Principal DevOps Engineer

Campspot

7d • $155,000 - $180,000 • Remote

About The Position

We’re looking for a hands-on and strategic Principal DevOps Engineer to lead the evolution of our cloud-native infrastructure. This role is ideal for someone deeply experienced in AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform/Terragrunt who is passionate about automation, and enabling engineering teams to ship fast and safely. You’ll drive infrastructure strategy, lead cross-team initiatives, optimize cloud spend, and define best practices across deployment, observability, and security.

Requirements

• 8+ years of DevOps, Infrastructure, or SRE experience, including 2+ in a senior or principal-level role
• Deep experience with AWS (EKS, EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, etc.)
• Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes in production environments
• Proficient with Helm for application lifecycle management
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Terragrunt
• Comfortable scripting in Bash, Python, or Go
• Experience building and maintaining GitOps workflows (e.g., Argo CD)
• Proven ability to monitor, analyze, and reduce AWS costs
• Strong understanding of Linux, networking, and cloud security principles
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, leadership-oriented mindset

Nice To Haves

• Experience in regulated or high-compliance environments (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI)
• Experience with the LGTM monitoring stack
• Familiarity with tools like Karpenter, ExternalDNS, or EBS CSI driver
• Contributions to open source or DevOps communities

Responsibilities

• Own Our Kubernetes Platform: Architect, manage, and scale EKS clusters using modern best practices.
• Standardize Deployments with Helm: Build and maintain Helm charts to enable scalable and consistent application deployments.
• Manage Cloud Infrastructure in AWS: Use Terraform and Terragrunt to define and manage reproducible infrastructure-as-code across environments.
• Analyze and Optimize Cloud Costs: Monitor AWS usage and implement strategies to reduce unnecessary spend without compromising performance or reliability.
• Drive Observability and Reliability: Implement and maintain metrics, logs, and alerting systems to support availability and performance.
• Security and Access Controls: Enforce least-privilege IAM policies, secure networking, and effective secrets management.
• Lead Cross-Team Initiatives: Partner with development, product, and security teams to design infrastructure solutions and drive large-scale engineering initiatives.
• Mentor and Guide: Act as a senior technical mentor and set the standard for DevOps excellence across the organization.

Benefits

• Base salary: $155,000 - $180,000
• Competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance options at affordable rates
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Flexible and casual work environment: we offer flexible PTO and a remote-first workplace
• Employee camping credit to encourage getting outdoors and experiencing our product!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed