Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer - Remote Opportunity

Join our innovative team at Southwest Airlines as a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in driving our mission to connect people to what's important in their lives through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our DevOps culture and team, responsible for designing, building, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure and systems. As a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to the growth and success of our organization.

About the Role

The Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer will be responsible for assessing cloud services and architecture, implementing automation tools and processes, and working closely with the development team to deploy and manage tools that support SDLC automation, configuration management, and release management. You will also lead the design, development, and expansion of our cloud infrastructure, establish and maintain methods and standards to ensure high-quality work, and communicate with stakeholders to identify requirements and solutions that address business challenges and opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Assess cloud services and architecture to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems
• Implement automation tools and processes for automated code deployment (CI/CD)
• Collaborate with the development team to deploy and manage tools that support SDLC automation, configuration management, and release management
• Understand technical models with automation to support complex delivery across a wide range of digital and enterprise applications
• Lead the design, development, and expansion of cloud infrastructure
• Establish and maintain methods and standards to ensure high-quality work
• Establish or follow prioritization processes to drive work with a sense of urgency
• Communicate with stakeholders to identify requirements and solutions that address business challenges and opportunities
• Act as a subject matter expert in cloud infrastructure, performing design reviews and consulting with teams to ensure design best practices
• Maintain business continuity and disaster recovery processes
• May perform other work duties as directed by Supervisors

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• Knowledge of AWS Framework as a Service, automation tools like CloudFormation
• Ability to understand AWS architecture, data sources, security technologies
• Proficiency in AWS cloud networking resources (VPC, Internet Gateway, Security Groups, NACLs, NAT Gateway)
• Knowledge of infrastructure as-code (IaC) and development tools
• Skilled in deployment strategies involving Docker for containerization
• Ability to understand monitoring and management of build and deployment processes and infrastructure
• Ability to investigate services to ensure security best practices are followed
• Ability to mentor and guide colleagues, including introducing new ideas and technologies
• Ability to anticipate business needs and lead a team towards identifying and solving cross-functional issues
• Skilled in automated testing solutions for unit testing, integration testing, and system testing
• Experience with cloud networking between cloud providers, third-party vendors, and on-premises organizations
• Talented engineering skill with deep knowledge in configuration of Enterprise DNS (Route 53), Internet Gateway, and Hosted Zones
• Knowledge of network troubleshooting
• Knowledge of AWS firewall implementation as a review point (central ingress/egress analysis)
• Experience managing and maintaining multiple AWS accounts and dividing resources among them (Route 53 resolver shares)
• Proficiency in building and maintaining GitOps pipelines using various platforms
• Knowledge of implementing AWS PrivateLink End Point Services preferred
• Knowledge of Cloud WAN strategy and implementation preferred
• Experience working with Hybrid Connectivity and Palo Alto NextGen Firewalls (NGFW) preferred
• Knowledge of DirectConnect and BGP routing preferred

What We Offer

• Competitive salary: $35-$40 per year
• Full-time employment
• 8-hour workday
• Remote work opportunity
• Opportunity to work with a dynamic and innovative team

How to Apply

If you are a motivated and skilled individual who is passionate about cloud infrastructure and DevOps, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Please submit your application, including your resume and a cover letter, to be considered for this role.

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