DevOps Engineer IV (Remote)

Purple is a digitally-native vertical brand with a mission to help people feel and live better through innovative comfort solutions. To us, comfort means more than great products, it means empowering every employee to feel comfortable being themselves. We believe your career at Purple will be a one-of-a-kind “Career in Comfort” because our workforce is one-of-a-kind. We are committed to a culture of collaboration where every voice is heard and understood. As an innovation company at our core, we believe a diversity workforce brings better insights, solutions and products and serves as the backbone to bettering our company. Join with us as we add to our team of exceptional individuals who will help us take over the world — one mattress at a time.

Compensation

The compensation target range for this role is:

$113,900 - $134,000

Job Summary

The DevOps Engineer with Purple is responsible for providing CI/CD capabilities to several teams. They are responsible for orchestrating delivery, shepherding into production, and building automated tools to support this process.

Job Description

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Automate operational activities and tasks.
• Drive and execute complex projects
• Identify and solve complex technical challenges
• Lead and drive DevOps transformation initiatives with the organization
• Implement advanced security automation and DevSecOps practices
• Perform research on emerging technologies to support proofs-of-concept (POCs) and identify future solutions for the organization.
• Mentor and guide junior team members
• Implement advanced container security practices and container networking
  
  

Required Skills, Education, Experience

• 7 years of related experience
• 1-2 years people management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred
• Strong knowledge of security best practices and experience implementing security controls in cloud environments
• Expertise in containerization technologies like Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes or ECS, including advanced deployment strategies, scaling, and management of microservices architectures
• Strong experience with AWS, including services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation, and CloudWatch.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience with AWS security best practices and governance.
• Experience designing and implementing complex CI/CD pipelines with multiple stages, parallelization, and advanced deployment strategies
• Experience implementing scalability and auto-scaling strategies for handling increased workloads
• Excellent problem-solving skills
  
  

Physical Requirements

Physical activities may occasionally include:

• Remaining in stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods of time.
• Adjusting or moving objects up to 15 pounds in all directions.
  
  

Physical Activities May Constantly Include

• Communicating with others to exchange information.
• Repetitive motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of work assigned.
  
  

Environmental Conditions May Occasionally Include

• Noisy open office environment
  
  

Benefits And Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401(k) Match
• Flexible PTO
• Earn a Mattress
• Purple Swag
• Amazing Purple Products
  
  

WHY WORK AT PURPLE?

• Make your mark: We value innovative thinking. At Purple, you will be empowered to bring your ideas to life as we work together to improve people’s lives through comfort.
• Gain unique experience: Be a part of one of the fastest growing companies in Utah! The contributions you make will matter at Purple as the company continues to grow with you.
• Awesome culture: Join the tight-knit team at Purple and you can enjoy working alongside industry experts, making close friends, and annual employee appreciation events.
  
  

Purple provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.