DevOps Engineer

Be yourself at Protolabs

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a diverse team that feels they are valued in the workplace. So do you feel you do not meet every single requirement but still intrigued? We encourage you to still apply! You can help make our company even better. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, age, mental or physical ability, or any way you represent yourself. We strongly believe diversity makes for more successful teams.

Why Protolabs?

We are the leaders in digital manufacturing. We hire doers, makers, and creative thinkers who tackle our roles with an entrepreneurial spirit. Our culture is centered around meaningful work that brings new and innovative products to market at unprecedented speeds. We are a diverse team that comes from all walks of life and take pride in our team who is smart, genuine, humble, and passionate about what we do. It’s our people who fuel our creativity and make our culture feel like home.

Join our team as a Senior DevOps Engineer!

This is a fixed hybrid role on-site Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at HQ in Maple Plain MN

The Senior DevOps Engineer plays a critical role in supporting and advancing Protolabs’ internal and external business applications by partnering closely with IT, development teams, and other technology stakeholders. This position is responsible for ensuring the reliable provisioning, configuration, operation, and maintenance of DevOps platforms, including version control systems, build tools, and continuous integration pipelines, enabling scalable, secure, and high-performing technology solutions.

What You'll Do

• Part of a team responsible for the effective provisioning, installation, configuration, operation, and maintenance of version control systems, build tools, and continuous integration tools
• Work closely with development teams to support applications and promote Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices
• Continuously identify ways to improve deployment reliability and reduce the level of manual intervention required
• Design and implement high-availability solutions, including load balancer configurations
• Participate in 24/7 support coverage for your area of responsibility, including occasional after-hours work and on-call duties.

What It Takes

• Bachelor’s degree or 3–5 years of relevant work experience
• 3+ years of experience managing servers in an enterprise environment
• 2+ years of experience supporting code releases for highly available applications
• 1+ year of experience supporting server configuration management tools
• 1+ year of experience supporting highly available applications
• Strong ability to identify manual processes and automate them to improve efficiency, reliability, and scalability

Preferred Skills and Technologies

Configuration Management

• Ansible
• Terraform

Continuous Deployment

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub

Load Balancing

• HAProxy

API Development and Integration

• JSON
• REST

Code Versioning

• Git

Microservices and Container Orchestration

• Kubernetes

Operating Systems and Security

• Linux OS hardening and security

Cloud Management

• AWS
• Azure

What's In It For You?

• We offer a competitive salary and annual bonus opportunity
• In addition, we offer amazing benefits including but not limited to:
• Health Insurance: Traditional OR High Deductible plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account (including employer contributions)
• Dental and Vision
• Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Paid caregiver leave
• You will receive at least 3 weeks of PTO + Holiday Pay + Wellness Hours + Volunteer Hours
• 401k with company match and immediate vest
• Employee Stock Purchase Program at a 15% discounted rate
• Matching grants through Protolabs foundation
• And More!