Sr Cloud DevOps Engineer - Cloud Networking

Department:

Our Company Promise

We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.

Job Description:

Job Summary

Responsibilities

• Evaluate cloud services and architecture to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems
• Implement automation tools and frameworks for automatic code deployment (CI/CD)
• Work with the development team to deploy and manage tools that support SDLC automation, configuration management, and release management
• Understand technical architectures with automation to support complex delivery across a wide range of digital and enterprise applications
• Lead the design, development, and evolution of cloud infrastructure
• Establish and/or follow procedures and standards to ensure high quality and quantity of work
• Establish or follow prioritization processes to drive work with a sense of urgency about getting work completed
• Consult with stakeholders to specify requirements and solutions which address business challenges and opportunities
• Serve as a subject matter expert in cloud infrastructure, performing design reviews and consulting with your teams to ensure design best practices
• Maintain business continuity and disaster recovery processes
• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee&39;s Leaders

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of AWS Infrastructure as a Service Automation tools like Cloud Formation
• Ability to understand AWS compute, data sources, security technologies
• Expertise in AWS cloud networking resources (VPC, Transit Gateway, Security Groups, NACLs, Nat Gateway)
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (IAC) & Development Tools
• Skilled in deployment strategies using Docker for containerization
• Ability to understand the monitoring and management of the build and deployment processes and infrastructure
• Ability to analyze services to ensure security best practices are followed
• Ability to mentor and guide team members&39; learning, including introducing new ideas and technologies
• Ability to anticipate business needs and lead a team towards identifying and solving cross-domain problems
• Skilled in automated testing solutions for unit testing, integration testing and system testing
• Engineering experience of Cloud Networking between Cloud Providers, 3rd Party Vendors & On-Premise Networks
• Skilled engineering expertise with deep knowledge in configuration of Enterprise DNS (Route 53), Transit Gateway & Hosted Zones
• Knowledge of network troubleshooting
• Knowledge with AWS firewall utilization as an inspection point (central ingress/egress inspection)
• Experience managing and maintaining multiple AWS accounts and sharing resources between them (Route53 resolver shares)
• Expertise in building and maintaining GitOps pipelines utilizing various platforms
• Knowledge implementing AWS PrivateLink End Point Services preferred
• Knowledge in Cloud WAN strategy and implementation preferred
• Experience working with Hybrid Connectivity & Palo Alto NextGen Firewalls (NGFW) preferred
• Knowledge of DirectConnect and BGP routing preferred

Technical Tools

• Common automation tools such as Stash, Git, Nexus, Jenkins, Gradle, Groovy, and YML
• Docker, Serverless, ECS, Kubernetes
• Python, ANT, Artifactory, Groovy, Maven, MS Build, Nexus, NuGet.
• Continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, TFS, TeamCity or Bamboo
• Configuration management tools such as Chef, puppet, Ansible

Education

• Required: High School Diploma or GED
• Required: Bachelor&39;s Degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field; or equivalent formal training

Experience

• Required: Advanced-level experience, seasoned and specialized knowledge in Cloud software or DevOps

Licensing/Certification

• N/A

Physical Abilities

• Ability to perform work duties from [limited space work station/desk/office area] for extended periods of time
• Ability to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the job
• Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy to meet the demands of the job

Other Qualifications

• Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines
• Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines

Pay & Benefits

• Competitive market salary from $145,000 per year to $160,200 per year* depending on qualifications and experience. For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities are available and awarded at the discretion of the company.

Benefits you&39;ll love:

• Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too)

• Up to a 9.3 401(k) Company match, dollar for dollar, per paycheck **

• Potential for annual Profit Sharing contribution toward retirement - when Southwest profits, you profit***

• Explore more Benefits youll love: https://careers.southwestair.com/benefits

*Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular period of time.

**401(k) match contributions are subject to the plans vesting schedule and applicable IRS limits

***ProfitSharing contributions are subject to plans vesting schedule and are made at the discretion of the Company.

Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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