Senior DevOps Engineer

Meijer•Grand Rapids, MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community! Meijer Rewards Weekly pay Scheduling flexibility Paid parental leave Paid education assistance Team member discount Development programs for advancement and career growth Please review the job profile below and apply today! We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Azure DevOps Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of CI/CD pipelines for applications deployed on Azure Cloud, OpenShift Edge Kubernetes, and Azure/OpenShift Kubernetes clusters in cloud. The role involves managing a diverse technology stack including .NET, Java, multiple databases, messaging systems, and supporting deployments across various client devices within Retail Point of Sale team. Position follows our hybrid schedule: Monday-Wednesday in Grand Rapids MI office, Thursday-Friday remote. Fully remote requests will not be considered.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or 12 years’ experience (or comparable combination of education and related experience).
Strong experience with Azure Cloud, AKS, OpenShift Kubernetes on cloud and Edge clusters.
Expertise in Azure DevOps, GitHub, Helm Charts, Docker, and scripting (PowerShell, Bash).
Familiarity with .NET and Java build tools (MSBuild, Maven, Spring Boot).
Hands-on experience with CosmosDB, MongoDB, SQL databases, and messaging systems (RabbitMQ, Kafka, Azure Service Bus).
Knowledge of Azure security best practices, secrets management, and vulnerability scanning.
Experience in Scaled Agile framework is highly preferred.
Experience with multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies, and processing environments.
Experience with structured design, development and implementation of new and established computing architectures.

Nice To Haves

Certifications: Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert, Azure Solutions Architect, Red Hat OpenShift Certification.
Experience with Edge computing deployments and multi-device client environments.
Experience with Retail Industry and applications

Responsibilities

CI/CD Pipeline Management Design, implement, and maintain automated build and release pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions. Integrate automated testing, security scans, and quality gates into pipelines.
Deployment & Infrastructure Automation Automate deployments to AKS, OpenShift Kubernetes on cloud and Edge clusters using Helm Charts, Terraform, ARM templates, Ansible, ArgoCD, Flux, and Python. Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for consistent and repeatable environments.
Monitoring & Observability Deploy and configure monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, Azure Monitor, or OpenTelemetry. Ensure proactive alerting and performance optimization.
Collaboration & Governance Partner with development teams to align DevOps practices with application architecture. Enforce compliance, security, and governance standards across environments. Mentors specific domain engineering teams on principles and best practices.