Devops Engineer II-1

Overview:

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.

Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about—locally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

What We're Looking For:

DevOps Engineer (2–4 years of experience) to join our Cloud Engineering team. In this role, you will work closely with senior engineering leadership to manage, maintain, and automate our day-to-day cloud operations and deployment pipelines across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
The ideal candidate has strong foundational skills in Linux, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization, and CI/CD automation, along with a strong drive to troubleshoot issues, maintain system reliability, and streamline developer workflows.

1. Day-to-Day Cloud & Infrastructure Maintenance

• Support and maintain multi-cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring high availability, security compliance, and performance.
• Manage cloud resource provisioning, tagging, cost hygiene, and routine hygiene tasks (cleaning up orphaned disks, unused IPs, obsolete snapshots).
• Assist in user access management, role provisioning (IAM/RBAC), and adherence to least-privilege security policies.

2. CI/CD & Release Support

• Maintain and optimize existing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
• Assist development teams with daily builds, staging rollouts, production deployments, and rollback procedures.
• Troubleshoot build failures, deployment pipeline bottlenecks, and environment drift issues.

3. Containerization & Orchestration

• Support containerized workloads running on Docker and managed Kubernetes services (EKS, AKS, GKE).
• Assist in rolling out Helm chart updates, ingress configurations, secrets management, and pod scaling policies.

4. Monitoring, Observability & Incident Response

• Monitor platform health, logs, and alerts using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch, or ELK/OpenSearch.
• Participate in on-call rotations and first-response triage for operational incidents, identifying root causes and escalating when necessary.
• Assist in running routine backup, restore, and disaster recovery verification checks.

5. Automation & Scripting

• Write and maintain modular Terraform configurations for infrastructure automation.
• Create and maintain utility scripts in Bash or Python to automate repetitive operational tasks.

Required Technical Skills

• Experience: 2–4 years of dedicated hands-on experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Systems Engineering roles.
• Cloud Platforms: Hands-on operational experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and foundational familiarity with the others.
• Operating Systems & Networking: Strong proficiency in Linux administration (Ubuntu, RHEL/CentOS), shell scripting (Bash), and core networking concepts (VPC, Subnets, DNS, VPN, NAT, Routing, Firewalls).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Working experience with Terraform (creating modules, managing state files, and basic refactoring).
• Containers & Orchestration: Solid experience with Docker and basic Kubernetes administration (kubectl, Helm, pod lifecycle management).
• CI/CD: Experience maintaining automated deployment pipelines in tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins.
• Scripting: Proficiency in Python or Bash for task automation and API integrations.

Soft Skills & Working Style

• Strong problem-solving aptitude and curiosity to learn across diverse cloud ecosystems.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills for technical documentation and incident updates.
• Ability to prioritize operational tickets and communicate blockers promptly.

Nice-to-Have

• Cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, Azure Administrator AZ-104, or GCP Associate Cloud Engineer).
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Application Developer (CKAD).

Benefits:

We understand the importance of work-life balance and wellbeing, which is why we offer flexibility for our teams including: hybrid work, adaptable hours, Summer Flex Fridays, Focus Fridays, and an annual companywide well-being day to promote revitalization and success.

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