Lead DevOps Engineer

Scout Motors • Charlotte, NC

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Scout Motors is bringing back an iconic American vehicle, electrifying and digitizing it with modern innovation. We are a company that respects the past and the future, our communities, and the balance of work and play. We are developing vehicles with both all-electric and hybrid powertrains. At Scout Motors, we empower our talented, inclusive, and entrepreneurial teams to innovate. We are looking for individuals who are visionaries, leaders, knowledgeable doers, collaborators, and go-getters with unrivaled passion. Join us to shape the future of transportation and make history.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or related field or equivalent work experience.
• 12+ years of hands-on experience as a DevOps engineer, system architect, or software engineer with a focus on platform systems.
• Proficient in building automation using languages such as Python, Shell, Ruby, and others.
• Strong experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Expertise in configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Solid understanding of CI/CD concepts and tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, Harness.io, ArgoCD).
• Expert knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Expert knowledge of infrastructure as code (Crossplane, Terraform, Pulumi, or CDK).
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. When a problem occurs, you run towards it not away.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills. You treat colleagues with respect.
• You have a desire for clean implementations but are also humble in discussing alternative solutions and options.
• A teaching and coaching approach to guiding engineers and teams in approaches.
• Expertise in the design and development of software solutions to support platform integrations, automations and developer experiences using languages such as Rust, GoLang, Python or Java.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of the overall cloud infrastructure platform using modern IaC (Infrastructure as Code) practices.
• Work closely with software development and systems integration teams to build end-to-end solutions.
• Design and build infrastructure utilizing container orchestration such as EKS/K8S.
• Help choose and select managed cloud services that meet the needs of the platform engineering team to support software development goals.
• Design and build CICD tools, automation, and practices to enable agile and secure software deployments.
• Design and implement cloud infrastructure components, ensuring high availability, reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Implement monitoring solutions to proactively identify and address potential issues.
• Implement logging solutions to facilitate efficient troubleshooting and analysis.
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure the platform meets industry standards and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and QA engineers to ensure robust and reliable systems.
• Lead engineers in designing, building, and maintaining all infrastructure, site reliability, and engineering productivity systems.
• Own the Developer experience at Scout by contributing to the design and implementation of the internal developer portal.

Benefits

• Competitive insurance including: Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
• 401(k) program with: An employer match and immediate vesting
• Generous Paid Time Off including: 20 days planned PTO, as accrued
• 40 hours of unplanned PTO and 14 company or floating holidays, annually
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
• Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave
• Pay Transparency
• Annual performance bonus program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree