Lead Cloud Engineer (CDN)

Overview:
We are seeking a full-time Lead Cloud Engineer in our Olathe, KS location. In this role, you will be responsible for the design, engineering, implementation, and operations of Garmin’s cloud services and will be part of the team that designs, delivers, and supports the systems responsible for the container platform and its associated development tools ecosystem.

Responsibilities:

Essential Functions

1. Look for opportunities to tune/improve the environment with modern solutions and drive excellence while working with other developers and stakeholders of the platform.
2. Install, configure, and manage platform-related infrastructure and cluster services in an enterprise environment to support container-based application virtualization via GitOps Design.
3. Find opportunities for automation, improved system stability, and performance improvements.
4. Lead the implementation of approved solutions, manage capacity, and ensure security policies are met.
5. Able to take a “code first” approach to fully automate the deployment and management of cloud infrastructure and environments using Terraform and other tools.
6. Influence CDN and Edge Compute roadmaps and support/enforce adherence to technical roadmaps and technical standards through interacting/collaborating with application teams/product owners.
7. Drive business value through innovation and architect new CDN and Edge Compute solutions.
8. Interact with development teams to assist with onboarding to the platform and utilizing ecosystem development tools.
9. Advanced ability to troubleshoot an application load balancer following OSI Layer principles.
10. Support development pipelines using tools like Tekton, Jenkins, Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, and Sonatype Nexus.
11. Perform general technical troubleshooting and consult with development teams.
12. Utilize correlated data sources to ensure maximum operational uptime and adherence to SLOs and SLAs.
13. Partner with cross-organizational teams to plan and implement applications that support business requirements.
14. Produce and maintain system configuration documents and standards.
15. Serve as a mentor and provide guidance to less experienced IT associates.
16. Research new technologies/propose cost-effective solutions, provide innovation within area of expertise, and facilitate team discussions/meetings.
17. Recognized as expert in assigned discipline at Garmin and applies extensive technical expertise/analysis to initiatives, contributes input to broader technology solutions outside of discipline, and serves as a leader of change.
18. Responsible for providing 24/7 on-call coverage on a rotating basis.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems or related field AND a minimum of 9 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
2. Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule).
3. Experience with modern application cloud native development practices/application and systems architecture.
4. Experience in shell scripting, Python, or Ansible development.
5. Systematic problem-solving approach and a sense of ownership and drive.
6. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision as part of a team with direct responsibilities and communicate/collaborate effectively with teammates/internal clients.
7. Ability to manage competing priorities and adapt to changes in project scope.
8. Ability to quickly learn new technologies.
9. Possesses understanding of Cyber Security best practices.

Desired Qualifications

1. Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5).
2. Experience with Apache Traffic Server.
3. Experience with Citrix NetScaler, HA Proxy.
4. Experience with CloudFlare technologies.
5. Web Software Engineering Experience including web development and database knowledge.
6. Exposure to public cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure).
7. Experience with enterprise cloud solutions, like Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Container-as-a-Service (CaaS) cloud management, and IT automation.
8. Experience supporting Microservice and Cloud-native applications in a CI/CD automated, multi-tenant application environment with multiple partners and use cases.
9. Experience in delivering applications to production with software development technologies, frameworks, and API development experience.
10. Some programming experience in a Linux/Windows environment with at least one language like Golang, Python, Java, JavaScript, Rust, Groovy, or C/C++.
11. Some experience with CI/CD and developer tools like Jenkins, Nexus, Bitbucket (Git), and Harbor.
12. Experience with observability/logging using tools like Grafana, Prometheus, New Relic, Kafka, and Kabana.
13. Experience working with enterprise level container-based systems (OpenShift, Docker, CRI-O, Kubernetes, etc.), including associated on-prem infrastructure with support dedicated to OpenShift Platform systems (OCP, OCS, HAProxy, etc.), service mesh.
14. Good understanding of infrastructure such as network, storage, data retention, compute, load balancing, and virtualization.