About the Role
Lead the implementation of IaC and automation with unit testing, quality gates, AppSec tooling, automated functional testing, and performance testing. Develop and maintain observability practices, including SLI, SLO, SLA, error budgets, dashboards, alerting, and notification systems. Create and manage runbooks, gamedays, postmortems, and incident response workflows. Engage with cross-functional teams that design, develop and implement enterprise scalable cloud-based solutions to drive improvement in SRE/DevOps best practices and tooling. Play a role in establishing best practices, supporting communities of practice, and promoting adoption within the engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead the implementation of IaC and automation with unit testing, quality gates, AppSec tooling, automated functional testing, and performance testing.
- Develop and maintain observability practices, including SLI, SLO, SLA, error budgets, dashboards, alerting, and notification systems.
- Create and manage runbooks, gamedays, postmortems, and incident response workflows.
- Engage with cross-functional teams that design, develop and implement enterprise scalable cloud-based solutions to drive improvement in SRE/DevOps best practices and tooling.
- Play a role in establishing best practices, supporting communities of practice, and promoting adoption within the engineering teams.
Requirements
- Requires a bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related field and 6 years of experience implementing quality frameworks with quality gates within a CI/CD framework.
- Must have 6 years of experience working with observability platforms, including NewRelic, Cloudwatch, Grafana, or DataDog.
- Must have 6 years of experience working in AWS and CI/CD tooling and capabilities.
- Must have 6 years of experience using Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
- Must have 6 years of experience working in one of the following programming languages: C#, Java, or Python.
- Must have 6 years of experience working in AppSec tools, including Veracode, CloudSploit, or Data Theorem.
- In lieu of a bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree and 6 years of experience, employer will accept a master’s or foreign equivalent degree and 4 years of experience, or a Ph.D. or foreign equivalent degree and 1 year of experience.
Skills
- IaC
- Automation
- Unit testing
- Quality gates
- AppSec tooling
- Automated functional testing
- Performance testing
- Observability practices
- SLI
- SLO
- SLA
- Error budgets
- Dashboards
- Alerting
- Notification systems
- Runbooks
- Gamedays
- Postmortems
- Incident response workflows
- Cloud-based solutions
- SRE/DevOps best practices
- Tooling
- NewRelic
- Cloudwatch
- Grafana
- DataDog
- AWS
- CI/CD
- Terraform
- AWS CloudFormation
- C#
- Java
- Python
- Veracode
- CloudSploit
- Data Theorem
Location
- Austin, Texas
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Telecommuting permitted
Experience Level
- Lead
- Manager - Non People Leader
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field
Salary/Compensations
- $167,177 - $203,610
Benefits
- Flexible vacation with pay
- Seven paid holidays
- Up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually
- Bereavement leave
- Time off to vote
- Jury duty leave
- Volunteer time off
- Military leave
- Parental leave
- Health care insurance (medical, dental, vision)
- Retirement planning (401(k))
- Paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO)
About the Company
- Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars.
- Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox.
- Cox brings together the world’s greatest minds to help breathe life into new possibilities – and drive innovation for a better future.
- That’s why we look for individuals who share our pioneering spirit, have imaginative ideas and are fearless when it comes to tackling the world’s biggest challenges.
- Our people love technology – and they love making a difference.
- They have a passion for finding new solutions and working with brilliant colleagues.
- Every day they dedicate themselves to a huge range of exciting projects, contributing to the Cox vision around the globe.
- From engineering new sustainability solutions that conserve water and energy to creating the infrastructure for the smart cities of tomorrow, there’s no challenge too great for our pioneers.
- And there’s no shortage of opportunities for you to make a difference.
- Come and experience the dynamic, collaborative and creative environments where your ideas are welcome and new discoveries are waiting.
- To help you grow to your full potential, we strive to support our employees in their career aspirations and promote the freedom to explore new horizons.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
- Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.
- EOE, including disability/vets
