Principal Cloud DevOps Engineer

Description and Requirements
Role Value Proposition:
We are seeking a skilled Principal Cloud DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of experience in designing, building, implementing, and managing data, analytics, and DevOps expertise with CI/CD automation and MLOps platform on Azure Cloud. Will be responsible for ensuring Automated deployments, cost monitoring, operational observability, supporting data engineering, analytics, and machine learning workloads.
Key Responsibilities:

• Consult with business partners and data engineering teams to understand data platform challenges and opportunities. Analyze existing data workflows, pipelines, and infrastructure to identify areas for modernization and automation.
• Design and implement scalable data platform solutions tailored to business needs, including recommending the right technologies, architecting data pipelines, and defining infrastructure deployment strategies.
• Evaluate and select appropriate data platform tools, frameworks, and cloud-native services to optimize performance, cost, and reliability.
• Collaborate with data engineers, cloud architects, and cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end data platform solutions. Ensure seamless integration of data services into existing systems and workflows.
• Build quick proof-of-concept prototypes to validate platform designs, pipeline architectures, and infrastructure automation approaches.
• Produce detailed documentation, including architectural diagrams, CI/CD pipeline definitions, runbooks, and implementation guidelines.
• Define and enforce DevOps best practices, including CI/CD pipeline design, version control strategies, and environment promotion workflows using Azure DevOps.
• Manage and automate the DevOps pipeline, ensuring repeatable, auditable, and consistent deployments across environments.
• Communicate platform designs and technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:
Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or 7+ equivalent professional experience will be considered
• Cloud Platforms: 5+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure, including deep knowledge of Azure services (Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Data Lake, Machine Learning, etc.)
• Containerization: Experience with Docker, Azure Container Instances, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• DevOps Skills:
• CI/CD: Strong experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar platforms
• Automation of infrastructure, application deployments using Azure DevOps Pipeline / GitHub actions.
• Programming: Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, Bash, and/or other scripting languages
• Monitoring & Logging: Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, or similar tools
• Data Engineering: Knowledge of data pipeline orchestration tools (Databricks, Azure Data Factory)
• Soft Skills:
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities
• Ability to work in fast-paced, agile environments
• Leadership and mentoring capabilities
• Customer Service Orientation

Preferred:

• Azure Monitoring and Cost Optimization.
• Databricks Observability and Dashboard.

• Manage and automate the provisioning of cloud infrastructure using Terraform, ensuring repeatable, auditable, and consistent deployments across environments.

At MetLife, we're leading the global transformation of an industry we've long defined. United in purpose, diverse in perspective, we're dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our customers.
Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $135,000 - $185,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
$135,000 - $185,000
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