Lead DevOps Engineer

As a Lead DevOps Engineer you will advocate, design, and implement automation solutions for development and operation teams across Cox Communications consisting of source control, build & test automation, code quality, security, deployments, and the processes in-between.

The Enterprise Software Configuration Management team is an innovative team devoted to providing automated enterprise-grade solutions and services for Cox Communications to measure, evaluate, and plan for visible, reliable application delivery and maintenance. As a member of the Enterprise Software Configuration Management team, you will work closely with teams to help create automated pipelines and solutions required for continuous delivery in an Agile DevOps environment. The tools and use-cases are diverse, and our challenge is to increase the development velocity by optimizing various parts of the pipeline and increasing application stability. We operate in a blameless environment, where we focus on continuously learning.

If you enjoy figuring out how things work and find automation and tool-building intriguing, we would like to speak with you.

What's In It for You?

• We want our people to succeed, plain and simple. We're all about professional development, continuing education and helping your career grow in a collaborative, inclusive culture where the next big idea can come from anyone...including you!
• We believe that dull work is the worst. At Cox, you'll work with fascinating, cutting-edge tech platforms in industries that are ripe for invention, innovation, and investment.

• We all have lives and responsibilities outside of work. We have an exceptional work/life balance at Cox, with accommodating work schedules and flexible time-off policies.
• We show our appreciation for our talent with a competitive salary package and top-notch bonus & incentive plans.
• How does a great healthcare benefits package from day one sound? Multiple options are available for individuals and families. One employee-only plan could be FREE, if you participate in our health screening program.
• 10 days of free child or senior care through your complimentary Care.com membership.
• We offer generous 401(k) retirement plans with a company match of up to 8%.

• Free internet, premium cable and smart home automation in applicable markets (up to $374 value per month).
• Employee discounts on hundreds of items, from cars to computers to continuing education.
• If you are thinking about expanding your family, our inclusive parental leave policies are available to you, plus comprehensive fertility coverage and adoption assistance.
• Want to volunteer in your community? We encourage that, and even offer paid hours for you to do so.
• We all love our pets-whether they walk, crawl, fly, swim or slither-and we're happy to supply insurance for them as well.

At Cox, we believe in transparency - please click on this link ( Cox Benefits Overview ) to learn more about our amazing benefits!

Success Profile

• Thought leader in Application Development space with knowledge on DevOps best practices in Agile environment (Architecture, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD Pipelines & Container technologies)

• Curious to continuously learn and explore new technologies and solutions driven who collaborates well with team, peers, and leads across the org.
• Proactively addresses issues and pursues improvements and new ideas.
• Strong written and oral communications skills

Primary Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

• Design and setup applications delivery lifecycle (CI/CD) of top common programming languages of Cloud Native

• Consult and train teams on DevOps practices, tools and methodologies that helps accelerate application delivery.
• Maintain Highly Available production services that used across the company
• Automate applications and infrastructure deployments on private and public cloud

• Research and experiment with the latest technologies and tools that enables our mission
• Troubleshoot builds and deployments of applications

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 6 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 4 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience; or 10 years' experience in a related field.

• 4 years of DevOps experience.
• Strong experience designing, configure CI/CD workflows to facilitate high ( Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Gitlab or Argo )
• Experience with application build tools on various languages ( Maven , NPM , SBT, Docker , Ansible, Helm, Skaffold )
• Experience with managing binaries artifact repository using Artifactory

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management( Terraform, Kustomize, Ansible, JobDSL, Jenkinsfile or similar)
• Proficient and solid understand of Git functionality and workflows
• Experience using APIs for automating between services (Python, Groovy)
• Familiar with High availability, Disaster Recovery and Deployment strategies of production environments
• Experience supporting Agile Scrum/Kanban development teams

• Strong verbal and written communication skills needed to communicate complex problems to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work under pressure, reprioritize, and adjust to changes in direction and deadlines.
• Ability to balance multiple high priority projects and complete on time with minimal supervision.

Preferred:

• 3 years' experience with Cloud Computing platforms (AWS, Kubernetes)
• Contributes to open-source projects and/or participates in communities.
• Familiar with DevSecOps tools for SAST, DAST and SCA

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About Cox Communications

Cox Communications is the largest private telecom company in America, serving six million homes and businesses. That's a lot, but we also proudly serve our employees. Our benefits and our award-winning culture are just two of the things that make Cox a coveted place to work. If you're interested in bringing people closer through broadband, smart home tech and more, join Cox Communications today!

About Cox

Cox empowers employees to build a better future and has been doing so for over 120 years. With exciting investments and innovations across transportation, communications, cleantech and healthcare, our family of businesses - which includes Cox Automotive and Cox Communications - is forging a better future for us all. Ready to make your mark? Join us today!

Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page .

Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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