Cox Auto

The Platform Engineer is responsible for creating and maintaining availability and high-performance in mixed UNIX and Windows development, non-production, and production environments. This individual works as part of a results-oriented, service-delivery team and assists release engineers, developers, and operations teams. Additionally, the platform Engineer performs root cause analysis of problems, selects and implements automation tools, and actively participates in deeply technical discourse Analysis and Design * Assists in the definition of end user requirements, functionality specifications, and deliverables for specific platform and provides estimates for work effort required. * Designs new and modifies existing automation, customizations, conversions and interfaces as necessary. * Designs dashboards, correlation rules, alerts and reports. * Maintains all technical deliverables including technical design specifications and documentation of all configuration changes. * Works with software test engineers to provide testing frameworks. Identifies single point of failure and operational gaps and weaknesses and develops plans for remediation and improvements Application Configuration * Configures and tests specific platform software to meet business needs. * Develops new and modifies existing customizations, conversions and interfaces. * Creates dashboards, correlation rules, alerts and reports. * Works with vendor, as necessary, on implementation activities. * Automates build and configuration * Works with release engineers to deploy all changes to production environment for assigned applications. Plans for and manages the upgrade cycle for the platform Application Support * Provides ongoing support, monitoring, and maintenance of deployed products. Works with the vendors, as necessary, to provide Level 3 support Advice and Guidance * Actively works with less experienced platform engineers providing technical guidance and oversight. * Establishes standards for platform use and automation in all environments throughout the application lifecycle. Evangelizes the effective use of the platform and determines when the platform should or should not be used as part of a solution Emerging Technology Monitoring Actively participates in the engineering community, staying up to date on new platform technologies and best practices and shares insights with others in the organization Ability to: * Control system design practice within an enterprise or industry architecture and DevOps automation best practices. * Influence industry-based models for the development of new technology applications. * Develop effective implementation and procurement strategies, consistent with business needs. * Ensure adherence to relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices * Ensure the availability of hardware, software, and resources for the systems testing of platform-specific versions of one or more software products. * Define and automate configurations required for testing with reference to agreed testing standards * Establish standards and procedures across the technology service lifecycle (including the development lifecycle) in the areas of systems integration and testing and ensures that practitioners adhere to them Manage and automate application enhancements to improve business performanceQualifications: * Workingexperience in design, development, and implementation of software systems * Participatein a weekly on-call rotation for after-hours support * Degreein engineering discipline or equivalent experience in Systems Engineering * Experiencewith the Linux Operating System (RedHat and Centos) * Understandingand experience with low-latency, high-performance Linux environments * Buildautomation and configuration management * Horizontaland vertical scaling for performance and high availability * Linuxadministration and engineering * Cloudadministration and engineering (AWS) * Applicationserver administration and engineering (Jboss, Tomcat and others) * Advancedscripting (any combination of Perl, Ruby, Bourne, Python, and others) * Automationtools * Top-tieranalytics and problem solving * Abilityto work in a service-oriented team environment * Workingexperience in specific platform technology * Workingexperience with 3rd party software implementations and 3rd party integration. * Workingexperience with specific platform's capabilities and limitations and canclearly communicate those to customers Working experiencewith leading teams through cross-functional projects * Bachelor'sdegree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination ofindustry related professional experience and education * Working experienceof analysis, design and programming * Working experienceof application lifecycle methodologies (e.g. waterfall, agile, iterative) * 2 - 5years of working experience Docker, Ansible, Terraform,Rancher, Git, Jenkins, Dynatrace, New Relic, Splunk, HA Proxy, Wildfy, Jboss,Apache, Mongo, Jaspersoft, Virtualization, DevOps, SRE, Amazon Web Services About Cox Automotive Cox Automotive Inc. makes buying, selling and owning cars easier for everyone, while also enabling mobility services. The global company's 34,000-plus team members and family of brands, including Autotrader?, Clutch Technologies, Dealer.com?, Dealertrack?, Kelley Blue Book?, Manheim?, NextGear Capital?, VinSolutions?, vAuto? and Xtime?, are passionate about helping millions of car shoppers, tens of thousands of auto dealer clients across five continents and many others throughout the automotive industry thrive for generations to come. Cox Automotive is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Inc., a privately-owned, Atlanta-based company with revenues exceeding $20 billion. www.coxautoinc.com 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. Statement to ALL Third-Party Agencies and Similar Organizations: Cox accepts resumes only from agencies with which we formally engage their services. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Cox employees, Cox hiring manager, or send to any Cox facility. Cox is not responsible for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited resumes. 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