Job Number 24112133
Job Category Information Technology
Location Marriott International HQ, 7750 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Schedule Full-Time
Located Remotely? Y
Relocation? N
Position Type Management
JOB SUMMARY
We are seeking a passionate Software Engineer- DevOps to join our Digital Engineering team. The candidate will work with our Senior Software Engineers to design and build innovative solutions in support of our web platforms.
In this role you will be developing frameworks for state-of-the-art web platforms to build end-to-end automation using CI/CD pipeline, define release strategy, maintain test harnesses, build reporting workflow for integration etc. This role also involves partnering with multiple stakeholders including but not limited to product owners, UX, back-end engineers, and QA engineers.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Education and Experience
Required:
Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience/certification in computer science or related discipline
5+ years experience in Devops and DevSecops implementations
Thorough understanding of SDLC, Automation tools and framework, CI/CD pipelines.
Design, develop and implement software integrations based on requirements.
Serve as a source of technical expertise to all product teams.
Recommend and maintain technical design methodologies, troubleshooting, processes, and standards!
Proactively identifying and resolving key technical issues
Gather and analyze metrics from operating systems as well as applications to assist in performance tuning and fault finding.
Partner with development teams to improve services through rigorous testing and release procedures.
Participate in platform management, capacity planning, and system design
Balance feature development speed and reliability with well-defined service-level objectives
Stay up to date with the latest Devops technologies and best practices.
Preferred:
Experience with CI/CD and project management tools (e.g. Git, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, etc.)
Create plug-and-play/reusable solutions and patterns for CICD pipelines.
Create, develop, and implement automation and system integration for various build platforms.
Publish and disseminate DevOps and DevSecOps best practices, patterns, and solutions
Build or maintain CICD building blocks and shared libraries proactively for app and development teams to enable quicker build and deployment.
Design action plans to address CICD platform/tools/solutions shortcomings and difficulties.
Experience with configuration management and deployment automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Terraform, etc.
Experience in System Testing and Building Automation Tools
Experience with web technologies (REST, JSON etc.)
Experience with container technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)
Experience with both private and public cloud infrastructure and interfacing programmatically through APIs
A proactive approach to identifying problems, performance bottlenecks, and areas for improvement.
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Effective communication and teamwork skills.
Experience with monitoring tools like Dynatrace, Splunk, et al.
Proven ability to work in an Agile development environment.
CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
Technical Leadership
Trains and/or mentors other team members, and peers as appropriate, including installation and support teams
Provides technical input on department or projects, budgets, capital expenditures or other cost/resource estimates as requested
Identifies opportunities to enhance the service delivery processes.
Delivering Technology
Facilitates achievement of expected deliverables and obligations of Services Providers
Validates completeness of requirements prior to Service Provider solutioning
Ensures all projects follow the defined development and business case processes
Ensures proper coordination with appropriate IT and vendor relations teams
Provides consultation for routine and complex systems development
Ensures early warning to the business stakeholder executives regarding degraded or missed service levels
Coordinates with Operations and Infrastructure teams for deployment and production support activities
IT Governance
Follows all defined IT standards and processes (i.e. IT Governance, SM&G, Architecture, etc.), and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed
Maintains a proper balance between business and operational risk
Follows the defined project management standards and processes
MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES
Leadership
Communication - Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner through a variety of methods.
Leading Through Vision and Values - Keeps the organization's vision and values at the forefront of employee decision making and action.
Managing Change - Initiates and/or manages the change process and energizes it on an ongoing basis, taking steps to remove barriers or accelerate its pace; serves as role model for how to handle change by maintaining composure and performance level under pressure or when experiencing challenges.
Problem Solving and Decision Making - Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; obtains and compares information from different sources to draw conclusions, develops and evaluates alternatives and solutions, solves problems, and chooses a course of action.
Professional Demeanor - Exhibits behavioral styles that convey confidence and command respect from others; makes a good first impression and represents the company in alignment with its values.
Strategy Development - Develops business plans by exploring and systematically evaluating opportunities with the greatest potential for producing positive results; ensures successful preparation and execution of business plans through effective planning, organizing, and on-going evaluation processes.
Managing Execution
Building a Successful Team - Uses an effective interpersonal style to build a cohesive team; inspires and sustains team cohesion and engagement by focusing the team on its mission and importance to the organization.
Strategy Execution Ensures successful execution across of business plans designed to maximize customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share through effective planning, organizing, and on-going evaluation processes.
Driving for Results - Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; assumes responsibility for work objectives; initiates, focuses, and monitors the efforts of self and/or others toward the accomplishment goals; proactively takes action and goes beyond what is required.
Building Relationships
Customer Relationships - Develops and sustains relationships based on an understanding of customer/stakeholder needs and actions consistent with the companys service standards.
Global Mindset - Supports employees and business partners with diverse styles, abilities, motivations, and/or cultural perspectives; utilizes differences to drive i.