DevOps Engineer III
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
Anaplan's standard text
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.
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Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)
Anaplan's standard text
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!
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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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What this role asks for
Particular to this role
Bash · C++ · Golang · Istio · Linux Kernel · Networking · Rust · Zero Trust
Rare in Anaplan's other 50 open postings.
Standard for DevOps / SRE / cloud roles
AWS · CI/CD · GCP · Kubernetes · Linux · Python
Common in DevOps / SRE / cloud postings at any company.
44% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Anaplan's standard text, folded away below.
Read against Anaplan's other open postings on this site.
The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 25 open in Engineering. 2 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in April: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
CI/CD (18 of 25), Python (18 of 25), Azure (13 of 25), AWS (12 of 25), GCP (12 of 25), LLM (11 of 25), REST (11 of 25)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Senior Software Development Engineer in Test - AI posted Oct 13
- QA Automation Engineer - AI posted Oct 13
- SDET - AI posted Sep 17
- QA Automation Engineer - AI posted Sep 17
- Senior QA Automation Engineer - AI posted Sep 17
- SDET - AI posted Sep 17
- Engineer IV posted Sep 16
- Engineer III posted Sep 16
- Engineer II posted Sep 16
- Engineering Manager - AI posted Sep 14
- Engineer IV posted Aug 19
- Data Scientist posted Aug 7
- Platform DR & Capacity Engineer posted Jul 30
- Principal Platform Engineer (High Availability & Disaster Recovery) posted Jul 23
- Principal Architect - AI posted Jul 9
- Engineer II, QA posted Jul 7
- Infrastructure Engineer posted Jun 8
- Principal Data Scientist - AI posted Jun 6
- Engineer I posted Jun 4
- Principal Data Scientist - AI posted May 21
- Associate Support Analyst posted May 19
- Engineer III posted May 12
- Seasoned AI System Architect-Agentic AI & Conversational AI posted Apr 22
- Engineer IV , QA posted Apr 13
From the team and dates on Anaplan's own job board.
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