Sr DevOps Engineer (Python | AWS | Kubernetes)

HERE is seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer with Architecuture & Programming experience for the Environment Management & Tooling team.  

Our Engineers work on solving complex infrastructure problems, develop automation to fix issues with least possible human intervention (self-healing cloud centric infrastructure designs), and contribute to common HERE automation platforms.  Everything from CDNs, Network Design, Computer Virtualization, Operating Systems, Storage, Security, Computer Architecture, Product Architecture etc. are pulled together to develop low maintenance, 0-downtime Solution Architecture, covering operability, monitoring and management.

This Role works with Product Teams (R&D, Architects, Software Engineers, Product Managers) and Project Managers in a cross functional team environment.  Focus on the infrastructure and operational elements of designing & deploying a service; examples include but not limited to: ensuring services are highly available, have robust infrastructure capacity in place and are fully resilient across multiple data centers and in Public/Private Cloud.  Automate as much as possible to eliminate human errors.  Work closely with key stakeholders, including Trust (Security), Compute (HERE Platform), Cloud and many others to ensure our tooing satisfies all requirements while being compliant and targeting at least permissive model.

Day to Day

• Acts as liason between Development teams and Platform (PAAS) teams to translate requirements into technical tasks or support requests
• Uses coding languages or scripting methodologies to solve a problem with a custom workflow
• Documents problems, articulates solutions or workarounds
• Acts as a key contributor on given projects to brainstorm about the best way to tackle a complex technological infrastructure, security or development problem
• Learn methodologies to perform incremental testing actions on code using a test driven approach where possible (TDD)

Qualifications:

• Oral and written communication skills with a keen sense of customer service
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Process-oriented with great documentation skills
• Knowledge of best practices in a micro-service architecture in an always-up, always-available service
• Experience with or knowledge of Agile Software Development methodologies
• Knoweldge of Seucrity best-practices in a containerized or cloud-based Architecture
• Familiarity with event drive Architecture and related concepts

Experience

• Familiarity with container orchestration services, preferably Kubernetes
• Competency with container runtimes like docker, cri-o, mesos, rkt (Core OS)
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes templating tools such as Helm or Kustomize
• Proficiency in infrastructure scripting / templating solutions such as BASH, GO, Python
• Demonstrated experience with Infrastructure code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Chef, Puppet, SaltStack, Ansible or equivalent
• Competency administering and deploying development lifecycle tooling such as Git, Jira, GitLab, CircleCI or Jenkins
• Knowledge of logging and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Logz.io, Prometheus, Grafana or full suites of tools like Datadog or New Relic
• Significant experience with multiple Linux operating systems in both a virtual or containerized platform.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code principals utilizing GitOps
• Experience with Secrets management tools such as Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault or equivalent

HERE is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

HERE Technologies is a location data and technology platform company. We empower our customers to achieve better outcomes – from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely.

At HERE we take it upon ourselves to be the change we wish to see. We create solutions that fuel innovation, provide opportunity and foster inclusion to improve people’s lives. If you are inspired by an open world and driven to create positive change, join us. Learn more about us on our YouTube Channel.