Staff Cloud Engineer, CPE
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About Kinaxis
Are you looking to join an innovative market-leading company where you can truly elevate your career At Kinaxis we are serious about culture we are serious about technology we are serious about customers and we are serious about not taking ourselves too seriously. If you are looking to be part of an incredible growth story then we might just be the place for you!
In 1984 we started out as a team of three engineers. Today we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world 6 global office and a best-in-class HQ in Ottawa Canada. As winners of several Top Employer awards globally we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.
Kinaxis is a global leader in modern supply chain orchestration powering complex global supply chains and supporting the people who manage them. Our powerful AI infused platform provides full transparency and visibility across end-to-end supply chains enabling our customers to make faster better decisions. We are trusted by renowned global brands to provide the agility and predictability needed to navigate todays volatility and disruption. With more than 40000 users in over 100 countries we are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.
Location
Chennai India
About the team
Imperative Orchestration Declarative Automation -The Platform Engineering Team is responsible for building and running a Cloud Platform that enables delivery teams to self-service deployments with reduced lead time and also provide cloud services and tools that enable internal development teams to build test and deploy their applications using modern platform tooling like Git CI/CD pipelines Terraform and Kubernetes delivery via ArgoCD. These same tools we leverage to ensure our customer environments are automated and continuously up to date. We are passionate about code and the power of automation to simplify complex processes.
As a Staff Cloud Developer in platform engineering you will be a part of our team that provides the infrastructure core capabilities and expertise to enable our product teams to deliver at pace and build a platform for hosting Kinaxis SaaS offerings. We have a strong engineering culture focused on steady correct delivery with a cloud-first approach. We are rapidly growing supercharging the team that powers our developer & application platform.
What you will do
- Apply software engineering principles to application and operations challenges with a focus on automation and self-healing.
- Collaborate with teams across the enterprise to uncover pain points and formulate ways to accelerate delivery.
- Adopt existing Reference Architectures and their implementations; contribute to the design of new Reference Architectures.
- Deliver cloud reference architectures to be used by teams across the enterprise as they work to modernize existing technologies and build new capabilities to deliver to Customers.
- Provide an exceptional experience to our development and operations teams with a focus on self-service using modern approaches.
- Investigate new system solutions to enhance application delivery experiences through innovative experiments or Proof of Concept.
- Build and manage stable & secure cloud automation using cloud orchestration capabilities scripting languages and APIs to design code test implement and support Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Lead team members in achieving professional excellence utilizing industry best practices.
- Advise and maintain a feedback loop with development and operations teams to ensure deliveries are in accordance with needs and expectations.
- Function as a go-to tech lead for pinpointing challenges and finding creative solutions.
- Prioritize projects/tasks according to company needs and expectations.
- Lead team code reviews and design reviews.
What we are looking for
- Bachelors/Masters degree in Engineering with specialization in Computer Science or related discipline or demonstrated equivalent experience.
- 9 years of experience with architecture and deployment of Cloud Services.
- 5 years of experience with Infrastructure and Platform engineering for high availability and scalable architectures in the cloud.
- 5 years of experience with public cloud platforms (both console and API) like GCP Azure or AWS
- Strong knowledge of system design to manage operational and reliability trade-offs.
- Extensive experience developing in Go Python and Shell/Bash/Powershell.
- Proven practical experience in building and managing:
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- Configuration management tools (Ansible)
- CI/CD solutions (Git GitOps Argo CD)
- Containers and orchestrators (Docker Kubernetes Helm)
- System monitoring and centralized logging platforms (Datadog Prometheus ELK)
- Practical understanding of agile methodologies and Scrum.
- Ability to share knowledge with others in the company.
- In-depth and proactive communication and documentation skills.
- Initiative and ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to use a wide variety of open-source technologies.
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Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the worlds supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day when we see store shelves stocked when medications are available for our loved ones and so much more.
Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin Unilever P&G ExxonMobil Cisco and more.
Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices talent assessment training materials and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and were committed to a long-term net-zero operations strategy. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.
People matter at Kinaxis and here are some of the perks and benefits we offer which may vary by location and employee:
- Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide days off)
- Flexible work options
- Physical and mental well-being programs
- Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
- Mentorship programs training and career development
- Recognition programs and referral rewards
- Hackathons
For more information visit the Kinaxis website at or the companys blog at .
Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation please reach out to us at This contact information is for accessibility requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description to identify candidates whose education experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening all subsequent decisions regarding your application including final selection are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.
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Revolutionize supply chain management with Kinaxis. Get end-to-end transparency to make fast, collaborative decisions with the power of concurrency.
