Principal DevOps Engineer

Overview:

Welcome Home! Build your career with Lennar:

As one of the nation’s largest builders, Lennar has built over one million new homes for families across America. Since 1954, our communities have catered to all lifestyles and family dynamics, whether you are a first-time or move-up buyer, multigenerational family, or active adult.

At Lennar, Everything’s Included in our homes, and Everyone’s Included on our team. Our Everyone’s Included vision is to be as inclusive and diverse as the communities we build unleashing the power of diversity within our workforce to drive innovation & sustainable growth.

Lennar's Core Values:

Our commitment to Quality, Value, and Integrity is the underlying foundation upon which Lennar was built, and these three fundamental principles still guide us in caring for our customers, associates, trade partners, shareholders, and community.

YOUR PURPOSE:

The Principal DevOps Engineer plays a pivotal role in orchestrating seamless software application integration and deployment across our infrastructure. With an emphasis on leveraging DevOps-agnostic tools, AWS, and Azure services, this role requires proactive automation, infrastructure management, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices to enhance operational efficiency and system reliability. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of cloud-native technologies, infrastructure as code (IaC), and security best practices, alongside a commitment to fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the team.

Responsibilities:

Design and manage CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automation of build, test, and deployment processes.

Lead the adoption and management of cloud services, prioritizing scalability, resilience, and cost-effectiveness.

Utilize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices to efficiently provision and manage cloud resources.

Enhance security posture by securing sensitive data and credentials.

Implement consistent and predictable deployments for creating identical machine images.

Automate provisioning, deployment, and management of infrastructure and applications.

Manage artifacts and dependencies to ensure reliable access to binary repositories.

Foster a DevOps culture by collaborating with cross-functional teams and emphasizing automation and proactive incident management.

Continuously assess and adopt new technologies and tools to address evolving business needs and technical challenges.

Mentor team members in DevOps best practices, tools, and technologies, promoting a culture of learning and improvement.

Qualifications:

Technical Skills:

Proven expertise in AWS and Azure cloud services, with a strong understanding of cloud architecture and service management.

Extensive experience with Terraform, Bicep, HashiCorp Vault, Packer, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps for infrastructure as code and CI/CD.

Proficiency in Ansible for configuration management and automation.

Knowledge of Nexus, JFrog repository, or similar tools for artifact management.

Strong background in containerization technologies and orchestrators like Docker and Kubernetes.

Proficient in scripting and automation using shell scripts, Python, or other scripting languages.

Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools for ensuring high availability and performance.

Familiarity with network, security, and database administration in a cloud environment.

Soft Skills:

Exceptional leadership and team-building abilities.

Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Proactive and innovative mindset with a commitment to continuous learning.

Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.

Experience:

7+ years of experience in DevOps, software development, and cloud infrastructure management with a proven track record of leading successful DevOps initiatives.

Extensive experience working with AWS, Terraform, HashiCorp Vault, Packer, GitHub Actions, Ansible, and Nexus.

Our Interview Process:

30 minute preliminary screen

3-4 interviews with members of our team

Lennar is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws.

Physical Requirements:

This is primarily a sedentary office position which requires the incumbent to have the ability to operate computer equipment, speak, hear, bend, stoop, reach, lift, and move and carry up to 25 lbs. Finger dexterity is necessary.

This description outlines the basic responsibilities and requirements for the position noted. This is not a comprehensive listing of all job duties of the Associates. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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The *median base compensation for this position is subject to adjustment based on business-related factors including employee qualifications, geographic location, and operational considerations.

Note: *The median amount may be greater or less than the average salary.

• This position may be eligible for performance-based bonuses as determined in the Company’s sole discretion.

• This position will be eligible for the described benefits listed in the above section.

• This information is intended to be a general overview and may be modified by the Company due to factors affecting the business.

Type:

Regular Full-Time

Permanent