Lead Cloud Platform Engineer

UKG is looking for a Lead Cloud Platform Eng to join a growing team leading Platform capability for our Engineering organisation. You will build new and maintain existing capabilities in our public and private (on-premises) Cloud platforms. You and the team own our Cloud Experience for UKG. You will use building blocks, Go language, Terraform, Kubernetes , Ansible, and work with on-premise infrastructure OpenStack and Cloud services in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

 

Responsibilities: 

• Architect and implement solutions for internal self-service offering technical architecture diagrams and user guides for internal administrators, operators, and users
• Collaborate with Architecture and Engineering teams to understand gaps and requirements while meeting expectations

• Manage, improve, and maintain our tools and services stack across the organisation and deliver value incrementally.
• Troubleshoot issues by reviewing information at hand, develop detailed implementation plan with automation and test details, and mentoring team members
• Software Development: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code or various software applications and systems. • Technical Leadership: Contribute to the design, development, and deployment of complex software applications and systems, ensuring they meet high standards of quality and performance. 

 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field, however equivalent work experience in similar position may be substituted for educational requirements.

• 7+ years of experience working with automation tools and technologies Shell/ bash , Ansible , Python , CI/CD pipelines.
• 7+ years of experience building automations for configuring Cloud infrastructure and services (on-prem or public) through code, such as Terraform.
• 7+ years of experience with Cloud Native solutions ex. Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, and/or Azure ( GCP preferable ) .

•5+ Experience working with container technologies e.g. Docker and Kubernetes .(Mandatory)
• 5+ years of experience with programming languages Golang & Python . (Mandatory) • Experience with one or more distributed version control/Source Code Management (SCM) technology and its workflows like Github actions and the understanding of the GitOps/DevOps mindset.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Knowledge or experience with AI/ML (Machine Learning Frameworks, Data Processing, Algorithm Development, Big Data Technologies)

• Experience with automation frameworks for K8’s applications. 

• Experience with test automation frameworks and tools.