DevOps Engineer

Role Overview This role is responsible for maintaining the operational integrity of Plexus' cloud-based and physical infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance and availability. You will manage virtualized and physical environments, ensuring the health of data storage, system uptime, and hosting infrastructure. Beyond system engineering, you will lead the deployment of code from staging to production environments and drive initiatives that directly improve IT operations and align with business objectives. This position requires interfacing with stakeholders to identify business needs and implement impactful changes. Employee Value Proposition As a DevOps Engineer at Plexus Worldwide, you will work with cutting-edge technologies like Kubernetes, Terraform, and New Relic while designing innovative, scalable infrastructure solutions. In this role, you will also be responsible for assisting with deployments , ensuring smooth and efficient delivery of applications and services across environments. With a commitment to work-life balance, professional growth, and collaboration, Plexus offers an environment that values continuous improvement and shared success. Essential Functions Collaborate with engineering teams to design and implement scalable, cloud-based solutions. Perform system engineering tasks, including software installation, access control, data backup, and system patching, with 99.9% success rate for availability and recovery processes. Stay current on industry trends, implementing innovative techniques that enhance system performance. Conduct training sessions to upskill teams, enabling adherence to best practices for infrastructure management and deployment processes. Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) solutions to standardize and streamline deployments. Ensure 24/7 availability for mission-critical systems, responding to issues with a 95% resolution rate within SLA parameters. Lead automation initiatives for deployment pipelines, improving deployment speed and reducing errors. Act as a subject-matter expert on network performance, troubleshooting, and optimization. Performance Based Qualifications Educational and Professional Foundations Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or proven track record of equivalent experience delivering high-impact DevOps solutions. Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated success in a DevOps or Systems Engineer role, with measurable contributions to team performance and operational outcomes. Technical Certifications and Mastery Achieved AWS Cloud Practitioner or SysOps Associate certification and Certified Kubernetes Administrator, ensuring expertise in managing cloud environments and container orchestration. Demonstrated ability to apply certifications to reduce cloud infrastructure costs by at least 15% while maintaining or improving performance. Infrastructure Design and Implementation Deliver scalable, enterprise-grade architecture solutions with a 99.9% system uptime and high availability. Proven ability to address and mitigate security vulnerabilities, measurable by reduction in incident response time. Cloud Architecture and Monitoring Extensive hands-on experience with AWS, leading to optimized cloud architecture with cost savings and performance improvements. Strong understanding of monitoring solutions (e.g., Dynatrace, New Relic) that enhanced system observability and reduced mean time to resolution. Containerization and Deployment Lead containerization efforts using Docker and Kubernetes, improving deployment consistency and reducing rollbacks. Deliver infrastructure as code (IaC) solutions via Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK, reducing manual configurations wherever possible. CI/CD and Automation Deployed robust CI/CD pipelines with tools like Jenkins, Chef, and Ansible, achieving a reduction in deployment time. Automate key processes to increase engineering team efficiency and self-sufficiency, with a focus on reducing manual interventions by 30%. Problem-Solving and Innovation Apply creative and innovative problem-solving approaches, leading to measurable improvements in system reliability and performance. Introduce process improvements that enhanced team productivity and reduced bottlenecks across the DevOps lifecycle. Leadership and Collaboration Recognized as a DevOps champion by building collaborative relationships with internal teams to integrate security, reliability, and scalability into development workflows. Demonstrated ability to mentor team members, resulting in improved technical proficiency and delivery timelines. Communication and Decision-Making Effectively convey complex technical information to stakeholders, ensuring alignment on system design and implementation plans. Consistently make informed decisions in high-pressure environments, balancing multiple priorities with successful outcomes. Analytical and Critical Thinking Identified and resolved complex business challenges using data-driven approaches, delivering actionable insights and clear conclusions. Demonstrated strong critical thinking and motivation, consistently exceeding performance expectations and achieving measurable results. Team and Relationship Development Contributed to the professional development of team members, fostering a high-performance culture and positive work environment. Built strong relationships with stakeholders, reflected in consistent satisfaction and collaborative success. About Plexus Founded in gut health. Experts in microbiome. Plexus Worldwide, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, is a renowned direct-selling company recognized as a top employer. Over the past 16 years, Plexus has dedicated itself to promoting hope, health, and happiness through its scientifically backed, innovative dietary supplements, weight management and personal care products sold primarily through Plexus Brand Ambassadors. As a six-time Best Places to Work awardee, Plexus prides itself on its robust organizational culture and commitment to community support and philanthropy. Our team is driven by a shared mission to empower individuals to achieve their health and wellness goals while offering additional income through the sale of products. Join us to be part of a team that values people, innovation, wellness, and community impact. Our Core Values We are One Plexus. We are accountable. We get the job done right. We empower others. Thank you for taking the time to apply for an opportunity with our One Plexus team! #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-02-01