Senior DevOps Engineer

About The Role

Total Wine & More is seeking a Senior Dev Ops Engineer to join our Technology team in Bethesda, MD or Boca Raton, FL. In this role, you will run Kubernetes on AKS and GKE with a strong focus on security and reliability. You'll use Argo Workflows to orchestrate data pipelines and scheduled jobs, build, maintain, and improve CI/CD with Jenkins and Git Hub Actions, and grow Backstage into a practical internal developer platform that empowers engineers.

You'll operate Kafka, Cockroach DB (Postgres-compatible), Couchbase, and Elasticsearch for performance, resilience, and cost-efficiency. You'll help lead observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and Tempo for tracing, collaborate with teams building in C#/.NET, Go, and Node.js, and drive our AI initiative by identifying practical use cases.

You will report to the Sr. Manager, Platform Engineering.

• Own multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms on Azure AKS and Google Cloud GKE—design cluster topology, networking, RBAC, and policies for secure, scalable, cost-efficient operation.
• Build and evolve the internal developer platform with Backstage—service catalog, golden-path templates, scorecards, and self-service scaffolding to standardize app onboarding.
• Engineer CI/CD at scale using Jenkins and Git Hub Actions—pipelines-as-code, environment promotion, secrets management, and artifact provenance.
• Orchestrate batch/data workflows with Argo Workflows (not CI/CD)—multi‑tenant DAGs, resource quotas, artifact/versioning strategy, and guardrails.
• Operate and tune stateful services—Kafka, Cockroach DB (Postgres), Couchbase, Elasticsearch—including capacity planning, replication, backup/restore, and DR.
• Establish end‑to‑end observability—Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, Grafana Tempo tracing, SLOs/error budgets, actionable alerting, and on‑call runbooks.
• Build platform tooling & automation in Go, Node.js, and C#/.NET—CLIs, controllers/operators, APIs, and integrations that improve developer experience.
• Drive security, compliance, and reliability practices—image/signing & SBOMs, secrets management, network policies, least privilege, cost monitoring, incident response, and postmortems.

• 5–8 years of experience (preferred)
• Multi‑cloud Kubernetes experience (AKS/GKE)
• CI/CD with Jenkins and Git Hub Actions
• Backstage experience
• Argo Workflow experience
• Distributed data operations:
  Kafka, Cockroach DB, Couchbase, Elasticsearch—tuning, backup/restore, disaster recovery
• Observability:
  Prometheus, Grafana, Tempo
• Platform development in Go, Node.js, and C#/.NET

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Generous store discounts
• Health care plans—medical, prescription, dental, vision
• 401(k), HSA, FSA, pre‑tax commuter benefits
• Disability & life insurance coverage
• Paid parental leave
• Pet insurance
• Critical illness and accident insurance
• Discounted home and auto insurance
• College tuition assistance
• Career development & product training
• Consumer classes
• More

We recognize our team members are our biggest asset, and we value the critical role each plays in contributing to the company’s success. It is our commitment to support and provide access to the resources needed to take care of their health and wellbeing. That is why we offer a variety of benefits, tools, and resources to support through our Total Rewards program.

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Total Wine & More considers several factors when establishing compensation. Compensation may vary based on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and/or experience. The actual hourly rate will equal or exceed the required minimum wage applicable to the job location. Estimated salaries determined by third parties have not been validated by Total Wine & More.

Total Wine & More is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Total Wine & More makes reasonable accommodations during all aspects of the employment process, including during the interview process.

Total Wine & More is a Drug Free Workplace.

The information provided above indicates the general nature and level of work required for the position and is not a comprehensive list of all responsibilities or qualifications. Benefits listed are a highlight of some of the benefits offered to team members; eligibility for certain benefits applies. The anticipated close date of this posting is 120 days from the posted date indicated above.

Pay Range: $122,200- $165,000 Annually