AWS Platform Engineer

28 Sep 2024

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Power the PossibilitiesThe CDK Global technology team is looking for collaborative innovators who are passionate about making their mark on emerging enterprise software products. We're building and developing cloud technology for the automotive retail industrythat will change the landscape for automotive dealers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and the customers they serve.

Be Part of Something BiggerEach year, more than three percent of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) is attributed to the auto industry, which flows through our customer, the auto dealer. It's time you joined an evolving marketplace where research and developmentinvestment is measured in the tens of billions. It's time you were a part of something bigger.

We're expanding our workforce - engineers, architects, developers and more - onboarding early adopters who can optimize, pivot and keep pace with ever-evolving development roadmaps and applications.

Join Our TeamGrowth potential, flexibility and material impact on the success and quality of a next-gen, enterprise software product make CDK an excellent choice for those who thrive in challenging, fast-paced engineering environments.The possibilities for impact are endless. We have exceptional opportunities to evolve our industry by driving change through new technology.

If you're ready for high-impact, you're ready for CDK.

Power the Possibilities The CDK Global technology team is looking for collaborative innovators who are passionate about making their mark on emerging enterprise software products. We're building and developing cloud technology for the automotive retail industry that will change the landscape for automotive dealers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and the customers they serve.

Be Part of Something BiggerEach year, more than three percent of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) is attributed to the auto industry, which flows through our customer, the auto dealer. It's time you joined an evolving marketplace where research and development investment is measured in the tens of billions. It's time you were a part of something bigger.

We're expanding our workforce - engineers, architects, developers and more - onboarding early adopters who can optimize, pivot and keep pace with ever-evolving development roadmaps and applications.

Join Our TeamGrowth potential, flexibility and material impact on the success and quality of a next-gen, enterprise software product make CDK an excellent choice for those who thrive in challenging, fast-paced engineering environments. The possibilities for impact are endless. We have exceptional opportunities to evolve our industry by driving change through new technology.

If you're ready for high-impact, you're ready for CDK.

Location:
  • US - Austin, Portland, San Jose or Chicago
Role:
  • Responsible for maintaining the AWS Platform architecture supporting AWS Governance and product/application adoption
  • Design/Development of governance solutions (managing security, cost optimization and tech debt)
  • Develop/maintain/implement cloud platform standards (IAM, tagging, security controls,
  • Support product development teams and infrastructure teams in the implementation of governance solutions (security, cost optimization, etc.)
  • Maintain minimum application deployment standards (governance, cost management and tech deb perspective). Work with infrastructure technical leads to develop and maintain domain standards (database, networking, compute, security, messaging, etc.)
  • Work with Security to define security requirements, design and implement solutions (ex Cloud Custodian, etc.) to support overall security of the CDK AWS environment.
  • Work with Infrastructure engineering teams to ensure standards and reference solutions are develop with respect to the domain areas (Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, etc.)
  • Analyzing complex business and software requirements leading to the selection and implementation of appropriate technical public cloud solutions (ex Secrets Management, Messaging, etc.).
  • Ensuring the software and development requirements align to the defined public cloud infrastructure service standards
  • Ensure architecture, process, standards and best practice documentation is current
  • Optimizing and tuning designs based on performance and root cause analysis
  • Analysis of existing solutions alignment to infrastructure standards and providing feedback to both evolve and mature the solution.
  • Utilizing your experience and skillset to influence and guide the Infrastructure Services Roadmap
  • During cloud operational issues, assist procuct and operational teams to identify root cause and recommend remediation activities.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
  • This is a hands-on role where the candidate is expected to take on technical tasks where in depth knowledge on usage and architectural best practices of AWS/public cloud technologies is important:
    • EKS, RDS, Load Balancing (ALB/ELB) , EC2, Lambda . EBS, S3 , Service Control Policies (SCP) , VPC and Availability Zone architectures , AWS Identity and Access Management and experience with using scripoting (ex Python) to manage AWS environments.
  • Broad understanding/experience across full stack infrastructure technologies will be required. Looking for candidates with experience in at least 4 of the following areas and willingness to learn the other areas.
    • Database solutions (SQL/NoSQL)
    • Containerization Solutions (Docker, Kubernetes)
    • DevOps processes and tooling
    • Hypervisor (VMware) and Virtualization technologies
    • Message queuing, data streaming and caching solutions
    • Micro-service architecture
    • Networking principles and concepts
    • Disaster Recovery solutions
    • Development and Implementation of AWS Cost Optimization solutions (rightsizing, storage optimization, etc.)
  • Experience of working within an Infrastructure team utilizing Private/Public/Hybrid cloud models
  • In depth knowledge of server based operating systems (Windows/Linux) and Web Services (IIS, Apache)
  • Strong analytical and presentation/communication skills
  • Experience of designing, optimizing and troubleshooting public cloud platforms associated with large, complex application stacks
  • Have clear and concise communication and be comfortable working with at all levels in the organization
  • Years of Experience:
    • 7 yrs+ working in an IT related roles managing cloud platforms (public or private).
    • 3-5 yrs working in a AWS public cloud environment as a Platform Engineer managing security, cost optimization, tech debt and AWS services.
    • 2-3 years scripting experience, preferred Python
  • AWS Solution Architect certification (associate or professional) along with hands on experience of designing and managing AWS cloud solutions.

CDK Global knows you have passions outside of work. You have family, friends, sporting events, and lots of things going on. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to not only take care of you but your family as well. All of our benefits are effective the first day of employment including 401K matching, paid time off to re-energize, donate your time to volunteer in your community, and tuition reimbursement to name a few.

At CDK, we pride ourselves on having a diverse workforce. We value and celebrate the uniqueness of individuals and the different perspectives they provide. We offer equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, or protected veteran status.

  • ID: #20405249
  • State: Texas Austin 78716 Austin USA
  • City: Austin
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2021-09-28
  • Deadline: 2021-11-21
  • Category: Security