Architect, Automation Engineering & DevSecOps

JOB SUMMARY

The Architect of DevSecOps & Automation will lead the engineering delivery and operations to deploy and scale products of containers and CI/CD technologies. This person will define the architecture and be a hands-on engineer to deliver this vision to reality. Supported by a team of engineers the ideal candidate has led large scale platform-as-a-service products and is skilled in setting the direction of a team and breaking delivery into workable components.

We are transforming the way technology is managed at Marriott. Automation DevOps and long-term product iteration will be the new standards as we seek to enable rapid iteration speed-to-market and proactive security and operations. With leaders who have driven this transformation elsewhere we need engineers who are excited about evolving the organization and setting the gold standard. We are early in this journey and thought leadership with the ability to bring others along is key.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Required:

Undergraduate degree in an engineering or computer science discipline and/or equivalent experience/certification

8 years of progressive technology experience with a blend of deep technical knowledge and a customer-focused mindset that includes:

5 years in an engineering role as a strategic thinker that relates technology solutions to customer use cases

4 years experience with Public Cloud technology stacks such as AWS Azure GCP or Alibaba.

4 years experience with containers Kubernetes solution design deployment management and orchestration across multi-cloud environment

5 years experience driving highly technical architecture and driving outcomes with automation and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Helm

3 years experience building and operating CI/CD build deploy release automation through pipelines

Delivery focused with experience in Kanban

Preferred:

Ability to design end-to-end architecture that supports 99.99% service availability with performance and cost considerations

Familiarity with cloud native database technologies (Amazon RDS Aurora Keyspaces DocumentDB Redis/Elasticache Azure CosmosDB)

Familiarity with distributed systems such as Kafka Couchbase Cassandra etc.

Familiarity with Go Rust and/or Python

Exposure to Service Mesh technologies such as Istio Linkerd or Consul Connect

Excellent technical knowledge of current & emerging infrastructure systems & standards

Strong knowledge of the best available tools software applications and systems for attaining best-in-class technology platforms across the enterprise.

Ability to create constructive relationships influence and communicate (to product team engineering management and non-technical staff).

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Serve as technical lead for a team of DevSecOps engineers providing technical guidance mentoring and fostering a collaborative environment

Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as software engineers system administrators and security teams to ensure the alignment of security requirements throughout the development process.

Deploy automate maintain and manage cloud infrastructure to ensure security performance and availability of production systems

Maintains cloud and automation operational metrics

Code solutions to continuously improve products and solutions to be scalable and highly available

Automate everything from right sizing (VM Disks Storage Tiers) self-service and real-time spend visibility

Review issues logs and metrics to identify trends and solutions that should be implemented

Maintain in-depth documentation of activities and system configuration.

Perform troubleshooting resolution and problem analysis.

Participate in architectural discussions to help Application Teams make the most efficient choices.

Leads the big picture of challenges impacting the customer experience including the technical functional and process considerations and creatively defines the D&O strategy to address those challenges.

Obtain market data and competitive intelligence to inform our D&O strategy. Maintain industry knowledge and enhance subject matter expertise identify trends and changes in technology and automation strategies.

Develops and communicates a point of view on complex technical topics. Aligns multiple domains both technical and non-technical on this common vision.

Creates and articulates an innovative and compelling value proposition so that MI executives clearly realize the benefits and transformational value of automation.

Interviews talent provides peer reviews/feedback frequently and fosters a modern engineering culture

Managing Product Priorities

Functions as a strategic senior technical expert within the department.

Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize organize and accomplish work.

Champions leaders vision for product and service delivery.

Determines priorities schedules plans and necessary resources to promote feature completion.

Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Thinks creatively and practically to develop execute and implement new products features and enhancements.

Providing Technical Support and Consultation

Provides technical expertise and technical leadership within own and other teams.

Provides and helps implement recommendations to improve the effectiveness of solutions processes and products.

Demonstrates advanced knowledge of job-relevant issues products systems and processes.

Applies knowledge/judgment to resolve problems and achieve business goals.

Keeps up-to-date technically and applies new knowledge to job.

Performs other reasonable duties as required for this position.