Delta Dental of New Jersey, located in Parsippany, New Jersey is seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team. This is a hybrid position and our schedule is in office Tuesday and Wednesday and remote Monday, Thursday and Friday. Starting in January 2025, we will be in office Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and remote Monday and Friday. Candidates must be able to commute to Parsippany NJ and meet this hybrid schedule. The ideal candidate will have GCP cloud exposure, extensive experience in implementing DevOps best practices, automating processes, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines. You will play a key role in designing and implementing scalable and reliable infrastructure solutions.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Delta Dental, you'll be at the forefront of driving innovation and change. You'll be working along side a team of talented IT professionals, providing guidance, support, and mentorship. You'll have the opportunity to work on technologies, develop and implement operational policies and procedures, collaborate with other departments to address their IT needs. At Delta Dental, we are dedicated to delivering excellence in IT operations. As Senior DevOps engineer, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring smooth operations and driving innovation. If you're looking for a challenging role where you can grow, adapt, and thrive, Delta Dental is the place for you. 

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, Rx and vision, matching 401k, tuition reimbursement, long and short term disability, life insurance and other ancillary benefits as well as generous PTO.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• IT Operations:
  1. Be part of on-call support team which provides 24*7 production support. Work across teams to triage issues.
  2. Develop and implement operational policies,procedure and standards.
  3. Monitor system performance and address any issues to minimize downtime.
  4. Collaborate with other departments to understand and address their IT needs.
• DataDog Monitoring:
  1. Configure and manage Datadog monitoring solutions to ensure the heath and performance of IT systems and applications.
  2. Create custom dashboards and alerts to proactively identify and address issues.
  3. Analyze monitoring data to optimize system performance and troubleshoot problems.
• Azure DevOps Integration:
  1. Implement and manage Azure DevOps for continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD) and version control.
  2. Collaborate with development teams to create and optimize build and release pipeline.
  3. Ensure smooth collaboration between development, operations and other stakeholders using Azure DevOps.
• Power Automate Implementation:
  1. Design ,develop and implement automation workflows using Power automate to streamline business process.
  2. Collaborate with stakeholders to identify opportunities for automation to improve efficiency.
  3. Integrate Power Automate with other applications and services.
• Scripting and Automation:
  1. Develop scripts and automation solutions to simplify repetitive tasks and enhance operational efficiency.
  2. Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices to manage and provision resources.
  3. Troubleshoot and optimize automation scripts for optimal performance.
  4. Work on optimization of deployment pipelines for Salesforce and Mulesoft cloud.
• Cloud Journey Advocate:
  1. Advocate for the adoption of cloud journey within the organization, highlight its benefits and advantages.
  2. Collaborate with cloud solution and enterprise architect on executing a strategic plan for migrating existing systems to cloud.
  3. Work with enterprise and solution architects to implement API and event driven solutions.
• Collaboration & Training:
  1. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand their automation and monitoring needs
  2. Provide support to end-users, addressing technical issues and ensuring a positive user experience.
  3. Develop and deliver training sessions to upskill IT staff members.
• Documentation:
  1. Create and maintain documentation for operational and automation scripts, processes and configurations.
  2. Ensure that documentation is up-to-date and accessible to relevant team members.

Essential Qualifications

DDNJ Competencies (include those that are most necessary for success of position)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Technical and Functional

• 8 years of IT experience
• 3 years experience in DevOps tools – Azure DevOps/GitHub Action. Proficiency with CI/CD tools and Azure DevOps tooling and deployment automation best practices.
• 3 years experience with Git and Git flows
• 2 years experience with IaC – terraform/ARM/Cloud formation
• Experience with GCP or equivalent public cloud and its relevant build, deployment, automation, networking and security technologies in cloud and hybrid environments. 
• Firsthand experience of GCP or equivalent Platform products such as:
  1. Networking (Virtual Private Cloud, Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud Interconnect)
  2. Compute (Compute Engine, App Engine, Cloud Functions)
  3. Data (Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, BigTable, BigQuery, Storage)
  4. Configuration Mgmt. and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Cloud Deployment Manager)
  5. Containers (GKE, Cloud Run)
  6. Security (Cloud Identity, Certificate Authority Service, Secret Manager)
• Strong knowledge of networking and internet protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP/S 
• Strong understanding of Security best practices including use of Key Stores, Certificates and OAuth
• Familiar with DevOps/SRE philosophies and delivery though Agile Methodologies (SCRUM, Kanban)

Required Physical Abilities

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to sit and perform extensive close keyboard and PC work including data entry 
• Ability to walk, talk or hear
• Occasionally required to stand and reach with hands and arms

Working Environment

• Ability to meet deadlines and attendance standards. 
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• This classification will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement.

Experience, Education and Certifications Required 

Required Educational Level 

Other Certifications