[Hiring] Senior DevOps Application Engineer @Travel + Leisure Co.

Role Description

The Senior DevOps Application Engineer is responsible for the analysis, design, development, and testing of DevOps CI/CD and delivery automation. The individual will provide the technical expertise on the design and construction of new and existing CI/CD pipelines and configuration management standards and practices. They will collaborate with AppDev and QA Teams to establish and improve automation for build, test, and deployment processes. They will monitor and maintain CI/CD infrastructure to ensure reliability and performance. Provide SME knowledge on best practices for version control, build management, and code quality. They will assist with troubleshooting and resolving build and deployment issues. They will continuously stay current on existing and emerging CI/CD and configuration management tools and technologies, providing recommendations and championing new capabilities.

The DevOps Application Engineer reports to the Director, IT DevOps Delivery & Application Platform COE to deliver robust applications based on best practice CI/CD and configuration management software engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology/computer science or related field.
• Master’s degree is a plus.
• PC Skills with MS Office, or equivalent.
• Certifications in cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, preferred.
• Possesses excellent written and oral communication skills, eager to learn and grow skills and take on new responsibilities.
• Leads development activities with agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
• Expert experience with highly integrated enterprise application systems/platforms, data flows, and business processes.
• Experience working within formal software development methodologies.
• Proven ability to think analytically, logical reasoning, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to work on a Team and good interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter and completes assignments with moderate supervision.

Requirements

• Strong experience designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Azure DevOps, etc.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for polyglot stacks including Java, .NET/C#, React, PL/SQL/Oracle, Apigee, and similar technologies.
• Experience with deployment strategies such as blue/green, canary, and rolling deployments.
• Experience managing release gates, approval workflows, and environment promotion pipelines.
• Strong proficiency with Git and branching strategies such as GitFlow and trunk-based development.
• Experience with SCM platforms such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure Repos.
• Experience with build tools such as Maven, Gradle, MSBuild, npm, and webpack.
• Experience with artifact repository management tools such as JFrog Artifactory or Sonatype Nexus.
• Experience with containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience building, publishing, and managing container image registries (e.g., Docker Hub, AWS ECR, Azure ACR, JFrog).
• Experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (shift-left testing).
• Experience with static code analysis and quality tools such as SonarQube, ESLint, and Checkstyle.
• Experience with security scanning tools (SAST/DAST/SCA) such as Snyk, Veracode, Qualys, or OWASP ZAP.
• Experience with dependency vulnerability management and enforcing security quality gates in pipelines.
• Proficient in scripting languages including Python, Bash/Shell, and PowerShell for pipeline, build, and operational automation.
• Experience using Ansible for configuration automation, application deployment orchestration, and ad-hoc task automation.
• Experience writing reusable automation scripts for tasks such as environment setup, health checks, log parsing, and deployment validation.
• Familiarity with task runners and automation utilities such as Make, Rake, or Taskfile.
• Experience scheduling and managing automated jobs using tools such as cron, Jenkins pipelines, or cloud-native schedulers (AWS EventBridge, Azure Logic Apps).
• Experience with AWS or Azure cloud services for application deployment, integration, and pipeline execution.
• Familiarity with cloud-native CI/CD services such as AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild or Azure DevOps Pipelines.
• 8 years of experience as a software engineer, application developer, or equivalent.
• 3+ years in a DevOps role as a CI/CD and Configuration Management engineer with CI/CD orchestrator tools e.g., Jenkins, Maven, Ant, or similar CI/CD orchestrator tool(s).
• 2+ years of experience with a source code repository tool e.g., GitLab, GitHub.
• Experience in developing applications for the Hospitality Industry preferred.
• Experience working with offshore development teams.

Benefits

• Medical.
• Dental.
• Vision.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Life and accident coverage.
• Disability.
• Depending on position, paid time off, parental leave, and holidays (speak to your recruiter for additional information).
• Wish day paid time to volunteer at an approved organization of your choice.
• 401k with employer match (subject to eligibility requirements, including tenure - speak to your recruiter for additional information).
• Legal and identity theft plan.
• Voluntary income protection benefits.
• Wellness program (subject to provider availability).
• Employee Assistance Program.