Cloud Engineer I

General Motors • Irving, TX

297d • Hybrid

About The Position

GM Financial is set to change the auto finance industry and is leading the path of embarking on tech modernization - we have a startup mindset, and preserve our small company culture, in a public company environment with financial stability and intense growth over a decade-plus history. We are data junkies and trust in data and insights to advance our business objectives. We take our goal of zero emission, zero collision, zero congestion, and zero friction very seriously. We believe as an auto finance market leader we are in the driver's seat to lead us in the GM EV mission to change the world.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in related field or additional equivalent work or military experience required.
• 2-4 years of progressive IT experience with specific experience in cloud software development, test automation, system administration, infrastructure/operations or equivalent training required.
• Experience in cloud with at least one year of project experience with Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) strongly preferred.
• Software development expertise in multiple high-level programming and scripting languages such as C#, Java, nodejs, python or other languages determined by the department VP.
• General knowledge of Azure Kubernetes Service or Native service including deployments.
• Understanding of IP Networking, subnets, ports, CIDR notation and DNS.
• Experience in designing, building, and optimizing automated pipelines with automated testing and automated security controls.
• Understanding of basic requirements for securing virtual machines in the cloud including the use of strong passwords, port closure and other industry-standard hardware techniques.
• Exceptional critical thinking and communication skills, with a passion for leveraging documentation as a tool for constant improvement.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree in related field preferred.
• Experience working in Agile Scrum teams preferred.
• Pipeline Automation: Azure DevOps (YAML, ARM), Terraform, Jenkins, Chef, Octopus Deploy or other similar tools.
• Code Scanning: use of tools such as SonarQube, Checkmarx, Kube-Bench, or similar.
• Source Code repos: User level and demonstrated knowledge of Git including cloning, branching and other regular commands.
• Experience with one or more of the following: Azure Eventhub, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Kubernetes Service, Blob Storage, Azure DNS, Virtual Networks, Redis Cache and Azure App Service.
• Ability to navigate the Linux operating system and perform basic operations.
• High level programming languages: Java, C#, Python, Go, or similar.
• Scripting: PowerShell, Bash.
• Database Technologies (one or more of the following): Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, NoSQL (eg CosmosDB).
• Test Automation: Understanding of unit testing tools such as junit, nunit, or similar.
• Operating systems: Windows, Linux.
• Cloud Platforms (one or more of the following): Azure, Amazon AWS, GCP.
• Metrics and Monitoring: Splunk, or other SIEM tool.
• Demonstrated knowledge of secrets management in the cloud using solutions such as Hashicorp Vault or Azure Key Vault.
• Advanced knowledge of cloud security frameworks and tooling such as Azure Policy or Azure Security Kit.

Responsibilities

• Build secure cloud solutions in major public clouds such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services.
• Collaborate with product owners and managers to establish service level objectives for applications and agreed consequences if the objectives are not being met.
• Collaborate with development team members to swarm, troubleshoot, and resolve problems that may exist in cloud-hosted environments.
• Ensure that cybersecurity controls are met or exceeded.
• Creation of Azure CLI and/or PowerShell scripts to automate repetitive tasks.
• Take a 'code first' approach to fully automate the deployment and management of cloud infrastructure and environments using Terraform, Chef, Azure DevOps, Azure Policy and other tools.
• Strategize, consult, and prototype alongside other engineers to implement best practices and solutions for applications utilizing CI/CD and the cloud.
• Evangelize distributed version control and trunk-based development practices, ATDD and TDD, pipelines and infrastructure and release automation.
• Provision and manage Azure Managed Identities, Service Principal Names (SPNs) and Enterprise Applications in Azure.
• Help determine technical feasibility and solutions for business requirements.
• Lead training sessions, develop curriculum, and code labs for other internal teams under general supervision.
• Instruct and coach in a cross-team cloud training program as needed.
• Be SME and expert across the business for all Cloud technical hands-on questions, with an initial focus on Azure.
• Facilitate group meetings/discussions.
• Broker solutions for issues within the team.
• Be available for an on-call rotation to participate in troubleshooting and communication efforts outside of normal business hours.
• Create and implement standards and best practices, driving adoption across development teams and external vendors as applicable.

Benefits

• Generous benefits package available on day one to include: 401K matching, bonding leave for new parents (12 weeks, 100% paid), tuition assistance, training, GM employee auto discount, community service pay and nine company holidays.
• Competitive pay and bonus eligibility.
• Flexible hybrid work environment, 2-days a week in office.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree