Sr. SW Engineer - Cloud Solutions
Why Work at Lenovo
Here at Lenovo, we believe in smarter technology for all, so we spend our time building a society that's brighter and more inclusive. And we go big. No, not big-huge.
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Description and Requirements
At Lenovo, we Never Stand Still. Every day, every employee at Lenovo is focused on moving forward, rejecting traditional limits, and always seeking a better way.
We're looking for a Sr. Cloud Solutions Software Engineer within the Advanced Innovation Center (AIC) Group at Lenovo. In this role you will work directly with engineering teams responsible for building secure, robust, and scalable cloud solutions.
You'll be part of highly dynamic agile software development team and engineering cloud services and solutions from concept, to design, implementation, and deployment. In this role you will be working with both local and globally distributed teams and will be responsible for overall software and system designs, as well as evaluation and selection of which cloud provider(s) and managed services to use. You will apply your knowledge of full stack software engineering and cloud service architectures to execute and oversee software development tasks associated with designing, developing, and debugging software applications, infrastructure, operating systems, and databases. You will also need the ability to evaluate existing architectures and solutions for product enhancements such as cross-system integrations, scalability, redundancy, or latency improvements, and ensuring products are of the highest quality.
As the technology expert, you will take a leadership role to ensure products are of the highest code quality and are developed using secure programming practices. You will also be mentoring junior and senior engineers by ensuring all development processes and coding standards are documented and followed.
Role
- Lead teams building highly scalable, highly available solutions deployed on public cloud (e.g., AWS, Azure, etc.), private cloud, On-Prem and/or hybrid environments.
- Mentor technical resources, run solution reviews, and oversee implementation quality by performing design and code reviews, following secure coding practices, and utilizing CI/CD and test automation tools and processes.
- Regularly present product solutions and proposals to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proactively engage with POs, APMs and BizDev managers across the organization to ensure solutions meet the needs of customers both internal and external.
- Domestic and international travel may be required (5%) for technical meetings, workshops, and on-site collaboration activities.
- Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal & external tech communities, and interact with other members of the engineering community.
Position Requirements
- BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field, or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of experience in Solution Design and Software Architecture
- 5+ years of software architecture experience building, maintaining, and supporting cloud-native solutions (e.g., RESTful APIs, containerized apps, microservices, etc.)
- 3+ years of experience with two or more of the following: SOAP, SAML, JSON and Postgres/SQL/No-SQL/MongoDB
- 2+ years of hands-on technical leadership
- 2+ years of experience with one or more of the following: AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Microservices, Containers, Ansible, Terraform
- 2+ years of experience with Agile development processes
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrable experience implementing and maintaining globally distributed, highly redundant, scalable cloud-hosted solutions
- Familiarity with load and performance testing, and with designing solutions capable of scaling to support high traffic bursts.
- Desigining, implementing and maintaining solutions on public clouds (e.g., Azure, AWS, AliCloud, etc.), private clouds, On-Prem and hybrids
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of a container technology such as Docker
- Proficient technical knowledge of current tools and best practices at scale
- Demonstrable experience working with distributed teams & 3rd-party vendors
- Experience with monitoring and logging cloud services and infrastructure
- Fluency in Java and JavaScript (and NodeJS is a plus)
- Fluency in one or more scripting languages (Perl, PHP, Python, etc.)
- Experience using code management tooling such as Git/SVN/CVS
- Significant experience working with Linux servers and command lines
- Experience with Level 1 troubleshooting for a range of areas including Cloud Infrastructure (i.e. - AWS, Azure), LAN/WAN networking, and network security
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience using CI/CD pipeline tooling such as Jenkins, Bamboo, or others
- Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Puppet and/or Salt
- Experience working with front-line technical operations teams (e.g., NOC, SOC)
- Familiarity with proactive monitoring and alerting solutions
- Experience with Confluence and Jira
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.
Lenovo adopted a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy for US-based employees. As a condition of employment, employees must adhere to Lenovo's US Vaccination Policy and be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to any applicable accommodations. To be fully vaccinated means individuals must receive the full series of a vaccine either approved by the FDA or WHO and listed by the CDC (e.g. two dose of the Moderna, AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines; or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine). This applies to all US-based employees, contractors and interns, regardless of work location. As a condition of employment, you must provide proof that you are fully vaccinated or follow Lenovo's accommodation process.
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