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Columbia Sportswear is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead the Developer Experience Team, focusing on enhancing DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud platform capabilities. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and technical leadership, with a strong emphasis on mentorship and collaboration.
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Job Summary
This role serves as a technical authority to define and drive the evolution of infrastructure-as-code, deployment frameworks, and observability platforms across the organization.
The successful candidate will lead the architecture of CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native services while championing DevSecOps practices to ensure security-by-design.
You will mentor engineers and influence technical standards across teams while collaborating with security and business stakeholders on scalable, cost-efficient solutions.
Matching Summary
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Columbia Sportswear is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead the Developer Experience Team, focusing on enhancing DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud platform capabilities. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and technical leadership, with a strong emphasis on mentorship and collaboration.
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Salary
Not specified; Not specified; Not specified
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
10+ years software engineering experience
Microsoft Azure cloud platform expertise
Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or Bicep
CI/CD pipeline architecture and automation
Observability platforms like Grafana or Application Insights
Containerization and Kubernetes orchestration
DevSecOps and security-by-design practices
Nice-to-have
Multi-cloud architecture exposure (AWS, GCP)
Mentoring senior and junior engineers
Cost optimization and capacity planning skills
Strong communication with non-technical stakeholders
Experience with internal developer platforms
Agile-DevOps collaboration practices
Key Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
8+ years of DevOps or cloud infrastructure experience
Azure DevOps Engineer Expert or Solutions Architect Expert certification
Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Azure services
Advanced scripting skills in C#, Python, Bash, or PowerShell