Senior DevOps Engineer
Summary
Senior DevOps engineer at Gallup who designs and optimizes GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, automates releases, and manages AWS infrastructure (ECS, Terraform) to help engineering teams deliver software faster and more reliably. Hybrid role requiring 2-3 days per week onsite in Omaha.
Accelerate how Gallup builds and deploys software by helping engineering teams deliver applications faster, more reliably and at scale.
In this high-impact role, you’ll be responsible for designing and optimizing release pipelines, driving automation, and implementing cloud infrastructure that accelerates delivery and ensures high availability. You’ll work closely with developers, architects, security associates and operations teams to establish best practices and bring stability and scalability to our engineering workflows.
You’ll develop systems that power global insights — analyzing what the world is thinking and delivering employee engagement, strengths development and wellbeing solutions — among other high-impact projects. If you’re a proven DevOps leader ready to fuel innovation and make a global impact, apply today.
What You’ll Do
- Collaborate with software engineering, infrastructure and security teams to streamline delivery, reliability and observability
- Design, implement and maintain GitHub Actions-based CI/CD pipelines that support our diverse set of applications and services
- Drive adoption and continuous improvement of DevOps practices across platforms and environments, helping teams fully leverage our existing framework
- Manage releases across multiple AWS regions and environments, ensuring seamless delivery
- Solve complex infrastructure and deployment challenges with a strong focus on scalability, observability and automation
- Support teams working across multiple applications, stacks and languages, quickly understanding and adapting to full-stack architectures and deployment flows
- Mentor and coach infrastructure engineers, fostering a DevOps culture across software teams
What Makes You Stand Out
- DevOps expertise: You’ve built or significantly scaled a DevOps practice from the ground up.
- Strategic technical ownership: You have a strong sense of ownership in guiding DevOps strategy, tooling choices and architectural direction.
- Hands-on experience with modern tools: You have deep experience with GitHub Actions (CI/CD), AWS ECS, Docker and/or Podman container tooling, Terraform, CloudFormation, and observability tools like Dynatrace.
- Cross-functional collaboration: You work seamlessly with diverse application teams and quickly integrate into their workflows.
- Mentorship and team growth: You have a proven track record of mentoring others and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
What You Need
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS or a related field, or equivalent experience, required
- At least five years of experience designing and managing CI/CD solutions, with at least one year of experience with GitHub Actions, required
- At least five years of experience working with AWS cloud technologies (including ECS and Lambda), IaC tools (especially Terraform) and MySQL required
- At least five years of experience scripting with Bash, Python or PowerShell required
- At least three years of experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, ECS) required
- End-to-end testing experience required
- Deep knowledge of security and compliance industry best practices required
- Experience leading DevOps initiatives required
- Familiarity with SRE implementation and best practices required
- Working experience in an Agile environment required
- At least two years of experience leading technical design and implementation of DevOps solutions required
- A demonstrated track record of mentoring and supporting the growth of other engineers required
- Exposure to large, complex software solutions preferred
- A commitment to working on-site at Gallup’s Omaha office two to three days per week required
About Gallup
At Gallup, we change the world, one client at a time, through extraordinary analytics and advice on everything important facing humankind. Learn more about our work and life at Gallup.
Gallup offers a robust benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life and other insurance options; a fully vested 401(k) retirement savings plan with company matching; an employee stock ownership program; family-building benefits; an employee assistance program; and various reimbursements and activities that enhance our associates’ wellbeing. We also offer an estimated annual salary range of $135,000-$170,000 for this role. Salaries are based on a variety of factors, including an individual’s education, experience and skills.
Gallup is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
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