DevOps Principal Engineer - Tech Lead - EY Global Delivery Services

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Summary: The DevOps Principal Engineer – Tech Lead provides senior technical leadership in cloud engineering, automation, and DevOps practices, delivering scalable and resilient solutions globally. Highlights: 1. Lead senior technical initiatives in cloud engineering and DevOps practices 2. Drive scalable, secure, and resilient DevOps solutions globally 3. Collaborate with diverse teams to mature DevOps capabilities Location: CABA Other locations: Primary Location Only Salary: Competitive Date: Apr 29, 2026 **Job description** ------------------- Requisition ID: 1692588 **Job Profile: DevOps Principal Engineer – Tech Lead** ====================================================== **Role Overview** ----------------- The DevOps Principal Engineer – Tech Lead provides senior technical leadership across cloud engineering, automation, and DevOps practices. The role blends hands\-on engineering excellence with leadership responsibility to deliver scalable, secure, and resilient DevOps solutions across global, multi\-region environments. The Principal Engineer collaborates with architects, product owners, QA, Security, and global engineering teams to define standards, guide solution design, and mature DevOps capabilities across the program. **Key Responsibilities** ------------------------ ### **1\. Technology Leadership \& Solution Design** * Architect and implement DevOps solutions including CI/CD, containerization, IaC, and cloud‑native designs in Azure. * Design multi‑stage CI/CD pipelines for complex applications with automation‑first, zero‑touch principles. * Lead Helm chart design, Kubernetes manifests, and release templates for enterprise deployments. * Drive AKS strategy: lifecycle, security, networking, scaling, and multi‑region resiliency. * Ensure alignment with EY reference architectures, governance, and security controls. * Evaluate and select DevOps and automation tooling to improve reliability and delivery velocity. * Lead modernization from classic/legacy pipelines to YAML and GitHub Actions. ### **2\. Delivery Oversight \& Engineering Excellence** * Oversee backlog execution, ensuring automated build, test, and deployment processes. * Drive consistent delivery of DevOps capabilities aligned to defined standards. * Lead configuration management and environment alignment for multi‑region deployments. * Lead troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis of complex deployment or automation incidents. * Advance DevOps maturity through measurable improvements in delivery and reliability metrics. ### **3\. Governance, Standards \& Best Practices** * Promote automation‑first, GitOps, secure SDLC, YAML pipelines, and shift‑left. * Implement mandatory scanning, secrets management, dependency governance, and hardening. * Define standards for branching, versioning, Helm packaging, release governance, and promotions. * Ensure compliance with EY security requirements using SonarQube, AquaSec, Mend. * Establish RBAC, audit trails, and governance across Azure, AKS, and CI/CD. ### **4\. Collaboration \& Stakeholder Engagement** * Serve as senior DevOps authority for architecture, cybersecurity, QA, and product teams. * Drive cross‑team decision‑making with clear communication and proactive risk escalation. * Work with engineering leads to embed DevOps practices and self‑service capabilities. ### **5\. Documentation \& Team Development** * Maintain high‑quality documentation across architecture, CI/CD, runbooks, and dependencies. * Mentor engineers and promote DevOps maturity across the organization. * Deliver training on CI/CD, Kubernetes, automation, and DevOps best practices. **Must‑Have Skills \& Experience** ---------------------------------- ### **Cloud \& Infrastructure (Azure) – Expert** * 5–10 years hands‑on Azure experience. * Deep AKS expertise including cluster design, networking, security, RBAC, multi‑region deployments. * Strong knowledge of Azure Networking, App Gateway/WAF, App Service, Functions, Logic Apps, Storage, Azure SQL, Traffic Manager, Key Vault, Service Bus, Monitoring suite. ### **DevOps, CI/CD \& Automation – Expert** * GitHub / ADO: branching, YAML pipelines, release governance. * Advanced CI/CD design including platform migrations. * Docker and multi‑stage Dockerfiles; image optimization. * Helm expertise (required). * Terraform or Bicep (preferred); ARM templates. * Ansible/Ansible Tower (plus). ### **Kubernetes \& Orchestration – Expert** * Deployments, ingress, config maps, secrets, RBAC, network policies. * HPA/VPA scaling; GitOps tooling (Flux/ArgoCD) preferred. * Helm Charts expertise (required). * Service mesh experience (Istio/Linkerd) desired. ### **Security \& Compliance – Advanced** * Experience with SonarQube, Mend, AquaSec. * Secrets management with Key Vault or Vault. * Container security and vulnerability management. ### **Programming \& Scripting – Proficient** * C\#, Python, or NodeJS (for understanding application build/test requirements) * Strong scripting in PowerShell, Bash or Python. * Strong YAML proficiency for CI/CD and Kubernetes. ### **API \& Integration – Proficient** * REST APIs and integration patterns. * Automation via Azure, GitHub, and Kubernetes APIs. ### **Observability \& Monitoring – Proficient** * Azure Monitor, App Insights, Grafana, Prometheus. * Logging and analytics with Log Analytics. * SRE practices including SLOs, SLIs, error budgets. ### **AI Knowledge (Plus)** * Experience with GitHub Copilot, AI agents, automation opportunities. * Understanding of AI/ML ops or OpenAI integration (plus). **Preferred Qualifications** ---------------------------- ### **Certifications** * Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert * Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator * Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) ### **Experience** * Leading global teams across time zones. * Large‑scale CI/CD modernization * SRE and observability implementation. * FinOps and cloud cost optimization.