Job Title: Principal DevOps Engineer Location: Block 23 What you'll do: The Principal DevOps Engineer is accountable for capability engineering & support for tooling and processes that supports Application Development, Testing, & Build/Deploy (CI/CD) capabilities. As a senior engineer for this domain, this role is responsible for advancing the capability roadmap to develop platforms & services that Application Teams can consume & onboard on to that enable automation, robust testing, & a 'shift left' security mentality as it relates to developing, testing, & deploying application code as well as infrastructure as code pipelines. This role will collaborate with Enterprise Architecture & the Application Teams to understand needs across the enterprise, as well as evangelize the use of CI/CD pipelines & automation in Software Development Lifecycle processes. This role requires a deep technical understanding in the areas of: DevOps platforms, CI/CD pipelines and integrations, Microsoft Azure DevOps, static/dynamic application security testing, development frameworks, and configuring and deploying software across multiple environments. Additionally, strong strategic & critical thinking skills as well as communication and collaboration skills are required to develop relationships with multiple delivery teams, business partners, and IT leadership. This position is onsite only (4 days in office with 1 remote day) and must be located in Columbus, OH, Irving/Dallas, TX or Phoenix, AZ. What we are looking for: Responsible for defining, implementing, & supporting a target state architecture of DevOps platform tooling that supports multiple delivery teams across multiple development stacks. Works with Cloud Architecture and Solution Delivery teams to develop strategy and plan for application and pipeline modernization with a "cloud first" mentality. Establish standards and best practices around SCM, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, security scanning automation, vulnerability management, and delivery (containers, PaaS, etc.). Works with Enterprise Architecture, QA, & Security teams to analyze new and emerging trends in DevOps and Development Architecture to ensure standards remain current and relevant. Guide internal application teams on standards and best practices to streamline their development processes in the evolving DevOps/Cloud technologies. Facilitates the evaluation and selection of software product standards and services within the domain of DevOps and Development Architecture. Administer cloud-based Azure Devops Services Guide and mentor team members on DevOps best practices and standards. Identify bottlenecks and implement solutions to optimize development and deployment processes. Qualifications: 10+ years of related IT experience, with 5+ years in application development with experience building & managing automation using DevOps / DevSecOps platforms & tooling. Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience. 5+ years administration and support of Azure Devops Services including repositories, Pipelines, Artifacts, and work items. Deep understanding and experience in designing & implementing modern continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines that include YAML, security scanning (SAST, DAST, SCA), containerized deployments, and automated testing capabilities (unit tests, regression tests, etc.). Proficiency in Git including branching strategies and pull request best practices. Experience designing & deploying integration applications into public cloud services or iPaaS-based providers (e.g., MuleSoft, Azure, AWS). Demonstrated experience in any of the following technologies: Python, FastAPI, Typescript, Node.js, Angular, React, Java, and .Net. Deep u