Sr. DevOps Engineer

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions we believe that everything starts with our people. Were a global close-knit community united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike enabling the coordination thats critical for safer communities safer schools safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Job Description

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Staff Engineer with a proven track record of experience in a high-tech environment. This is a critical role for an expert who can seamlessly blend hands-on Python development with a deep mastery of DevOps automation. You will be a hands-on technical leader responsible for architecting secure and scalable systems guiding a team of engineers and driving automation and efficiency across the entire software delivery lifecycle.

What Youll Do
As a Senior Staff Engineer you will:

• Provide Technical Leadership: Guide and mentor a team of engineers fostering best practices in coding system design and DevOps.

• Architect Scalable Systems: Design build and maintain highly available and scalable systems and APIs that can support significant growth.

• Champion DevOps & Automation: Drive the strategy and implementation of our CI/CD pipelines infrastructure as code (Terraform) and container orchestration (Kubernetes Docker).

• Write Production-Grade Code: Lead by example as a hands-on developer writing clean well-documented and efficient Python code.

• Improve Efficiency: Identify technical debt and automation opportunities leading initiatives that improve the teams velocity and system reliability.

• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with product security and other engineering teams to align technical solutions with business goals.

Qualifications:

Who Were Looking For

You should have:

At least 7 years of professional experience in software development with a minimum of 3 years in a technical leadership or lead role.

Expert-level proficiency in Python and its common frameworks (Flask GraphQL or FastAPI).

Deep expertise in DevOps practices including CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions Jenkins) infrastructure as code and cloud-native architecture.

Extensive hands-on experience with cloud environments (AWS GCP or Azure) including a strong understanding of their services.

Proven experience designing and building robust scalable REST APIs.

Mastery of containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.

Solid knowledge of databases networking fundamentals and security best practices.

Exceptional leadership mentoring and communication skills with a track record of successfully leading teams and complex projects.

Bachelors degree - desired

Bonus Points

• Experience with asynchronous/event-driven systems (Kafka RabbitMQ Celery).

• Familiarity with microservices architecture and distributed systems.

• Relevant certifications in AWS Kubernetes or other DevOps technologies.

• A portfolio or examples of large-scale systems you have designed and led.

Target Base Salary Range: $100000 - $130000 USD

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge skills and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

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Basic Requirements

• At least 7 years of professional experience in software development with a minimum of 3 years in a technical leadership or lead role.

• Expert-level proficiency in Python and its common frameworks (Flask GraphQL or FastAPI) and deep expertise in DevOps practices including CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions Jenkins) infrastructure as code and cloud-native architecture and cloud environments (AWS GCP or Azure) including a strong understanding of their services.

Travel Requirements

Relocation Provided

Position Type

Referral Payment Plan

Our :

• Incentive Bonus Plans

• Medical Dental Visionbenefits

• 401K with Company Match

• 10 Paid Holidays

• GenerousPaidTime Off Packages

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• PaidParental & Family Leave

• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion or belief sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If youd like to join our team but feel that you dont quite meet all of the preferred skills wed still love to hear why you think youd be a great addition to our team.

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