Firmware DevOps Engineer for Avigilon Alta Cameras

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 hands-on Firmware DevOps Engineer to lead the modernization of our firmware development this role you will not only maintain our build systems but actively shape the future of our CI/CD workflows. You will be responsible for migrating our core infrastructure from legacy systems to modern standard tools while ensuring our developers have a stable environment to build high-performance firmware.

You will collaborate closely with firmware developers hardware engineers and QA to optimize costs and automate workflows.

What Youll Do

Infrastructure Migration & Modernization

• GitLab to GitHub Migration: Lead the strategic move of the main firmware repository from self-hosted GitLab to the corporate Motorola GitHub hosting environment.

• CI/CD Evolution: Incrementally refactor and migrate CI pipelines from custom Jenkins workflows to GitHub Actions ensuring seamless integration with the new repository structure.

• Build Environment: Create maintain and optimize the environment for build systems ensuring consistency across development and production stages.

Operational Support & Monitoring

• Sanity Checks: Monitor existing CI/CD sanity check workflows specifically overseeing daily firmware tests running on real camera hardware to ensure immediate feedback on code health.

• Lab Infrastructure: Maintain and manage servers in the lab environment with support from the Lab Admin team.

• Hardware Support: Provide operational support for lab infrastructure including troubleshooting failing lab cameras or network issues to minimize downtime for the development team.

Tooling & Automation

• AI Support Tools: Support and create new AI-enabled internal tools such as automated camera log analyzers to assist developers in debugging complex issues.

• QA Collaboration: Work closely with the Quality Assurance team to define the scope of automated testing and optimize workflows to reduce recurrent infrastructure costs.

Basic Requirements

• CI/CD Expertise: Strong practical knowledge of GitHub and GitHub Actions is essential. Experience creating pipelines for backend or embedded systems is highly preferred.

• Containerization: Proficiency with Docker is required. Knowledge of Kubernetes is a strong plus.

• Scripting: Strong scripting skills (e.g. Bash Python or Shell) to automate tasks and maintain operational tools.

• Linux Proficiency: Familiarity with Linux administration command line and environment configuration.

• Problem Solving: Ability to quickly triage problems determine root causes and drive resolutions especially regarding hardware-software interactions.

• Collaboration: Willingness to collaborate closely with colleagues in hardware engineering QA and backend development.

• Language: Proficiency in English allowing for efficient communication.

Nice to Have (Preferred Skills)

• Experience with observability tools like Thanos and Grafana.

• Familiarity with Go (Golang) or C is a plus as it will help you understand the build process of the firmware team.

• Interest in IoT systems networking protocols (TCP/IP) or embedded systems development.

In return for your expertise well support you in this new challenge with coaching & development every step of the way.

Also to reward your work youll get:

• Private medical & dental coverage Multisport

• Life insurance (two annual income)

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan 15% discount for buying Motorolas Stock units

• Employee Pension Plan 35 % of the months salary gross which goes to the retirement account

• IP Tax Relief (up to 80%)

• Yearly salary increase (depends on individual performance)

• Yearly bonus (depends on company performance)

• Flexible working hours (usually day starts between 7-10)

• 8 hours working day (30 minutes lunch break included)

• Lots of sports activities such as Moto football league Wakeboarding Snowboarding e-gaming league etc.

• Access to wellness facilities and integration events

• Comfortable work conditions (high-class offices parking space)

• Volleyball field and grill place next to the office

• Training and broad development opportunities

• Motorola Solutions is supporting CSR activities and encourages employees to participate

Travel Requirements

Relocation Provided

Position Type

Referral Payment Plan

Company

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.