Job Summary
We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who will have a holistic approach about systems when driving the definition, building, deployment, and operations of Solera applications in close collaboration with Dev, QA and Ops peers.
We are seeking an individual who will show ownership and can help build the appropriate bridges and processes across the various teams, leveraging experience with minimal direction, while balancing trade-off and strict processes and methodologies in a fast-paced environment. This individual will lead the creation and evolution of our CI/CD pipelines for deployment and operations of solutions across Solera’ various environments which may include on-prem or cloud systems.
Our products intersect with all the current and exciting trends in the automotive and transportation industries and our business is growing every year. Our people and our platforms are the foundation and enabler of that growth.
We are expanding our team looking for technologists with a passion for developing highly available and distributed applications on-prem and in the cloud, and a drive to deliver software products that make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.
Our Stack
- We expect the ideal candidate to be proficient in the following technologies and tools (list not exhaustive), the CI/CD and Infrastructure stacks:
- CI/CD: Octopus Deploy, Jenkins, NuGet, SonarQube
- Source Control and Processes: Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket/Git
- Languages: PowerShell, batch, bash, C/C++, C#
- Infrastructure: Windows Server, AWS, Terraform, Docker
- Backend: MS SQL Server, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Grafana
- Traditional internet and security protocols (HTTP, TLS, PKI)
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 on-prem and AWS footprint
- Create and maintain the continuously evolving Solera DevOps CI/CD pipelines across Dev, QA and Production
- 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) EDIT - At P4, the exp. range is 10-15 yrs.
- 5+ years of experience driving CI/CD for systems being deployed to cloud providers (proficiency with AWS services and associated setup/operations highly desirable)
- 5+ years of experience in a 24x7x365 global SaaS/PaaS operation
- 5+ 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 2+ 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.
Top Skills
What We Do
Solera is a leading global provider of integrated vehicle lifecycle and fleet management software-as-a-service, data, and services. Through four lines of business – vehicle claims, vehicle repairs, vehicle solutions and fleet solutions – Solera is home to many leading brands in the vehicle lifecycle ecosystem, including Identifix, Audatex, DealerSocket, Omnitracs, eDriving/Mentor, Explore, CAP HPI, Autodata, and others. Solera empowers its customers to succeed in the digital age by providing them with a “one-stop shop” solution that streamlines operations, offers data-driven analytics, and enhances customer engagement, which Solera believes helps customers drive sales, promote customer retention, and improve profit margins. Solera serves over 300,000 global customers and partners in 100+ countries. For more information, visit www.solera.com.
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