Config Engineer - Document Management, IS Operational Experience

About the IS Operational Experience Portfolio:

Our software business systems are built to provide efficiency and functionality to our branch offices and warehouses allowing Expeditors to provide outstanding customer service and competitive rates. Our internal and external systems are an integrated suite of collaborative supply chain software applications that are designed to assist our operations teams and customers in managing international and domestic shipping challenges.

The document management team focuses on building and sustaining the digital creation storage and movement of documents related to shipments supply chain customs and accounting.

Job Description:

Are you passionate about infrastructure automation Do you like collaborating on something new and unfamiliar Are you curious We are looking for a technologist that will partner with us to change our world by enabling our teams to deliver their products more efficiently reliably and quickly. The ideal candidate will have experience implementing GitLab/GitHub runners/actions and Ansible playbooks in a distributed environment to standardize and automate our business application teams build test and deploy pipelines.

We need you to be a go-getter who is constantly on the lookout for opportunities to improve our infrastructure take pride in your excellent customer service and collaborate well amongst different teams. You work well in a team environment and know how to work with your colleagues to bring out their best. As part of our team you will contribute to continuous improvement demonstrating DevOps-in-practice and collaborating across multiple teams.

What you will be doing:

• Playing a key role on a collaborative agile development team responsible for the design and production of mission critical enterprise-scale applications
• Translating requirements into system design specifications and the implementation of systems throughout the entire software development life cycle
• Developing a thorough understanding of the logistics business domain
• Maintaining an awareness of evolving technologies in use by other teams at Expeditors and in the technology industry as a whole
• Influence the design and technical direction of the team and its systems

This position is on-site and will reside in the greater Seattle WA. area at one of the following locations depending on availability. Candidates must be local or willing to relocate. Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

• Downtown Seattle
• Federal Way
• Lynnwood
• Bellevue (Factoria)

Qualifications :

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Strong scripting skills (Bash Python)
• GitLab/GitHub Ansible automation experience
• Skills in debugging system-level issues in either Unix or Linux
• Ability to formulate a design strategy from a mix of business requirements concept documents and verbal descriptions
• Experience with DevOps / Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with monitoring frameworks like Prometheus/Grafana or ELK stack
• Experience with database technologies ideally DB2 and Postgres
• SQL skills

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Java Experience
• Ant Experience
• Jenkins Experience
• Understanding of automation deployment processes and techniques
• Understanding of test automation and continuous delivery principles
• Experience with Containers (like Docker) and Cloud technologies
• Ability to train mentor and share knowledge in both individual and group 

Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not transfer or sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (such as an H-1B visa) for this opportunity.

Additional Information :

Expected base salary:  $100000 to $145000

May be eligible for bonus following first year of continuous employment in position

Expeditors offers competitive benefits to all full-time employees including:

• Paid vacation
• Holidays (10)
• Flexible Days (2)
• Paid Sick Time (accrual rate of 1 hour of sick time per 30 hours paid)
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Medical Prescription Drug Dental & Vision Coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave (additional eligibility criteria)
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DC FSA)
• Commuter Benefit
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training and Personnel Development Program
• Educational Assistance and Reimbursement
• Position is full time (40 hours per week) Monday through Friday 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time