Sr. DevOps Engineer

Position Details:

Title: Sr. DevOps Engineer

Department: Information Technology

Reports to: Sr. Manager, IT Delivery COE

Location: Dearborn

Job Classification: Remote

FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Band: Professional

Job Summary

The Sr. DevOps Engineer will be part of the Delivery COE team, responsible for Carhartt’s enterprise DevOps and CI/CD (end-to-end process and operations) for development, test and production environments. This individual must have a software architecture mindset, and a strong ability to integrate cloud principles with application deployment processes. Good development, database, technical operations, monitoring, and ability to communicate and work with the cross functional teams are critical for success. They will be integral to creating and maintaining a cohesive, collaborative, success-oriented culture in which we leverage technology industry best practices to meet the needs of our Carhartt associates.

Inspired by Hard Work

At Carhartt, the values of hard work—dependability, honesty, and trust—are rooted in the legacy of our founder, Hamilton Carhartt. His commitment to serving hardworking people continues to inspire everything we do. Guided by his legacy and our mission—We serve and protect all hardworking people by building durable products—we remain dedicated to upholding these principles in every decision we make and every product we create.

Associate Responsibilities

Define a comprehensive enterprise DevOps, CI/CD process for Carhartt’s software delivery

Automate, maintain and enhance Carhartt’s build and deployment processes for Dev, QA, Staging and Production environments

Responsible for managing the end-to-end release and deployment processes for Carhartt’s public-facing websites and enterprise applications

Responsible for embedding Carhartt’s security policies and practices into the DevOps pipeline, facilitating continuous security testing, and coordinating with the Cybersecurity team in implementing robust security measures across the development lifecycle

Responsible for integrating automated testing frameworks and deployment tools to maintain quality assurance throughout the pipeline

Manage release cycles, ensuring versioning and documentation of software releases for traceability

Responsible for documenting build and deployments issues; work with the devs, architects and SAP to troubleshoot and resolve the issues

Drive DevOps culture across the enterprise. Communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline workflows and drive continuous improvement in DevOps and CI/CD practices

Maintain and publish key DevOps metrics to Carhartt’s leadership on a monthly/quarterly basis

Collaborate with Carhartt devs to help provision scalable and reliable application software running in a cloud environment

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology discipline or equivalent work experience

Required Skills & Experience

Minimum of 7-9 years of work experience in a related field including the following:             

4 years of hands-on DevOps and CI/CD experience with eComm/Retail/Web applications

2-3 years of hands-on experience with build and deployment process for SAP or similar enterprise applications

DevOps certification (e.g, MS Certified DevOps Engineer or similar) preferred

Experience with blue-green deployments preferred

Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, GitHub, Ant, Maven, JUnit, Postman, SAP Build and Deployment process, API, SQL, DB, root cause analysis and troubleshooting

Hands-on experience with Java and Angular. Proficiency with code review process, development best practices, cloud deployment process and services (preferably Azure)

Hands-on experience with version management tools and process to manage and track code changes

Knowledge of Selenium, ANSIBLE, Dynatrace, SAP Hybris/Commerce Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, Sonarqube, Infrastructure as code (IaC) and GitHub advanced security

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively tailor communication of technically complex issues to various audiences 

Ability to be assertive and take control in stressful situations 

Strong organizational skills with demonstrated ability to prioritize workload and attention to detail

Demonstrated ability to carry out project and/or assigned work duties

Open to feedback

Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team

Strong interpersonal skills with a focus on listening and questioning skills

Strong documentation skills

Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities

Experience supporting MS Office products, preferably MS Office 365 products and Windows 10 is also required

Experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies

Familiarity with basic ITSM principles

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

Normal office environment. Extended periods of time sitting, standing, typing on a computer is required.

Available outside of normal business hours for lower environments and production build and deployments.

Willing to work weekends, if necessary.

On-call as needed (24hours/7 days).

This position has a Remote location: Associate will have no regular requirement to be on-site. Travel on-site is limited to special events.

Carhartt is a tobacco free workplace.