The Digital Foundry sets the strategy to accelerate the adoption of industry leading practices across technology modernization domains, supporting a portfolio of enterprise-wide products and platforms that enable the activities of academic and administrative stakeholdersacross the university. The Digital Foundry team focused on three main pillars: 1) Human-Centered Product Strategy and Design, including product discovery, user-research, accessibility, UX, and UI services.2) Cloud and DevOps Strategy support the evolution of our cloud and engineering capabilities across infra, data, and product delivery teams championing a cloud-first approach coupled with automation and AI capabilities to deliver features faster and more reliably.3) Solutions Architecture fosters the implementation of cohesive end-to-end solution architectures, ensuring baseline interoperability, reliability, scalability, and security capabilities are in place when architecting new solutions or updating existing ones. Position Summary
The Senior DevOps Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and evolving robust software engineering and DevOps practices following industry leading practices tailored to UCLA's specific needs. This role will focus on innovation, automation, and scalability of engineering and DevOps practices while enabling efficient and effective software development practices. Leveraging a high level of expertise in DevOps principles, practices, and tools, the Senior DevOps Engineer will collaborate with product, infrastructure, and security teams to design end-to-end engineering and DevOps practices. Additionally, this role will bring technical thought leadership, drive the adoption of modern engineering methodologies for large technology transformation initiatives, and support the automation of CI/CD pipelines.
The Senior DevOps Engineer will positively impact UCLA's operations and culture by optimizing software and product development in service of the university's academic mission. This team member will advance the University's mission by delivering exceptional information technology services comprehensively and consistently across faculty, staff, and students. This role will execute UCLA's vision while modeling UCLA's culture and values.
Salary & Compensation
*UCLA provides a full pay range. Actual salary offers consider factors, including budget, prior experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business considerations. Salary offers at the top of the range are not common. Visit UC Benefit package to discover benefits that start on day one, and UC Total Compensation Estimator to calculate the total compensation value with benefits. Qualifications
Five years Experience working in one or more of the following fields: Cloud engineering, DevOps, software engineering, or related field. (Required)
Extensive experience with version control systems (e.g., Git), build automation tools (e.g., Jenkins), containerization (e.g., Docker), and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible). (Required)
Experience participating in activities to advance an inclusive environment that values equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. (Required)
Experience working in a project-based environment using leading project management practices. (Required)
Experience in complex higher education environments, serving academic and administrative functions of a large public university. (Preferred)
Seven or more years Experience working in one or more of the following fields: Cloud engineering, DevOps, software engineering. (Preferred)
Strong expertise in DevOps principles, practices, and tools, with significant experience in IT operations, software development, or related roles. (Required)
Demonstrated expertise in implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes. (Required)
Strong scripting and programming skills (e.g., Python, Bash, Ruby, Perl) for automation and tooling. In-depth knowledge of cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation). (Required)
Strong understanding of networking, security, and system administration concepts, and experience with Linux and Windows operating systems. (Required)
Strong written and verbal communication skills and is able to communicate complex technical ideas to a diverse community of colleagues and stakeholders. Can relay technical information to audiences of technical and non-technical stakeholders. (Required)
Able to establish and advance positive working relationships and a strong rapport with a diverse community of colleagues including team members, stakeholders, and customers. (Required)
Advanced organizational skills and is able to balance competing priorities and deliver concurrent projects to various stakeholder types. (Required)
Advanced problem-solving skills; ability to uncover root of difficult problems and scope solutions based on knowledge of available resources and timelines as well as awareness of vision and strategy. Seeks information from multiple and diverse sources to inform solutions. (Required)
Thinks creatively and introduces innovations such as the incorporation of new technologies or processes. Thrives in an ever-changing, fast-paced environment. (Required)
Education, Licenses, Certifications & Personal Affiliations
Bachelor's Degree Information technology or computer science, or a related field, or equivalent combination of experience/training. (Required)
Bachelor's Degree Information technology or computer science. (Preferred)
AWS, Azure, GCP: DevOps Professional or equivalent (Preferred)
Special Conditions for Employment
This position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement that includes regular visits to campus as needed (for those who work remotely, travel/lodging expenses are not eligible for reimbursement).
The anticipated pay range for this position is $134,309 - $148,732, annually; salary is dependent upon the skills and experience of the selected finalist.
NOTE: This position REQUIRES that a RESUME and COVER LETTER be submitted in addition to the application. Please have these two files ready to upload when applying.
Background Check: Continued employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background investigation.
Live Scan Background Check: A Live Scan background check must be completed prior to the start of employment.
Schedule
8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. PT, Monday through Friday and/or variable based upon operational needs. Union/Policy Covered
Why work at UCLA? Benefits:UCLA offers a comprehensive benefits package, including an average of three weeks' vacation per year; an average of 12 days per year sick leave; 13 paid holidays per year; health, dental and optical benefits; life insurance; disability insurance; the University of California Retirement Plan with 5 year vesting and various voluntary UC Savings Plans. There are also special programs and privileges available, such as accessibility to cultural and recreational programs, athletic events, and the University Credit Union. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.