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As a Staff DevOps Engineer on the Industrial Cloud team, you will be a technical leader and key contributor setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and driving the evolution of our DevOps discipline to enable the delivery of highly scalable, observable software and infrastructure. At Generac, we are committed to providing sustainable cleaner energy products and technology. This is challenging work, and we are looking for individuals who are driven by being part of a team that will have a positive impact on the climate at scale.

Your Daily Impact

• Develop and own best practices for infrastructure creation, application scaling, monitoring and CI/CD.

• Automate everything from infrastructure to everyday toil; identify inefficiencies and propose solutions.

• Enable software engineers to work efficiently throughout the development lifecycle to deliver reliable, observable software.

• Mentor development and other DevOps engineers on emerging industry trends, technical standards, and DevOps best practices.

• Drive technical strategy and roadmap for platform infrastructure, influencing engineering direction at the organizational level.

• Lead and collaborate with the development team and other DevOps engineers across the organization to define, standardize, and evangelize best practices for software delivery excellence at scale.

• Lead cross-functional initiatives, serving as a technical authority and primary decision-maker for complex infrastructure and platform challenges.

Minimum Job Requirements

Education

• B.S. in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent years of work experience

Work Experience

• 10+ years of non-internship experience in software engineering with at least 5 focused in DevOps

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Deep, hands-on expertise designing, implementing and operating cloud-based systems in Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud including advanced architecture and cost optimization

• Proven track record defining and scaling software delivery best practices, SDLC processes, and DevOps culture across engineering teams

• Passion for reliable, scalable, observable software with a strong sense of ownership

• Experience with infrastructure as code, preferably Terraform, and strong proficiency in containerization and container orchestration at production scale

• Proficiency in Python, Go, or a similar language for building automation tooling, internal platforms, and operational scripts

• Solid understanding of fundamental networking concepts (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, VPCs, firewalls, service mesh) and their application in cloud environments

• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity in complex infrastructure environments, applying incremental improvement, frequent deployment practices, and well-defined rollback strategies to reduce risk

• Hands-on experience designing and implementing disaster recovery strategies, including RTO/RPO planning, failover automation, backup validation, and regular DR testing

• Naturally curious, growth oriented, and able to influence technical direction without direct authority

• Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop engineers at multiple levels of seniority

• Experience leading platform or infrastructure strategy conversations with senior engineering and product leadership

• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to distill complex technical topics for non-technical stakeholders

• Remains deeply hands-on and willing to contribute directly to complex technical work alongside the team, not just through direction

• Sound judgment in the practical application of AI tooling-able to identify where AI accelerates delivery and quality, and where human expertise and oversight remain essential

Generac is committed to fair andequitablecompensation practices.The salary range for this role based in Colorado is $155,000 -210,000 USD.This compensation willultimately bein line with the location in which the position is filled.Final compensation for this role will bedeterminedbyvarious factorssuch as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills,certificationsand geographic location.This role is eligible for variablecompensationincludingshort-termand long-term incentives.

This position includes a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental and vision plans; life, long-term disability, flexible spending and health savings accounts,accruedpaid time off, paid Holidays and 401(k) retirement benefits.

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Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion, the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend, or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionallylift upto 25 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision, and the ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

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