Principal DevOps Engineer

OverviewVeeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies, we surpassed $2B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead. Veeva is a public benefit corporation (PBC) and operates as a Work Anywhere company, supporting flexibility to work from home or in the office.Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on customers, employees, and communities.The RoleThe Veeva Nitro team is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to design and build our next-gen infrastructure on AWS. Lead the migration of our platform and create a new, scalable environment from scratch. You will have complete ownership over tooling and the CI/CD pipeline in a startup-like setting. This is a hands-on, self-starter role that balances performance, cost, and reliability.What You’ll DoLead the architectural vision with deep expertise in cloud architecture, design patterns, and modern programming to build a scalable and reliable infrastructure.Drive DevOps best practices by implementing a robust Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategy using Terraform and Ansible to manage, deploy, and scale infrastructure.Build the CI/CD pipeline by designing and managing end-to-end workflows, automating processes across Development, QA, Stage, and Production deployments.Ensure platform reliability focusing on durability, availability, performance, and correctness to minimize failures.Shape the future of the stack by recommending and implementing architectural enhancements, security policies, and new methodologies.RequirementsExperienced DevOps professional with at least 5 years of hands-on experience, focused on automation, tooling, and building distributed, scalable systems.Extensive AWS experience with deployment architectures; strong knowledge of core AWS services (VPC, EKS, EC2, IAM, S3, etc.).Containerization and orchestration experience with Kubernetes and related technologies.Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform or Ansible.CI/CD and Git experience, including GitLab; familiarity with Jenkins or GitLab CI/CD.Monitoring and observability experience; knowledge of Grafana, Prometheus, Elasticsearch is a plus.Location in PST or MST time zone.Unrestricted right to work in the United States; sponsorship not provided at this time.Nice to HaveProficiency in scripting languages such as Bash or Groovy.Experience with observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus, Elasticsearch).Knowledge of artifact management solutions (Nexus, ECR).Familiarity with code validation and linting tools (Sonar).Learn MoreEngineer Perspective: 3 Reasons to Consider VeevaEngineering at VeevaPerks & BenefitsMedical, dental, vision, and basic life insuranceFlexible PTO and company-paid holidaysRetirement programs1% charitable giving programCompensationBase pay: $150,000 - $300,000Salary range listed for compliance; actual salary varies by experience and location. Eligible for additional compensation such as variable bonus and stock bonus.Veeva’s headquarters are in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries. Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by law. For accommodations during the application process, contact talent_accommodations@veeva.com. #J-18808-Ljbffr