Principal DevOps Engineer

IDEXX

Principal DevOps Engineer II leading DevOps initiatives at IDEXX with AWS and GCP infrastructure. Managing a team in delivering a unified view of diagnostic results for veterinary practices.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeWestbrook • Maine • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $140,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in designing and executing deployments with minimal downtime, alongside proficiency in building and configuring full application stacks. Strong capabilities in automation, troubleshooting, and collaboration across functional teams are essential.

Highest-signal resume keywords

10+ Years Experience In DeploymentsJava Spring Application StackLinux/Unix AdministrationSQL And MySQL ProficiencyAutomation Tools Expertise

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Hard Skills

Coding ProficiencyScripting ProficiencyRe-engineering ExperienceOpen Source TechnologiesDeployment Templates CreationPHP ProficiencyPython ProficiencyJSON ProficiencyPerl ProficiencyRuby Proficiency

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunication

Tools & Technologies

Cloud ServicesAutomation ToolsMonitoring ToolsDeployment Tools

Industry Keywords

IT Operations Best PracticesAlways-Up ServiceFinancial Acumen

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJavaLinuxMySQLNoSQLOpen SourcePerlPHPPythonRubySpringSQLUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You will work collaboratively with software application and engineering teams to deploy and operate our systems
You will work collaboratively with business partners with strong focus on business outcomes
You will use your Cloud experience
You will build the whole stack from ELBs to databases
You will automate and streamline operations and processes
You will build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring and operations
You will troubleshoot and resolve issues in our dev, test and production environments
You will embrace, promote, and support frequent, incremental code testing and deployment
You will participate in on-going learning

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of demonstrated experience designing and executing deployments with little to no outage window as well as demonstrated experience building, deploying, and configuring full application stacks (Java Spring)
Coding or scripting proficiency
Demonstrated re-engineering experience
Communicating and collaborating with others, especially across functional border
Preferred - Strong background in Linux/Unix Administration
Ability to use a wide variety of open source technologies and cloud services
Experience with SQL and MySQL (NoSQL experience is a plus)
Experience using a wide variety of open source technologies and tools
Experience creating repeatable deployment templates or similar to build services that support our various software applications
A working understanding of code and script (PHP, Python, JSON, Perl and/or Ruby)
Strong grasp of automation tools
Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service
Financial acumen - Able to balance cost with requirements.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Opportunity for annual cash bonus as well as yearly equity award
Health / Dental / Vision Benefits Day-One
5% matching 401k
Additional benefits including but not limited to financial support, pet insurance, mental health resources, volunteer paid days off, employee stock program, foundation donation matching, and much more!