DevOps Cloud Engineer

Company Overview

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Department Overview

Job Description

We are seeking a DevOps Cloud Engineer for our DevSecOps team. The DevSecOps team is a high-impact group of 8 engineers who are responsible for supporting the national operations of our VI deployments including our VehicleManager portfolio. These are highly available 24x7 cloud applications.

Your DevOps role involves supporting development and operational excellence including tasks related to CI/CD pipeline maintenance infrastructure automation (Infrastructure as Code) deployment architecture system observability and continuous improvement. Youll work with a dynamic and energetic team to support and mentor you.

This role requires hands-on experience with a strong focus on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and a foundational understanding of cloud platforms. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between development and operations ensuring rapid reliable and secure software delivery. You will also contribute to defining and implementing our next-generation observability strategy.

The candidate should have experience with our platforms technology stack including Kubernetes containers. Success in the first year means the candidate effectively contributes to improving the speed reliability and security of our software delivery process for our Vehicle Intelligence applications. Candidates must demonstrate an ability to troubleshoot and assist in diagnosing multi-service production incidents translating technical analysis into actionable insights for the team.

Day to day responsibilities include:

• Design implement and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions to automate software releases.

• Manage cloud infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform to provision and manage cloud resources (Azure/GCP).

• Drive the creation deployment and optimization of our core Observability platforms (e.g. Prometheus Grafana etc.) to ensure complete system visibility.

• Monitoring and troubleshooting the system focusing on performance availability and uptime.

• Creating workflow automation and managing automated testing strategies.

Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain necessary security clearance as required by government contract.

• Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science or related applied technology field.

• 1 years of experience in a DevOps Cloud Engineering or Site Reliability Engineering role.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines including maintenance and monitoring (e.g. GitHub Actions Azure DevOps).

• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Ansible.

• Working knowledge of Observability and Application Performance Management.

• Working knowledge of cloud architecture microservices and deployment workflows.

• Hands-on experience with C#.

• Ability to independently and collaboratively solve problems in a dynamic fast-paced environment.

• Strong communication skills capable of conveying technical concepts to a diverse audience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Cloud/Platform Expertise

  • Experience with Helm / Kubernetes administration.

  • Hands on with Microsoft Azure and Google GCP is beneficial.

  • Experience with observability and metrics including Prometheus Grafana.

  • Familiarity with DevSecOps principles practical experience in tools such as Terraform GitHub Actions or Google Cloud Deployment Manager for infrastructure automation and familiarity with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus or ELK (Elasticsearch Logstash Kibana) Stack.

• Database & System Administration

  • Experience with distributed large-scale SQL databases.

  • Familiarity with both SQL and NoSQL databases.

  • Best practice knowledge and experience for the configuration maintenance and management of Windows Server environments (Windows Server 2019 / 2022).

• Security and Authentication

  • Working knowledge of security best practices as it relates to ciphers key management security protocols and experience working with Red/Blue security teams to improve security posture.

  • Knowledge of Active Directory services and other network services with a strong understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP SSH UDP IPv4 IPv6 DNS SMTP SFTP DHCP VPN IPSec).

  • Knowledge of modern authentication protocols like OAuth OpenID Connect SAML 2.0 FIDO2 and JWT.

Target Base Salary Range:$85000 USD - $100000 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.

Note: Candidate will be in the Chicago and/or Schaumburg office one day per week.

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Basic Requirements

• Bachelors degree with 1 years of experience in a DevOps Cloud Engineering or Site Reliability Engineering role.

• OR Masters degree with 0 years of experience in a DevOps Cloud Engineering or Site Reliability Engineering role.

• Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain necessary security clearance as required by government contract.

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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