DevOps Engineer III

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At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.

What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.

Our customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies who rely on our best-in-class platform.

Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals, and we love celebrating our wins – big and small.

Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values-based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let’s build what’s next - together!

Role Summary You will architect, scale, and automate the multi-cloud computing fabric powering millions of requests per second. As noted by roadmap.sh, standard requirements include “Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools Good experience in infrastructure as code tools”, but this tier demands deep kernel-level tuning, writing custom Kubernetes controllers, and achieving absolute zero-downtime global deployments. Core Responsibilities Platform Engineering: Design and code custom Kubernetes controllers, mutating admission webhooks, and operators in python, go or Rust. Chaos & Resilience: Engineer automated chaos engineering frameworks that continuously inject failures into multi-region active-active production topologies. Advanced FinOps & Compute Optimization: Programmatically optimize micro-architecture CPU pinning, eBPF network routing, and spot-instance arbitrage to slash millions in cloud waste. Zero-Trust Security Mesh: Embed immutable security, real-time eBPF runtime auditing, and automated cryptographic attestation directly into core CI/CD release loops.

Elite Requirements & Skills Systems Programming: Mastery of Go, Rust, or C++ alongside expert-level Python/Bash for deep systems automation. Kernel & Networking: Deep understanding of Linux kernel tuning, eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter), service meshes (Istio/Cilium internals), and BGP routing. Distributed Consensus: Real-world intuition for Raft/Paxos algorithms, global database replication lag, and CAP theorem trade-offs at scale. Certifications (Expected baseline): CKA, AWS/GCP Professional Architect or Security Specialty.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)

We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive culture strengthens our business. DEIB improves our workforce, enhances trust with our partners and customers, and drives business success. Build your career in a place where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging aren’t just words on paper – this is what drives our innovation, it’s how we connect, and it contributes to what makes us a market leader. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day! 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. 

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How we rate this

DevOps Engineer III at Anaplan rates 33 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.