Staff DevOps Engineer, Web

The Role

We are seeking a Staff DevOps Engineer with strong technical leadership skills to design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure and automation for our web-based applications. You will lead efforts to improve deployment pipelines, observability, and system reliability while mentoring engineers and collaborating across teams.

What You'll Do

• Architect and manage cloud infrastructure (Azure preferred).
• Design, implement, and automate CI/CD pipelines for web applications, microservices, and SaaS platforms.
• Manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters and containerized workloads.
• Automate infrastructure changes using Terraform, Helm, and related IaC tools.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (DataDog) for both internal and SaaS systems)
• Develop backend services and APIs to support system integrations and workflow automation
• Collaborate with our vendors to optimize performance, reliability, and integration with GM systems.
• Lead technical discussions and mentor junior engineers on DevOps principles.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies to enhance GM's DevOps ecosystem.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience

• 8+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in DevOps/SRE roles .
• Expertise with CI/CD automation, container orchestration, and cloud platforms (Azure required).
• Expertise with cloud automation technology such as Helm, Terraform, and/or ArgoCD

• 5+ years of experience contributing to the architecture, documentation and design of new and existing systems (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling)

• Experience working with multi-tier production software systems utilizing and implementing HTTP APIs (REST, GraphQL) and Content Management Systems, like Adobe Experience Manager
• Deep understanding of web protocols (HTTP/HTTPS), caching strategies, CDN integration, and load balancing.
• Proficiency in backend programming languages (Java with Spring Boot, Python, or Node.js)

• Enthusiastic about the opportunity of impacting the engineering culture from the bottom up

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field

• 10+ years in software engineering with deep DevOps expertise.
• 7+ years of experience contributing to the architecture, documentation and design of new and existing systems (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling)
• Experience with multi-cloud environments and advanced observability practices.
• Familiarity with API-driven architectures and SaaS integration patterns.

Additional Information:

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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Client-provided location(s): Austin, TX

Job ID: General_Motors-JR-202520872

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-12-11T00:13:01