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McDonald's · 3 weeks ago

Cloud Engineer II

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$104K/yr - $131K/yr

4+ years exp

McDonald's is a leading global omni-channel restaurant brand focused on technology innovation to enhance customer experience. The Cloud Engineer II will support and mature an Enterprise DevOps pipeline in Cloud, collaborating with various teams to deliver scalable and secure solutions.

Restaurants

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Automate the provisioning of cloud environments through the concept of pipeline engineering using Terraform, Chef, Puppet and other tools

Research, analyze, design, develop and support high-quality automation workflows in the cloud platform that are appropriate for business and technology strategies

While embedding with teams, strategize, consult, and prototype alongside other engineers to implement best practices and solutions for applications utilizing CI/CD and the cloud

Drive proof of concepts and conduct technical feasibility studies for business requirements

Remain up-to-date on emerging technologies and architecture and propose ways to use them in current and upcoming projects

Lead and facilitate the creation of compliance automation and policy-as-code to streamline cloud governance

Strive to provide internal and external customers with excellent customer service and world-class service

Effectively communicate project health, risks and issues to the program stakeholders, sponsors and management teams

Resolve most conflicts between timeline, budget, and scope independently but intuitively escalate complex or consequential issues to senior management

Identify and direct changes through appropriate review and approval mechanisms

Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security

Work well in an agile environment

Build, implement, and support tools that improve customer experience

Qualification

AWSGCPTerraformKubernetesDevOpsInfrastructure-as-CodeCI/CDPythonC#PowershellAgileCommunication

Required

4+ years of Cloud development and support experience such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and a Bachelor's degree or 3 years relevant experience and a Master's degree

Experience developing design specifications, test plans, and protocols

Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Professional level certification (AWS DevOps Professional, GCP Kubernetes Professional) or similar is a plus

Experience in software development (e.g. C#, .Net, .Net core) or scripting (e.g. Python, Powershell, etc.)

Associate GCP Certification

Associate AWS certifications (e.g. Developer, Solution Architect, or SysOps Administrator Associate)

Good knowledge of IaaS and PaaS offerings in AWS and/or GCP

Good knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code and associated technologies (e.g. repos, pipelines, Terraform, etc.)

Strong experience in Kubernetes. Knowledge of GKE, EKS

Innate desire to automate everything you touch

Self-starter, able to come up with solutions to problems and execute on those solutions while coordinating with other teams

Infrastructure experience is a plus

Ability to create system and process flow diagrams, data flow diagrams, sequence and UML diagrams, inter and intra system dependencies within the functional domain and across them

Knowledge and understanding of industry trends and new technologies and ability to apply trends to architectural needs

Excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff

Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Preferred

Experience in building in templates and pipelines while complying with static code analysis tools and security scanners. Experience with CI/CD tools

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience - scripting and automation via Bash, JSON templates etc

Strong experience in building Kubernetes environment

Benefits

Health and welfare benefits

A 401(k) plan

Adoption assistance program

Educational assistance program

Flexible ways of working

Time off policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and vacation/PTO)

Company

McDonald's

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McDonald’s is the world’s leading global foodservice retailer with over 37,000 locations in over 100 countries.

Founded in 1955

Chicago, Illinois, US

10001+ employees

https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/

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