Purple is a digitally-native vertical brand with a mission to help people feel and live better through innovative comfort solutions. To us, comfort means more than great products, it means empowering every employee to feel comfortable being themselves. We believe your career at Purple will be a one-of-a-kind “Career in Comfort” because our workforce is one-of-a-kind. We are committed to a culture of collaboration where every voice is heard and understood. As an innovation company at our core, we believe a diversity workforce brings better insights, solutions and products and serves as the backbone to bettering our company. Join with us as we add to our team of exceptional individuals who will help us take over the world — one mattress at a time.
Compensation
The compensation target range for this role is:
$113,900 - $134,000Job Summary
The DevOps Engineer with Purple is responsible for providing CI/CD capabilities to several teams. They are responsible for orchestrating delivery, shepherding into production, and building automated tools to support this process.Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Automate operational activities and tasks.
Drive and execute complex projects
Identify and solve complex technical challenges
Lead and drive DevOps transformation initiatives with the organization
Implement advanced security automation and DevSecOps practices
Perform research on emerging technologies to support proofs-of-concept (POCs) and identify future solutions for the organization.
Mentor and guide junior team members
Implement advanced container security practices and container networking
Required Skills, Education, Experience:
7+ years of related experience
Bachelor’s degree in relevant field preferred
Strong knowledge of security best practices and experience implementing security controls in cloud environments
Expertise in containerization technologies like Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes or ECS, including advanced deployment strategies, scaling, and management of microservices architectures
Strong experience with AWS, including services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation, and CloudWatch.
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
Proficient in scripting languages (Python, Shell, or similar) to automate tasks and infrastructure management.
Strong understanding of cloud security principles and best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and vulnerability management.
Proficient in setting up monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK stack.
Experience designing and implementing complex CI/CD pipelines with multiple stages, parallelization, and advanced deployment strategies
Experience implementing scalability and auto-scaling strategies for handling increased workloads
Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and lead projects.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure issues.
Familiarity with agile development methodologies.
Experience with serverless architectures (AWS Lambda, Step Functions).
Knowledge of disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA) architectures.
Physical Requirements
Physical activities may occasionally include:
Remaining in stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods of time.
Adjusting or moving objects up to 15 pounds in all directions.
Physical activities may constantly include:
Communicating with others to exchange information.
Repetitive motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of work assigned.
Environmental Conditions may occasionally include:
Noisy open office environment
BENEFITS AND PERKS
Medical, Dental, Vision
401(k) Match
Flexible PTO
Earn a Mattress
Purple Swag
Amazing Purple Products
WHY WORK AT PURPLE?
Make your mark: We value innovative thinking. At Purple, you will be empowered to bring your ideas to life as we work together to improve people’s lives through comfort.
Gain unique experience: Be a part of one of the fastest growing companies in Utah! The contributions you make will matter at Purple as the company continues to grow with you.
Awesome culture: Join the tight-knit team at Purple and you can enjoy working alongside industry experts, making close friends, and annual employee appreciation events.
Purple provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.