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Garmin Senior DevOps Engineer in Boulder, Colorado
Overview
We are seeking a full-time Senior DevOps Engineer for Garmin's Boulder, CO location. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting the deployment of software infrastructure, automation, CI/CD and AWS across the Garmin Pay ecosystem. Garmin Pay is a digital wallet designed for people who are always on the move.
https://explore.garmin.com/en-US/garmin-pay/
Essential Functions
Serves in a leadership capacity as an individual contributor supporting cloud infrastructure in AWS including EC2, EKS, networking, and storage components
May serve as a Lead Software Engineer for complex DevOps projects supporting new technology or improving capability/performance of existing functionality
Builds and maintains CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and GitHub to enable reliable, automated deployments
Manages and optimizes Kubernetes workloads, including deployments, scaling, and resource utilization
Architects and designs cloud native solutions and applies them in our environments
Designs and implements automation tools using Python, Java, Bash, and Go.
Provides recommendations to application development teams to improve system performance, reliability, and deployment practices
Enforces IaC principles in all our software
Serves as an expert in incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortem processes
Continuously improves system reliability, availability, and operational efficiency
Owns relationships with third party service providers to meet certificate rotation requirements, improves security posture, etc.
Participates in project leadership and/or program planning including providing technical input to product development plans and concept documents
Makes substantial contributions toward determination of project goal/objective feasibility and applies good judgment in setting schedules/risk taking
Mentors and provides guidance to less experienced Software Engineers (1 & 2)
Contributes to advanced technical research on new technologies
Offers process improvement suggestions and authors new procedures as appropriate
Provides reliable solutions to a wide range of difficult problems using sound problem solving techniques
Supports working hours as part of a rotating schedule to provide on call support of Garmin’s 24/7 operations
The deadline to apply to this role is April 24, 2026
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Math, Physics or related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
Demonstrated proficiency with designing well architected software systems and modules that support new technology or improve capability/performance of existing functionality
Demonstrated competence with researching fundamental problems and implementing appropriate solutions
Demonstrated ability to serve as a lead DevOps engineer for a complex project
Ability to decompose functional requirements into well-defined tasks while balancing quality, quantity, and complexity in work output
Demonstrated capability to offer peer technical assessments in areas of expertise, new technologies and software designs
Strong proficiency in operating production workloads in Kubernetes
Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Must be positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize and lead in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment
Desired Qualifications
Experience with Cloudflare or similar CDN/WAF platforms
Deep knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments
Experience with autoscaling, high availability, and fault-tolerant system design
Deep experience with Public Cloud Providers (e.g. AWS)
Exposure to service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio)
Experience with GitOps workflows and tools (e.g., ArgoCD)
Deep knowledge of PKI and SSL/TLS certificate management
Experience with PCI compliance standards
Experience managing and configuring Linux-based servers and infrastructure
Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.
This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits