Sr. DevOps Engineer

What You'll Do

As a Senior DevOps Release Engineer at Avalara, you will play a crucial role in managing and automating the software release process. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth and efficient delivery of software products, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, and contribute to the overall improvement of the development workflow.

Key Responsibilities

CI/CD Pipeline Management:

Design, implement, and maintain robust and scalable CI/CD pipelines to automate the software delivery process.

Collaborate with development, testing, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration of code changes into various environments.

Release Management

Manage software releases, coordinating with different teams to schedule and execute releases with minimal downtime.

Implement and improve release procedures to enhance reliability and efficiency.

Automation And Scripting

Develop automation scripts and tools to streamline repetitive tasks and enhance the overall release process.

Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and implement solutions to optimize release engineering workflows.

Infrastructure As Code (IaC)

Utilize Infrastructure as Code principles to manage and provision infrastructure resources efficiently.

Collaborate with the infrastructure team to ensure the consistency and reliability of infrastructure configurations.

Monitoring And Troubleshooting

Implement monitoring solutions to track the health and performance of release processes.

Quickly respond to and troubleshoot issues related to the release pipeline, ensuring timely resolution.

Team Leadership

Provide technical supervision and mentor the junior devops team members.

Foster a culture of continuous improvement and accountability within the team

What You'll Need to be Successful

7 to 12 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer or Release Engineer in a fast-paced development environment.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Ruby.

Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI or Jenkins.

Strong knowledge of version control systems (Git, SVN) and branching strategies.

Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.

Knowledge of infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) is a plus.

Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work well in a collaborative team environment.

About Avalara

We’re Avalara. We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.

We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year.

Last year, we became a billion-dollar business, and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there’s nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down - not until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.

We’re bright, innovative and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.

We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

EEO Statement

We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.