Job Title: Sr DevOPS Engineer
Location – San Jose, CA
FTE Only
Job Description
Sr DevOPS Engineer (Snowflake, DBT and Qlik)
• CI/CD tools: Azure DevOps Pipelines or GitLab CI/CD (hands-on pipeline development)
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (AWS and Azure providers) — production-grade experience
• Configuration Management: Ansible and/or Puppet — ability to write playbooks/manifests and manage infrastructure state
• Cloud platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Lambda, Glue, Lakeformation) and Azure (VMs, App Services, Blob Storage, Cosmos DB, networking)
• Python programming: scripting, automation, API integration, and tooling development
• Snowflake: operational knowledge of warehouse management, cost optimization, and cloud integration
• Git/GitLab/GitHub: version control, branching strategies, and repository management
• Linux/Unix system administration and command-line proficiency
• Networking fundamentals: VPCs, subnets, security groups, DNS, load balancing
• Scripting languages: Bash, Python, or similar for automation
• 5+ years in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering
• 3+ years hands-on with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• 3+ years with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar)
• 2+ years with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, or similar)
• 2+ years supporting cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure in production)
• 1+ years with Python automation and scripting
• Experience supporting or integrating with Snowflake or modern data warehouses
CORE COMPETENCIES:
• Strong automation mindset: identify and eliminate manual toil
• Systems thinking: understand full deployment pipelines and infrastructure dependencies
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Detail-oriented with focus on reliability and repeatability
• Comfortable with continuous learning of new tools and cloud services
• Collaborative approach to working with data engineering teams
• Ability to balance speed of delivery with stability and safety