Sr. Cloud DevOps Engineer

**Description**

There's never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We're on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. And we're growing - in the years ahead, we'll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy, and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k, and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world?

We believe that inclusion propels innovation and is the foundation of all that we do. United's Digital Technology team spans the globe and is made up of diverse individuals all working together with pioneering technology to make United the best airline in the history of aviation.

The Senior DevOps Engineer will work with application developers to automate and accelerate the testing, release, and deployment of applications into a runtime environment. This role requires a background in development, operations, and full-stack software implementations.

***** **This is a hybrid role and must be located in Chicago or Houston (or within commutable distance) to be onsite as needed/ on occasion.**

**Responsibilities**

Is well versed in programming in a high-level language such as TypeScript, Python, Java, C# or other languages to script installation, configuration and provisioning

Provide continuous delivery solutions in a cloud environment and have experience with the core suite of tools used to manage AWS cloud infrastructure

Establish and employ Continuous Integration practices and tools such as TeamCity, ArgoCD, Github Action or other CI tools

Configure management automation tools from AWS or other cloud providers in creating continuous delivery systems

Employ industry Continuous Delivery patterns and collaboratively work with other members to achieve successful continuous delivery solutions

Responsible for mentoring and teaching existing team members

Clearly explain solutions for complex problems and demonstrate ability to lead and impart knowledge effectively to junior resources

Collect DevOps automation requirements from development teams

Design devops pipelines for applications based on existing company standards

Build cloud infrastructure pipelines based on existing company standards

Build CI/CD pipelines based on existing company standards for cloud applications

Support and maintain existing infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines

**Qualifications**

Bachelor's degree in computer science, systems analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience

5 years of experience spanning at least two IT disciplines, including technical architecture, application development, or operations

Experience optimizing applications, both stand-alone and in distributed systems to maximize performance

Experience maintaining infrastructure and ensuring stability while adding new features

Any AWS Certification

Familiarity with a broad portfolio of AWS infrastructure tools (EBS, S3, EC2, Elastic IP, Route 53, VPC) and experience with cloud infrastructure management and automation technologies

Comfort with collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders

Comfort with frequent changes in priorities

Ability to clearly articulate design and implementation choices

Experience managing multi-tenant Kubernetes cluster

Continuous integration tools such as TeamCity, ArgoCD, Github Action or similar

Scripting (Python, JS, GO Lang, Bash) skills for monitoring and automation

Possess a strong grasp of automation tools

Manage source control including SVN and GIT

Critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Time and priority management

A team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship

**Preferred**

Experience leading small Teams

AWS CDK

Object-Oriented Programming Experience

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact [ Email address blocked ] - Click here to apply to Sr. Cloud DevOps Engineer to request accommodation.

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