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As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees.

Are you ready to join our team?

Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future.

SUMMARY OF DUTIES:
The DevOps-Engineer is responsible for delivery of DevOps solutions following Agile Values and Principles at enterprise level. This role requires proven hands-on delivery experience in adopting and evangelizing practices and principles of DevOps to provide repeatable, consistent, and incremental program artifacts and modules.
Amtrak is seeking a seasoned Principal DevOps Engineer with a strong focus on pipelines-as-code, CI/CD, and IaC. Playing a crucial role in automating and streamlining our processes to enhance efficiency, reliability, and scalability in our software development lifecycle. Working with engineering teams directly in helping them deliver their artifacts quicker to production, and more reliably.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Pipelines-as-Code: Develop and maintain robust, scalable, and efficient CI/CD pipelines using code-based tools such as Jenkins Pipeline, Github Actions, GitLab CI, or similar.
• Infrastructure Automation: Implement and manage IaC using tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Ansible, ensuring a consistent and reliable infrastructure deployment.
• Continuous Integration and Deployment: Build and maintain systems that improve the speed and reliability of our CI/CD processes.
• Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: Document processes, systems, and architectures clearly and share knowledge with team members.  Has a strong “Documentation-as-Code” approach.
• Collaboration and Leadership: Work collaboratively with software development and IT teams to integrate DevOps methodologies into their workflows.
• Monitoring and Optimization: Monitor, analyze, and optimize infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for performance and cost-efficiency.
• Security and Compliance: Ensure that the infrastructure and pipelines adhere to security best practices and compliance standards.  Familiar with SAST, DAST, secret scanning, open-source scanning, creating Software Bill of Materials (SBOM).
• Technical Expertise and Innovation: Stay abreast of the latest trends and technologies in DevOps, pipelines-as-code, and IaC, and advocate for the adoption of relevant new technologies and practices. 
• Acts in a consultative manner and provides technical subject matter expertise, system implementation, administration, and technical support.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a DevOps role, with specific experience in pipelines-as-code, CI/CD, and IaC.
• Proficiency in tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Docker, Packer, and Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS preferred, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash).
• Deep Knowledge of version control systems, preferably Git.
  • Understanding of various different branching flows in git, and the pros & cons of them.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and strong communication skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in Information Systems Management, Computer Science Engineering or other closely related management or technical discipline. Or Bachelor’s degree in above disciplines backed up by 7 years of on-the-job experience.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Terraform Associate).
• Experience in an Agile development environment, bonus points for SAFe experience
• Hands-on Experience in creating modular infrastructure-as-code with re-usable components
• Experience in creating developer portals, allowing for dev teams to get started quicker (such as Backstage)
• Has created security tollgates for pipelines in the past.
• Passionate about ‘measure what matters’, along with reporting DORA metrics, security metrics, build health, and others.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Work is performed remotely.
• The DevOps Engineer may have need for occasional travel, no more than 30% of the time, as the needs of assigned projects direct.

 
COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: 

• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.

 
The salary range is $124,600 – $161,352 for the DT Principal DevOps Engineer. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, internal equity, etc. Depending on an employee’s assigned worksite or location, Amtrak may consider a geo-pay differential to be applied to the employee’s base salary. Amtrak may offer additional incentive and pay programs to recognize and reward our employees, including a short-term incentive bonus based upon factors such as individual and company performance that is commensurate with the level of the position and/or long-term incentive plan compensation. In addition to your salary, Amtrak offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan with employer match; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; back-up care; adoption assistance; surrogacy assistance; reimbursement of education expenses; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Learn more about our benefits offerings here.

Requisition ID:161188
Posting Location(s):District of Columbia; Alabama; Alaska; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; N/A; Nebraska; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Ohio; Oklahoma; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Vermont; Virginia; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming
Job Family/Function:Information Technology 
Relocation Offered:No 
Travel Requirements:Up to 25% 
 

You power our progress through your performance.
 

We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions. 

Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen. 

Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak’s pre-employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law.  

In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR § 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions.

In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C. §1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses. 

Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Amtrak is an EOE/Affirmative Action Minority/Female employer, and we welcome all to apply. We consider candidates regardless of race/color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions), national origin/ethnicity, age, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law.