Principal DevOps Engineer

Pittsburgh, PA, US • Posted 4 days ago • Updated 4 days ago
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Principal DevOps Engineer
Pittsburgh, PA (Onsite – 5 Days/Week), Strongsville/Cleveland, OH, Birmingham, AL, Pittsburgh, PA, Dallas/Farmers Branch, TX, Phoenix, AZ
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  • 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
  1. 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?
  2. 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?
  3. 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.
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Company Info

About System One

System One is a leading provider of specialized, highly technical outsourced services, workforce solutions, staffing, and recruiting to critical infrastructure, technology, life sciences, and government sectors As an essential partner to private and public organizations of various needs and sizes, we offer our expertise to help them bring their most complex and mission-critical programs to fruition.

With our highly specialized services, in-demand technical skills, and vast operational expertise, we can deliver accelerated results that benefit our clients and the job seekers who partner with us. We staff contract, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire professionals across our network to work with our clients, some of whom are industry leaders and nationally branded organizations.

Our dedicated team of recruiters work tirelessly to match jobseekers with careers that align with their skills, aspirations, and goals.

We understand that finding the right job can be a transformative experience, and we are committed to supporting jobseekers throughout their career journeys. Our recruitment services are designed to connect individuals with fulfilling jobs that offer growth and development opportunities.

Whether you're an organization seeking customized workforce solutions, outsourced services, or if you're a jobseeker searching for your next opportunity,

System One is the perfect staffing partner for you.

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