DevOps Solutions Architect

New Balance • Boston, MA

19d • Hybrid

About The Position

New Balance is seeking a DevOps Solutions Architect to improve engineering practices across coding standards, code reviews, source control management, pipelines, testing frameworks, and operational excellence. The role requires hands-on experience across the full software development lifecycle, from architecture and design through implementation, testing, deployment, documentation, and long-term maintenance.

The architect will help shape technical direction, mentor team members, and support reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure in a collaborative environment. The position focuses on building and maintaining continuous integration and deployment pipelines, automating secure cloud infrastructure, and developing scalable cloud-based and hybrid-cloud platform solutions. It also serves as a subject matter expert for build, release, and deployment processes, contributing to process improvement and alignment between engineering work and business objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or Computer Science, or equivalent work experience; equivalent combinations of education and experience are considered.
• 7–10 years of related experience and training.
• Advanced development and scripting abilities in languages such as Python, Perl, Java, or C.
• Experience with deployment and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Experience with continuous integration and automation frameworks and processes.
• Significant experience building and managing automated pipelines.
• Experience with automation technologies such as Selenium or Playwright.
• Experience working in an agile environment such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe.
• Experience with source code control tools, build tools, and continuous integration systems.
• Solid working knowledge of current continuous integration tools and technologies.
• Experience with virtualization, cloud, and container technologies.
• Expertise in defining and analyzing metrics and managing technical debt.
• Solid innovation skills and a passion for technology and problem solving.

Nice To Haves

• Background in test-driven development or agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain robust pipelines that support continuous integration and deployment.
• Automate the provisioning and management of secure cloud infrastructure using modern scripting languages, frameworks, and tools.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to develop, implement, optimize, and maintain scalable cloud-based and hybrid-cloud platform solutions.
• Write clean, efficient, well-documented code to build reusable, modular components.
• Participate in code reviews and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Contribute throughout the software development lifecycle, including design, coding, testing, documentation, and support.
• Ensure adherence to coding standards and development procedures, and identify and implement process improvements.
• Apply cross-domain technical knowledge to support and enhance platform infrastructure.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and introduce design patterns, tools, and practices to improve system performance and team productivity.
• Resolve complex technical challenges as a subject matter expert in build, release, and deployment processes.
• Share knowledge and mentor team members.
• Provide technical leadership and align engineering efforts with strategic business objectives.
• Analyze metrics and data to refine and improve automation and continuous integration processes.
• Update and maintain technical documentation, including diagrams, workflows, and processes.

Benefits

• Three medical insurance options
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k)
• Online learning and development courses
• Tuition reimbursement
• $100 monthly student loan support
• Mentorship programs
• $1,000 yearly lifestyle reimbursement
• Four weeks of vacation
• 12 holidays
• Generous parental leave
• Hybrid work schedule with work in office Tuesday through Thursday
• Work from Anywhere for four weeks per calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior