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IT@JH Cloud & Virtualization Services is seeking an Enterprise Web and DevOps Architect who is responsible along with the team for hosting over 1600 web sites/applications that span a diverse variety of platforms for both the University and Health Systems. Specifically, this position will be leading the architecture planning, security, implementation, maintenance and support efforts of highly integrated and complex web and database hosting services within our public cloud providers. This position will design and integrate best security practices by using DevSecOps principles, processes and tools. The candidate will build automation/infrastructure as code within CI/CD Pipelines to enforce cloud infrastructure security. The candidate must possess a strong background in workload containerization, infrastructure and application security, server deployment/management, automated scripting, web programming languages, web site tooling, database architecture, and DevOps/SecOps/CI/CD toolsets. The ability to customize open source products or develop custom solutions to meet technological requirements is also desired. Additionally, this position will play a critical role investigating new advancements in artificial intelligence, high performance computing and design secure and compliant hosting solutions for AI developed web applications. Finally, the candidate will be expected to implement and manage timelines, work closely with IT staff, vendors, and customers to accomplish project goals under limited supervisory oversight.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Specific Duties & Responsibilities - Specific requirements of the position include but not limited to
- Deep understanding of complex cloud infrastructure and networking with a focus on high availability and security.
- Microsoft Azure and/or Amazon Web Services cloud management and administration including environment provisioning, configuration, performance monitoring and information security.
- Proven track record of delivering large scale infrastructure deployments and cloud-native applications using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and GitOps technologies (e.g., Terraform, ARM templates, Bicep).
- Experience setting up development operations and pipelines for new and existing projects and/or familiarity with version control (i.e., Git, GitHub), CI/CD tooling (e.g., Azure DevOps Pipelines), build tools (e.g., npm, composer), container/app repositories (e.g., Azure Container Registry, Azure Repos), monitoring tools, and associated process automation.
- Familiarity with Git workflows, branching and tagging best practices.
- Experience with containers and container orchestration using Kubernetes (Helm, kubectl, Docker).
- Experience managing and using database systems (relational and NoSQL).
- Experience with backend website CMS hosting and management (WordPress, Drupal, Laravel).
- Expertise with cross-platform development tools and techniques.
- Set up a highly automated, easy-to-use Dev/SecOps pipelines to meet necessary compliance requirements.
- Assist with prompt DevOps operational support when required.
- Deploy new and improve existing Dev/SecOps solutions to maintain and accommodate the changing needs of developers, changes in infrastructure, and updates to security standards.
- Research and find new ways to automate and improve development and release processes.
- Proactively develop automated methods to ensure web systems and application are protected against cybersecurity threats.
- Actively engage software engineers and developers on issues and areas for improvement, particularly around application security and site reliability.
- Stay abreast of latest trends and explore new frameworks, technologies, and processes that provide value to the organization.
On-Call
- Yes
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- Eight years of related work experience with computer systems and applications.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate advanced proficiency with several of these technologies (similar technologies to those specifically named will also be accepted)
- Cloud Platform / Compute (Kubernetes, App Service/Runner, Elastic Beanstalk)
- Storage (Azure Blob Storage, Amazon S3, NetApp Files)
- Databases (MS SQL, My SQL, No SQL)
- DevOps / CI-CD / Source Control (GitHub, DevOps, Pipelines, Repos, Terraform, ARM)
- Networking / Web / Infrastructure (Cloudflare, NGINX, RHEL, Windows Server, PHP, .NET, Python)
LOCATION
Location: Remote
COMPENSATION
- Starting Salary Range: $119,515 - $209,100 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
EMPLOYEE GROUP
Employee group: Full Time
SCHEDULE
Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm
FLSA STATUS
FLSA Status: Exempt
DEPARTMENT NAME
Department name: IT@JH Cloud and Virtualization Services
PERSONNEL AREA
Personnel area: University Administration
TOTAL REWARDS
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE EQUIVALENCY
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
APPLICANTS COMPLETING STUDIES
Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.
BACKGROUND CHECKS
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
EEO is the Law
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf
ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit: https://accessibility.jhu.edu/.
VACCINE REQUIREMENTS
Johns Hopkins University requires all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry.
The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
INTRODUCTION
IT@JH Cloud & Virtualization Services is seeking an Enterprise Web and DevOps Architect who is responsible along with the team for hosting over 1600 web sites/applications that span a diverse variety of platforms for both the University and Health Systems. Specifically, this position will be leading the architecture planning, security, implementation, maintenance and support efforts of highly integrated and complex web and database hosting services within our public cloud providers. This position will design and integrate best security practices by using DevSecOps principles, processes and tools. The candidate will build automation/infrastructure as code within CI/CD Pipelines to enforce cloud infrastructure security. The candidate must possess a strong background in workload containerization, infrastructure and application security, server deployment/management, automated scripting, web programming languages, web site tooling, database architecture, and DevOps/SecOps/CI/CD toolsets. The ability to customize open source products or develop custom solutions to meet technological requirements is also desired. Additionally, this position will play a critical role investigating new advancements in artificial intelligence, high performance computing and design secure and compliant hosting solutions for AI developed web applications. Finally, the candidate will be expected to implement and manage timelines, work closely with IT staff, vendors, and customers to accomplish project goals under limited supervisory oversight.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Specific Duties & Responsibilities - Specific requirements of the position include but not limited to
- Deep understanding of complex cloud infrastructure and networking with a focus on high availability and security.
- Microsoft Azure and/or Amazon Web Services cloud management and administration including environment provisioning, configuration, performance monitoring and information security.
- Proven track record of delivering large scale infrastructure deployments and cloud-native applications using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and GitOps technologies (e.g., Terraform, ARM templates, Bicep).
- Experience setting up development operations and pipelines for new and existing projects and/or familiarity with version control (i.e., Git, GitHub), CI/CD tooling (e.g., Azure DevOps Pipelines), build tools (e.g., npm, composer), container/app repositories (e.g., Azure Container Registry, Azure Repos), monitoring tools, and associated process automation.
- Familiarity with Git workflows, branching and tagging best practices.
- Experience with containers and container orchestration using Kubernetes (Helm, kubectl, Docker).
- Experience managing and using database systems (relational and NoSQL).
- Experience with backend website CMS hosting and management (WordPress, Drupal, Laravel).
- Expertise with cross-platform development tools and techniques.
- Set up a highly automated, easy-to-use Dev/SecOps pipelines to meet necessary compliance requirements.
- Assist with prompt DevOps operational support when required.
- Deploy new and improve existing Dev/SecOps solutions to maintain and accommodate the changing needs of developers, changes in infrastructure, and updates to security standards.
- Research and find new ways to automate and improve development and release processes.
- Proactively develop automated methods to ensure web systems and application are protected against cybersecurity threats.
- Actively engage software engineers and developers on issues and areas for improvement, particularly around application security and site reliability.
- Stay abreast of latest trends and explore new frameworks, technologies, and processes that provide value to the organization.
On-Call
- Yes
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- Eight years of related work experience with computer systems and applications.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate advanced proficiency with several of these technologies (similar technologies to those specifically named will also be accepted)
- Cloud Platform / Compute (Kubernetes, App Service/Runner, Elastic Beanstalk)
- Storage (Azure Blob Storage, Amazon S3, NetApp Files)
- Databases (MS SQL, My SQL, No SQL)
- DevOps / CI-CD / Source Control (GitHub, DevOps, Pipelines, Repos, Terraform, ARM)
- Networking / Web / Infrastructure (Cloudflare, NGINX, RHEL, Windows Server, PHP, .NET, Python)
LOCATION
Location: Remote
COMPENSATION
- Starting Salary Range: $119,515 - $209,100 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
EMPLOYEE GROUP
Employee group: Full Time
SCHEDULE
Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm
FLSA STATUS
FLSA Status: Exempt
DEPARTMENT NAME
Department name: IT@JH Cloud and Virtualization Services
PERSONNEL AREA
Personnel area: University Administration
TOTAL REWARDS
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE EQUIVALENCY
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
APPLICANTS COMPLETING STUDIES
Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.
BACKGROUND CHECKS
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
EEO is the Law
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf
ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit: https://accessibility.jhu.edu/.
VACCINE REQUIREMENTS
Johns Hopkins University requires all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry.
The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Principal Devops Engineer
Document your architecture leadership for PERM
PERM requires your employer to define minimum job requirements before advertising the role. Make sure your resume reflects specific infrastructure scope, such as multi-cloud orchestration or CI/CD pipeline ownership, so the job description accurately captures what you actually do.
Identify employers with active PERM filing history
Target companies that have filed PERM applications for DevOps or platform engineering roles in the past two years. OFLC disclosure data shows which employers regularly sponsor these positions rather than treating green cards as a case-by-case exception.
Search Principal DevOps roles on Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate filters Principal DevOps Engineer jobs by employers with documented green card sponsorship history, so you can focus applications on companies already set up to run the PERM process rather than negotiating sponsorship from scratch.
Understand EB-2 versus EB-3 classification early
If your role requires a master's degree or you have a bachelor's plus five years of progressive DevOps experience, EB-2 may apply. EB-3 covers roles requiring a standard bachelor's degree. The classification affects your priority date and wait time, especially if you were born in India or China.
Negotiate PERM timing before accepting an offer
Ask the employer when they plan to initiate PERM after your start date. DOL processing currently runs several months before your employer can file the I-140 with USCIS. Getting a clear timeline commitment protects you from indefinite delays after you've already joined.
Verify your employer's E-Verify enrollment status
If you're currently on OPT or STEM OPT, your employer must be E-Verify enrolled. Confirming this before your first day prevents work authorization gaps while your PERM case moves through DOL and USCIS adjudication.
Green Card Principal Devops Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Principal DevOps Engineer roles typically qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most Principal DevOps Engineer positions qualify for EB-2 sponsorship because they require a master's degree or a bachelor's degree plus substantial progressive experience in infrastructure, automation, or platform engineering. EB-3 applies when the employer's minimum requirement is a standard four-year degree. O*NET classifies DevOps engineering roles in Job Zone 4, consistent with EB-2 eligibility for advanced-degree candidates. Your employer's attorney will determine the correct category based on the actual job duties and requirements.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for a Principal DevOps Engineer?
H-1B visa grants temporary status in three-year increments and is subject to the annual lottery for most candidates. Green card sponsorship through PERM and I-140 leads to permanent residency with no annual cap at the EB-2 or EB-3 petition level. The tradeoff is time: PERM labor certification alone takes several months, and candidates born in India or China face priority date backlogs measured in years. The outcome, however, is permanent authorization tied to your status rather than a single employer.
What does the PERM process look like for a Principal DevOps Engineer?
Your employer files an application with DOL certifying that the prevailing wage will be met and that recruitment efforts found no qualified U.S. workers. DOL uses the OFLC Wage Search to set the wage floor, which for senior DevOps roles is typically at a Level III or Level IV rate. After DOL certifies the PERM, your employer files an I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS. Once the I-140 is approved and your priority date becomes current, you can file for adjustment of status or an immigrant visa.
How do I find Principal DevOps Engineer jobs where the employer is already set up for green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search Principal DevOps Engineer roles filtered specifically by employers with active green card sponsorship history, so you're not spending time applying to companies that have never run a PERM case. This matters at the principal level because sponsoring a senior infrastructure role requires the employer's legal team to document complex job duties accurately, and companies with prior PERM experience handle that more efficiently.
Can I change jobs after my employer files the PERM application?
Changing employers after PERM is filed but before the I-140 is approved generally requires starting the entire process over with your new employer. Once your I-140 has been approved for at least 180 days, portability rules under AC21 let you transfer that approved petition to a new employer in a same or similar occupational category. For Principal DevOps Engineers, demonstrating role similarity across employers typically requires matching SOC codes and comparable infrastructure responsibilities.