability, cost optimization, or scalability.

Why Join Us

  • Diverse Technology Exposure Support a wide range of tools, frameworks, and cloud platforms.
  • Impactful Role Keep mission-critical client systems operational and evolving.
  • Global Team Culture Work with experts across multiple time zones and technology domains.
  • Professional Growth Gain experience across industries, tools, and modern automation practices.
  • Competitive Compensation Principal-level rates based on skills and experience, with shift differential for overnight work.

If you excel at diagnosing complex systems, solving tough operational challenges, and thrive in a multi-technology, always-learning environment, we'd love to hear from you.

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Job ID: 143924919