URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly)
URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly)
URBN (Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie Group, Free People & Nuuly) is a global consumer company spanning fashion, lifestyle retail, and related services. Its portfolio includes Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, and Nuuly, offering clothing, accessories, home goods, and apparel rental experiences for distinct customer communities. The company’s work combines brand-led retail with digital commerce, responsible sourcing, and efforts to foster an inclusive workplace. For job seekers, URBN brings together teams supporting multiple well-known lifestyle brands across retail, product, technology, operations, and corporate functions.

Senior DevOps Engineer — Pennsylvania Remote

Scale and operate Nuuly’s Google Cloud, Kubernetes, and Kafka infrastructure for its fashion rental platform. Automate delivery, strengthen reliability, and improve event-driven system performance.

Description

  • Design and operate highly available Google Cloud infrastructure across Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud Networking, and Confluent Kafka
  • Partner with development teams to build effective CI/CD pipelines and automate application releases
  • Create monitoring, logging, and alerting systems that support infrastructure health, performance, and security
  • Tune Kafka messaging infrastructure for event-driven workloads and stronger system performance
  • Work with cross-functional teams to find and resolve performance constraints
  • Apply current security practices and threat mitigations across cloud infrastructure and applications
  • Diagnose and resolve infrastructure, deployment, and application problems alongside developers
  • Create and maintain documentation for infrastructure, deployments, and troubleshooting procedures
  • Track developments in cloud platforms, Kubernetes, and DevOps and recommend practical improvements
  • Develop and support platform capabilities while advising business teams adopting engineering features
  • Plan for production growth by scaling infrastructure smoothly and addressing capacity risks proactively

Requirements

  • Over 3 years of hands-on DevOps engineering experience focused on cloud infrastructure
  • Knowledge of streaming data and distributed-systems design using asynchronous brokers such as Kafka
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools including Terraform, Ansible, or Deployment Manager
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Effective communication and collaborative teamwork skills
  • Experience designing and operating GCP infrastructure, including virtual machines, storage, networking, and IAM
  • Experience deploying, monitoring, scaling, and troubleshooting Kubernetes environments
  • Experience maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GCP and GitHub Actions
  • Understanding of Kafka components such as ZooKeeper and brokers, along with Kafka producer and consumer optimization
  • Proficiency in YAML and structured configuration for infrastructure and application deployments
  • Proficiency in Python, Bash, or shell scripting
  • Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration principles
  • Knowledge of cloud security practices and compliance standards

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Employee discounts
  • Retirement savings
  • Anti-harassment training for managers and employees

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