DevOps Developer

Ref #

W182997

State/Region

New York

Department

Information Technology

Location

United States

City

New York

Pay Range: The pay range for this job is $68200 - $105525 annually; actual pay is dependent on experience and geographic location.

Benefits: Base pay is only one part of our employee value proposition, which includes a robust benefits package, above-market time off, hybrid working arrangements, incentive compensation, where applicable, and varied learning opportunities.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the automation, infrastructure, deployment, and operational processes that enable reliable and efficient software delivery. This role works closely with development, QA, security, infrastructure, and operations teams to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, containerized environments, monitoring solutions, and automated deployment processes.

The DevOps Engineer will help improve application availability, scalability, security, deployment frequency, and overall engineering productivity by applying Infrastructure as Code, automation, DevSecOps, cloud technologies, and modern software delivery practices.

Devops Engineer should also be supporting production operations and monitoring the platforms.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, deployment, and release processes.
• Automate application and infrastructure deployment across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure using AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Develop and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Implement automated configuration management, provisioning, and environment management.
• Manage source-code repositories and branching strategies using Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or Azure Repos.
• Integrate automated unit, integration, security, performance, and regression testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement DevSecOps practices, including vulnerability scanning, secrets management, dependency scanning, and security controls within pipelines.
• Establish and maintain application and infrastructure monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability using DataDog, CatchPoint.
• Troubleshoot deployment failures, infrastructure issues, performance problems, and production incidents.
• Participate in incident management, root-cause analysis, and corrective/preventive action planning.
• Implement high-availability, scalability, backup, disaster-recovery, and business-continuity solutions.
• Automate repetitive operational activities.
• Collaborate with developers to improve application architecture, deployment processes, and operational readiness.
• Support release management and production deployments while minimizing deployment risk and downtime.
• Establish DevOps standards, best practices, reusable pipeline templates, and engineering guidelines.
• Continuously evaluate new tools and technologies to improve deployment speed, reliability, scalability, and engineering efficiency.
• Maintain technical documentation for infrastructure, deployment procedures, architecture, troubleshooting, and operational processes.

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

Cloud Platforms

• AWS, Azure, ETL
• Cloud networking, IAM, compute, storage, databases, and security
• High availability and disaster recovery concepts

CI/CD & DevOps

• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI/CD
• Azure DevOps
• Bitbucket

Containers & Orchestration

• Docker
• Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Terraform
• CloudFormation
• Python

Source Control

• Git
• GitHub
• GitLab
• Bitbucket

Monitoring & Observability

• Catchpoint
• Datadog
• CloudWatch/Azure Monitor

Security / DevSecOps

• SAST/DAST
• Container security
• Dependency and vulnerability scanning
• Secrets management
• IAM and RBAC
• Security compliance automation
• Sonar Cube

Operating Systems & Networking

• Windows Server
• TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS
• Load balancers
• Firewalls
• Networking and troubleshooting
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, SRE, Infrastructure Engineering, or related roles with Automation mindset.
• Understanding of Agile/Scrum and AI SDLC methodologies.
• Experience with production incident management and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps and cloud security practices.
• Relevant cloud or DevOps certifications are a plus.
• Knowledge of SFCC platform.

Ralph Lauren will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance laws. Please note background checks will be evaluated individually.