OpenShift/Kubernetes Site Reliability Engineer

Ford

1d • Remote

About The Position

This Kubernetes Site Reliability Engineer position will design and provision infrastructure supporting cloud native applications alongside a geographically distributed team. Emphasis will be on container strategies and ecosystem (Kubernetes) supporting Ford's rapidly increasing data and compute requirements. These environments will be both multi-cloud (GCP, Azure) and within our on-premise datacenters. This role will have opportunity to drive and shape new solutions and feature capability that improve our Kubernetes platform’s developer experience (reducing toil and complexity). Develop automation (Pipelines/Operators) to support platform management and end user capabilities Engineering of new platform feature capabilities Research / prove-outs of new technologies to extend platform functionality and increase ease-of-use and developer barrier to entry Lifecycle management (Upgrades / Maintenance) and support of all Kubernetes clusters (OpenShift) deployed globally by the team

Requirements

• Bachelors in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
• (3+ years) Strong Linux knowledge on multiple platforms (RHEL, Ubuntu, SUSE).
• (1+ years) Experience in use of Kubernetes.
• (1+ years) Experience in use of container technologies.
• (3+ years) In-depth use of Cloud-based PaaS and IaaS. Google Cloud (GCP) and Azure experience preferred.
• (2+ years) Experience with GIT and CI/CD pipelines using Tekton, GitHub Actions, CloudBuild,and/or Jenkins.
• Experience using PaaS solutions such as Cloud Foundry.
• Demonstrable proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language. Go and/or Bourne Shell preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of RESTFUL API concepts and JSON formats.
• Working knowledge of application development architectures, web deployment methodologies and mobile technologies.
• Work effectively in a team environment. Team leader capability desired.
• Pairing with team members occasionally required.
• Primary team is located locally with other individuals distributed globally.
• Must have good communication skills.
• Must a self-starter, capable of working independently and within a team with minimum supervision.
• Ability to work with a variety of cross functional teams to support deployment to remote locations across the global.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with IT Automation products such as Terraform, Chef, etc.
• Experience with VMWare ESX and vCenter.
• Experience with network load balancers (SLB, GSLB).
• Exceptional technical writing skills (run books, DR plans, platform architecture, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Develop automation (Pipelines/Operators) to support platform management and end user capabilities
• Engineering of new platform feature capabilities
• Research / prove-outs of new technologies to extend platform functionality and increase ease-of-use and developer barrier to entry
• Lifecycle management (Upgrades / Maintenance) and support of all Kubernetes clusters (OpenShift) deployed globally by the team

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees