Harvard Business Publishing

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PrincipalDevOpsArchitect

$160–175k Boston, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Principal DevOps Architect at Harvard Business Publishing. Skills: DevOps strategy, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, AWS. Design DevOps environment. Implement DevOps environment”

Industry & Context.

management thinking
Problems you'll solve

identify bottlenecks; improve performance; increase delivery reliability

Eligibility Requirements

work onsite once per week on Wednesdays

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years of experience applying DevOps principles to deliver highly available, scalable cloud applications, Proven ability to define platform/DevOps architecture strategy, establish standards, and drive adoption across multiple engineering teams, hands-on experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines and toolchains (e.g., Jenkins), with a focus on reliability, repeatability, and developer experience, Expertise with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or CloudFormation) and configuration practices that enable repeatable, auditable environments, Experience with AWS architecture, including multi-account landing zones and governance (e.g., AWS Control Tower), Experience with container platforms and orchestration (e.g., Amazon ECS), including secure imageuild practices and deployment patterns, Ability to build and operate observability capabilities (logging, metrics, tracing) and use telemetry tools to improve performance and reliability, Deep understanding of DevSecOps and security best practices, including least-privilege access, secrets management, vulnerability management, and secure SDLC controls, Experience designing identity and access patterns for platform services (e.g., OIDC/SSO) in partnership with security stakeholders, Familiarity with ephemeral environment patterns and automation for safe, cost-effective testing and preview deployments, Experience leveraging AI coding assistants to develop and review enterprise-grade solutions, with attention to quality, security, and maintainability, Excellent communication and documentation able to influence engineering, operations, and security

Nice to Have

AI coding experience, Experience with Jenkins

What You'll Do.

Design DevOps environment

Implement DevOps environment

Translate delivery needs

Champion IaC practices

Design infrastructure solutions

Define observability standards

Evolve observability standards

Develop documentation

Maintain documentation

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering closely with engineering, cloud operations, and security; Lead cross-functional collaboration between engineering, cloud operations, and security; Promote a culture of collaboration and shared responsibility across engineering, cloud operations, and security teams; Influence engineering, operations, and security

Communication Scope

Excellent communication

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