Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Eaton is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to enhance development efficiency and software delivery across connected energy products. The role designs and maintains CI/CD pipelines, automation solutions, engineering infrastructure, developer platforms, and testing environments while supporting secure, reliable, and compliant product development. The engineer partners with firmware, software, and quality engineering teams to improve productivity, scalability, and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting firmware, embedded software, backend services, and engineering tools
- Develop automation solutions that reduce manual effort and improve engineering efficiency
- Build and maintain engineering infrastructure, development platforms, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions supporting development, testing, and release operations
- Enhance developer experience through self-service tools, automation frameworks, and platform improvements
- Support release management, artifact management, deployment automation, and environment management
- Implement monitoring, observability, and operational excellence practices across development and production systems
- Design and maintain development, build, and release processes that support cybersecurity, regulatory, and product compliance requirements throughout the software development lifecycle
- Support automated test execution environments and integration with quality engineering processes
- Drive adoption of DevOps and DevSecOps best practices throughout the software development lifecycle
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure, deployment, and automation challenges
- Partner with firmware, software, and quality engineering teams to improve reliability, scalability, security, and engineering productivity
Skills
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Build Engineering, Release Engineering, or related roles
- 4+ years of experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- 4+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform
- 4+ years of experience with containerization technologies and automated build/test environments
- 4+ years of scripting and automation experience using Bash, Python, or similar languages
- 3+ years of experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship, now and in the future
- No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates that currently reside within the immediate geographical area of 50 miles of the facility listed will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation
- Experience supporting highly available software delivery and engineering automation platforms
- Experience with source control systems and modern software development practices
- Strong troubleshooting, collaboration, and communication skills
- Experience with GitHub Enterprise and CI/CD pipeline automation using GitHub Actions, including self-hosted runner administration, workflow optimization, and enterprise security best practices
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot and their application to software development, infrastructure automation, and engineering productivity
- Experience supporting embedded software, firmware, or IoT product development environments
- Experience with automated testing frameworks and test infrastructure
- Knowledge of cloud security, monitoring, and observability solutions
- Experience with cloud-native architectures and container-based deployments
- Experience supporting embedded software build, test, and release processes, including Makefile-based build systems
- Experience implementing DevSecOps practices and supporting compliance-driven development environments
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement (2 days from home)
- Remote candidates within the United States will also be considered.
- Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits.
- Eaton provides Retirement benefits.
- Paid time away from work.
- Unpaid time away from work.
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