Principal DevOps Engineer

Campspot provides campground reservation management software and an online marketplace for camping accommodations. The Principal DevOps Engineer will lead the evolution of the company’s cloud-native infrastructure by driving infrastructure strategy, managing AWS and Kubernetes platforms, optimizing cloud costs, and establishing deployment, observability, and security best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Own Our Kubernetes Platform: Architect, manage, and scale EKS clusters using modern best practices
• Standardize Deployments with Helm: Build and maintain Helm charts to enable scalable and consistent application deployments
• Manage Cloud Infrastructure in AWS: Use Terraform and Terragrunt to define and manage reproducible infrastructure-as-code across environments
• Analyze and Optimize Cloud Costs: Monitor AWS usage and implement strategies to reduce unnecessary spend without compromising performance or reliability
• Drive Observability and Reliability: Implement and maintain metrics, logs, and alerting systems to support availability and performance
• Security and Access Controls: Enforce least-privilege IAM policies, secure networking, and effective secrets management
• Lead Cross-Team Initiatives: Partner with development, product, and security teams to design infrastructure solutions and drive large-scale engineering initiatives
• Mentor and Guide: Act as a senior technical mentor and set the standard for DevOps excellence across the organization

Requirements:

• 8+ years of DevOps, Infrastructure, or SRE experience, including 2+ in a senior or principal-level role
• Deep experience with AWS (EKS, EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, etc.)
• Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes in production environments
• Proficient with Helm for application lifecycle management
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Terragrunt
• Comfortable scripting in Bash, Python, or Go
• Experience building and maintaining GitOps workflows (e.g., Argo CD)
• Proven ability to monitor, analyze, and reduce AWS costs
• Strong understanding of Linux, networking, and cloud security principles
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, leadership-oriented mindset
• Experience in regulated or high-compliance environments (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI)
• Experience with the LGTM monitoring stack
• Familiarity with tools like Karpenter, ExternalDNS, or EBS CSI driver
• Contributions to open source or DevOps communities