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Itron, Inc.

Utilities · 5.9k people

DevOps Engineer

Posted 20 Oct

What’s this role about? The DevOps Engineer will design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure, automation frameworks, and deployment pipelines to support utility and energy solutions. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize cloud-native environments while ensuring high availability, security, and operational excellence.

Chicago, Illinois
Hybrid
Full-time
2-5 years exp
Bachelor degree

Skills required

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Company

About Itron, Inc. Itron enables utilities and cities to safely, securely and reliably deliver critical infrastructure services to communities in more than 100 countries. Our proven portfolio of smart networks, software, services, meters and sensors helps our customers better manage energy and water for the people they serve.

Itron, Inc.

Innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water.

Utilities & CitiesSmart NetworksSoftwareMeters & SensorsAdvanced Metering InfrastructureIndustrial IoT SolutionsAutomated Meter ReadingAnalyticsMeter Data ManagementDistributed Energy Management
IItron, Inc. logo
5,001-10,000 employees
Utilities
1977
Public Company
119k LinkedIn followers
Raised $1.4B

Responsibilities

  • maintaining the cloud infrastructure, automation frameworks, and deployment
  • pipelines that power our technology platform. This individual partners closely
  • with software engineering, product, and operations teams to deliver scalable,
  • secure, and highly available solutions that support utility and energy
  • customers. Success in this role requires a customer-centric mindset, strong
  • technical expertise, continuous improvement, and a commitment to collaboration,
  • accountability, and innovation.
  • Design, implement, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines to accelerate
  • software delivery while maintaining quality, security, and reliability.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to design, deploy, and
  • optimize cloud-native infrastructure solutions that support business growth
  • and customer success.
  • Own and support production-grade environments, ensuring high availability,
  • resiliency, performance, and operational excellence.
  • Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform
  • and industry best practices.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud infrastructure and services to
  • proactively identify and resolve issues.
  • Automate operational processes and repetitive tasks to improve efficiency,
  • consistency, and scalability.
  • Partner with development teams to enhance application deployment strategies,
  • system architecture, and operational readiness.
  • Support security, compliance, and infrastructure governance initiatives
  • across cloud environments.
  • Contribute to a culture of continuous learning, innovation, accountability,
  • and agile delivery.
  • Act as a trusted technical partner, helping deliver reliable solutions that
  • enable utility customers to modernize and strengthen critical infrastructure.

Qualification

TechnologySoftwareEngineeringEnergy

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering,
  • or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 4+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud
  • Engineering, or a related role supporting production environments.
  • Hands-on experience with Docker and containerization technologies.
  • Experience with container orchestration platforms, including Amazon ECS
  • and/or Kubernetes (EKS).
  • Strong knowledge of AWS services, including VPC, ECS, EKS, EC2, Route 53, S3,
  • SQS, SNS, ElastiCache, OpenSearch, and AWS Transfer Family.
  • Proven experience developing and managing Infrastructure as Code using
  • Terraform, including creating and implementing reusable modules.
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub
  • Actions, AWS CodePipeline, or similar technologies.
  • Experience supporting and maintaining production infrastructure with a focus
  • on reliability, scalability, and performance.
  • Knowledge of cloud monitoring and security tools such as CloudWatch,
  • CloudTrail, and GuardDuty.
  • Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language, such as
  • Python, Bash, Groovy, or similar.
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, agile environment and
  • communicate technical concepts clearly to diverse stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated commitment to accountability, customer focus, and delivering
  • high-quality results.

Preferred

  • applications.
  • Knowledge of observability, monitoring, and logging best practices.
  • Experience implementing DevSecOps practices and cloud security frameworks.
  • Familiarity with microservices architectures and distributed systems.
  • Experience working within the Utilities, Energy, Infrastructure,
  • Telecommunications, or related industries.
  • Knowledge of application performance monitoring and incident management
  • processes.
  • AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, SysOps
  • Administrator) or equivalent cloud certifications.
  • Experience optimizing infrastructure costs and improving operational
  • efficiency.
  • Passion for technology innovation and helping customers solve complex
  • operational challenges.
  • Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment
  • while fostering authentic and collaborative relationships.
  • permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience and may
  • vary by location. The base salary is $84,000 – $161,000

Benefits

  • This position also includes a competitive benefit package including; financial,
  • social, health and wellbeing programs, paid vacation, 401k matching, employee
  • stock purchase program, hybrid work schedule, and more!
  • Itron is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and providing
  • an authentic workplace experience for all employees. If you are excited about
  • this role but your past experiences don't perfectly align with every
  • requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. In the end, you may be just who
  • we are looking for!
  • permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience.
  • 1-800-635-5461 or email Accessibility@itron.com [Accessibility@itron.com].
  • Itron is transforming how the world manages energy, water and city services. Our
  • trusted intelligent infrastructure solutions help utilities and cities improve
  • efficiency, build resilience and deliver safe, reliable and affordable service.
  • With edge intelligence, we connect people, data insights and devices so
  • communities can better manage the essential resources they rely on to live. Join
  • us as we create a more resourceful world: www.itron.com [https://www.itron.com]

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