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We're a leading, global security authority that's disrupting our own category. Our encryption is trusted by the major ecommerce brands, the world's largest companies, the major cloud providers, entire country financial systems, entire internets of things and even down to the little things like surgically embedded pacemakers. We help companies put trust - an abstract idea - to work. That's digital trust for the real world.
Job summary
The Principal DevOps Engineer will understand, learn, and advance the state of our system and the art in networking (including BGP), systems, monitoring, capacity management, incident management, release management, security, and will work to continuously improve our documentation and standard operating procedures.
What you will do
- Works on problems of moderate scope which are often varied and routine where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors.
- Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
- Applies learned techniques and contributes to analysis and investigation to solve problems.
- Normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work, general instructions on new assignments.
- Builds productive internal/external working relationships to resolve mutual problems by collaborating on procedures or transactions.
- Focuses on providing standard professional advice and creating initial reports/analyzes for review by experienced team professionals.
- Technical knowledge using: Ansible, Python, Packer, AWS (EC2, IAM, VPC, etc), Linux.
- Open minded and flexible.
What you will have
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 12 years of related experience; or an advanced degree and a minimum of 8 years of related experience; or equivalent work experience.
- Knowledge & Application: Develops professional expertise, applies company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues. Determines a course of action based on guidelines and modifies processes and methods as required.
- Complexity & Problem Solving: Works on problems of moderate scope which are often varied and routine where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors. Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action. Applies learned techniques and contributes to analysis and investigation to solve problems. Normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work, general instructions on new assignments.
- Collaboration & Interaction: Builds productive internal/external working relationships to resolve mutual problems by collaborating on procedures or transactions. Focuses on providing standard professional advice and creating initial reports/analyzes for review by experienced team professionals.
Benefits
DigiCert offers a competitive benefits package for all of our full-time employees.
DigiCert is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in its workforce. In compliance with applicable federal and state laws, DigiCert prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran’s status, status as a qualified person with a disability, or genetic information. Individuals from historically underrepresented groups, such as minorities, women, qualified person with disabilities, and protected veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
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