Our Stack
We expect the ideal candidate to be proficient in the following technologies and tools (list not exhaustive), in particular the CI/CD and Infrastructure stacks:
CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Helm Deploy, Spinnaker, Octopus Deploy, Jenkins, NuGet, SonarQube
Source Control and Processes: Jira, Confluence, Git/GitHub
Languages: Python, PowerShell, batch, bash
Infrastructure: AWS (EKS, MSK, EC2, S3, ECR, Secrets Manager, Cognito, etc...), Terraform, Linux administration, Windows Server administration, Docker
Backend: MS SQL Server, Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog
Traditional internet and security protocols (HTTP, TLS, PKI)
Our Team
The IT team runs the entire infrastructure supporting Solera services and customers, powered by on-prem systems in our datacenter and a large public cloud footprint. The team, whose ownership and drive has no match, is composed of experts in DevOps, DataOps, Production Operations, IT, and Security. Our team is a global operation with support around the clock to ensure we fulfill the Solera Promise to our customers.
Your Role
Lead the transition of legacy/manual deployment processes to a completely automated, DevOps ready posture
Ownership in a very agile and fast paced environment of the CI/CD pipeline for deployment and operations of Solera AWS footprint
Create and maintain the continuously evolving Solera DevOps CI/CD pipelines across Dev, QA and Production
Create and maintain all cloud resources with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Maintain stability across all environments with IaC
Develop with cross-functional teams’ strategies towards higher organizational throughput via automation and flexible processes
Design and create reliable continuous deployment solutions that will yield higher availability and uptime for our internal and external customers
Manage operational cost with optimal resource utilization across on-prem and cloud services, including evolving capacity planning
Help the team balance and plan longer term projects against the demands of a fast-changing environment
Enforce security policies by ensuring vulnerabilities are tracked and timely addressed
Diagnose, troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Solera environments
Support Dev and QA teams along the steps of the Software Development Life Cycle by maintaining environments and tools
Maintain and develop documentation to facilitate understanding of products, features, and tools, including training material
Participate in rotations as necessary in a 24x7x365 organization
Minimum Qualifications
B.S. or M.S. Degree in Computer Science/Computer Information Science or equivalent (M.S. highly desirable)
8+ years of experience driving CI/CD for systems being deployed to cloud providers (proficiency with AWS services and associated setup/operations)
8+ years of experience in a 24x7x365 global SaaS/PaaS operation
8+ years of experience with virtualization and Docker containers
Proficiency with scripting languages (PowerShell, batch, bash, Python, or equivalent)
Preferred Qualifications
You demonstrate proficiency the technologies in our stack (see above) with 8+ years of experience in a large portion of the tools and technologies we leverage, in particular the CI/CD and Infra stacks.
You demonstrate a high sense of urgency and ownership
You take great pride in helping teams and individuals
You have competence in building and designing complex systems leveraging multiple technologies (legacy and new)
You can demonstrate and ensure consistency in line with industry best practices for CI/CD, code quality, operational readiness, and security
Strong organizational skills in a fast paced and fast changing environment
You are driven, self-motivated to learn and ramp up fast
You are candid and can hold your own as the DevOps representative in cross-functional teams
Be able to perform training and knowledge transfers
It is impossible to list every requirement for, or responsibility of, any position. Similarly, we cannot identify all the skills a position may require since job responsibilities and the Company’s needs may change over time. Therefore, the above job description is not comprehensive or exhaustive. The Company reserves the right to adjust, add to or eliminate any aspect of the above description. The Company also retains the right to require all employees to undertake additional or different job responsibilities when necessary to meet business needs.
