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DevOps Engineer | Direct Hire | Hybrid x2 day on-site | Short Hills, NJ Optomi, in partnership with a leading insurance organization, is seeking an accomplished Senior DevOps Engineer to join their team. This role offers the opportunity to leverage cloud technologies to accelerate value delivery to customers and drive innovation across the organization. The Senior DevOps Engineer will play a critical role in shaping and enhancing development practices by defining and implementing best practices, patterns, and automation strategies. This individual will lead efforts to design, improve, and sustain continuous integration and delivery pipelines while providing hands-on technical oversight to ensure projects align with organizational strategy, architecture, and methodologies. Acting as both a technical leader and trusted advisor, the Senior DevOps Engineer will bring thought leadership in modernization, technology advancement, and application lifecycle management, while also providing expert consulting, mentorship, and guidance to organizational leaders and development teams. What the right candidate will enjoy! • Direct Hire full-time opportunity, • Flexible hybrid schedule, • Acting as a leader in modernization, technology advancement, and application lifecycle management, • Driving efficient development practices and influencing best practices and patterns across teams Experience of the right candidate: • Over 7 years of experience in applications development, • More than 5 years of experience designing DevOps pipelines using tools and technologies including Azure DevOps, SonarQube, and YAML, • In-depth knowledge of Azure services including but not limited to Azure Compute, Azure Storage, Azure Networking, Azure App Service, Logic Apps, VMSS, and Azure Security, • Proficiency in Azure DevOps and building CI/CD pipelines, including Azure environment provisioning tasks, • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Terraform, Puppet, or Ansible, • Experience with scripting languages such as Bicep, PowerShell, Bash, or Python, • Demonstrated experience in cloud cost optimization, governance, and implementing FinOps practices, • Strong leadership and influencing skills with the ability to drive change and foster a DevOps culture across teams, • Experience designing and implementing disaster recovery strategies and high-availability architectures in cloud environments, • Self-starter who is capable of working independently and making decisions when necessary/as applicable, • Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication and the ability to communicate with audiences at varying technical levels, • Preferred: Experience working in an Agile environment, preferably SAFe, • Preferred: Azure certifications such as Azure Administrator Associate, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, • Preferred: Experience in Application Security / DevSecOps roles Responsibilities of the right candidate: • Design and oversee the implementation of cloud-based architecture, networking, and containerization, utilizing Infrastructure-as-Code for automation and patterns, • Lead the creation and deployment of CI/CD and other automation solutions, focusing on design patterns that emphasize reuse, scalability, performance, availability, and security, • Develop and enhance process flows, release pipeline documentation, mockups, and other materials to convey technical details and their alignment with desired outcomes, • Conduct technical evaluations of DevOps solutions, understand existing industry options, and design necessary custom system integrations, • Serve as a strategic thinker, thought leader, internal consultant, advocate, mentor, and change agent for DevOps architecture within development teams, • Measure and demonstrate the benefits and business value of DevOps improvements, • Present innovative and complex solutions and ideas to participants at all levels, working both as a leader and an individual contributor, • Identify customer, business, and technology needs through relationship building and communication with key stakeholders, • Identify gaps and propose modernization opportunities that involve both process and technical/automation aspects of the SDLC, • Debug and troubleshoot issues with new and existing CI/CD pipelines

Job DescriptionAt the Ethical Mattress Company, we’re changing the world one mattress at a time! Every mattress we sell is toxin-free and made in the USA with natural and organic materials. We sell only high-quality products and we guarantee our customers the lowest prices while providing personalized and exceptional service. Our ideal candidate will be passionate about helping others get the incredible sleep their body needs. Exceptional customer service will come naturally to them, and engaging with customers will be effortless. They will bring joy and positivity to the store, and they'll find it rewarding and meaningful to use their knowledge and experience to assist clients in finding the perfect solution for their needs. While prior experience selling mattresses would be nice, it isn’t necessary – we will teach you everything you need to know and help you become an expert on all things sleep. Prior experience in a retail, sales or customer service position of some sort is essential. Job Summary As a Retail Sleep Consultant for the Ethical Mattress Company, you will provide our customers with an outstanding shopping experience, fitting them for the best possible mattress and pillows to meet their specific needs. To be successful, you must listen closely to your customers and identify their needs, deploying your knowledge and expertise to help them find the perfect sleep solution for their situation. You will support customer interactions across our entire omni-channel business, working to provide an outstanding experience for customers in our store, on our site, or over the phone. And to recognize the role you'll play supporting sales across all channels, you will be commissioned on sales across all channels, including those customers you may not have met or interacted with. This role is located in Millburn, New Jersey, and is exclusively an on-site role at our retail store located at 387 Millburn Avenue. The position is intended as part-time to start (20-30 hours per week), but can quickly grow to a full-time position if that is what you're seeking. Whether part-time or full-time, our ideal candidate is someone looking for a long-term role and with the potential to grow with the business. Responsibilities • Consistently provide customers with genuine, friendly, personable and professional service, while going above and beyond to achieve positive outcomes for the customer and the brand., • Approach each customer interaction as an opportunity to help them achieve a more positive sleep experience for themselves and their family. Our goal isn't to sell a mattress, it is to help the customer solve their sleep problem., • Effectively utilize all tools and processes as provided and required, including both digital and offline platforms, in order to service the customer professionally while maintaining company records as needed., • Communicate opportunities and issues to leadership for immediate attention and resolution., • Provide your feedback and perspective in the development and implementation of best practices., • Support store operations effectively to ensure customer needs are met and sales are fulfilled while at all times achieving the high standards of our brand., • Your schedule will be a mix of weekday and weekend hours. Schedules are flexible and adaptable, but you will typically be asked to work 1 weekend day (either Saturday or Sunday) plus 3 to 4 weekdays., • Success will be achieved through best-in-class execution and measured by top-line sales contribution combined with feedback from your customers and teammates.Candidate Qualities & Qualifications, • A positive, upbeat and personable attitude is essential., • A passion for people, and a knack for providing outstanding customer service., • Excellent communication skills; must be well-spoken, confident, a great listener and empathetic., • A commitment to going above and beyond; a "no task too small" outlook., • A quick learner, resourceful, structured, proactive, with a high attention to detail., • Curiosity and willingness to investigate unknown topics to a deeper level., • Self-reliant, a self-starter, and have a "roll up your sleeves and get it done" mentality., • Prior mattress sales experience is a PLUS, but not required., • Prior retail sales and/or customer service experience is essential, i.e. retail store associate, restaurant, front desk, etc., • Valid Driver’s License with access to reliable transportation, • High School Diploma or equivalent is required; some college is preferred., • English-fluency is required., • Must be comfortable working with computers and have experience with Microsoft applications., • Must meet expectations for attendance and punctuality.We maintain a motivated culture of success; those who are reliable, dependable and punctual will thrive here. Benefits And Perks • This is a part time position (20 to 30 hours per week), • Benefits include paid sick time, paid vacation time, and workers compensation insurance., • Flexible scheduling options to accommodate your needs. About The Ethical Mattress Company We’re changing the world one mattress at a time. Every mattress we sell is toxin-free and made in the USA with natural and organic materials. We guarantee our customers the lowest prices without using phony discounts or high-pressure sales tactics, and we provide each customer with the personalized and exceptional service one can only get from a small business. The Ethical Mattress Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.