Principal Cloud Platform Engineer

Company Overview 

With 80,000 customers across 150 countries, UKG is the largest U.S.-based private software company in the world. And we’re only getting started. Ready to bring your bold ideas and collaborative mindset to an organization that still has so much more to build and achieve? Read on.  

At UKG, you get more than just a job. You get to work with purpose. Our team of U Krewers are on a mission to inspire every organization to become a great place to work through our award-winning HR technology built for all. 

Here, we know that you’re more than your work. That’s why our benefits help you thrive personally and professionally, from wellness programs and tuition reimbursement to U Choose — a customizable expense reimbursement program that can be used for more than 200+ needs that best suit you and your family, from student loan repayment, to childcare, to pet insurance. Our inclusive culture, active and engaged employee resource groups, and caring leaders value every voice and support you in doing the best work of your career. If you’re passionate about our purpose — people —then we can’t wait to support whatever gives you purpose. We’re united by purpose, inspired by you.   

UKG is looking for a Principal Cloud Platform Engineer to build and maintain our public/private cloud’s PaaS layer (Platform as a Service). This is a specialized team that abstracts the complexities of Infrastructure, Networking, and Security requirements to ensure they are consumed in standardized ways for supporting Applications. These services are built in Linux leveraging various technologies including Go, Ansible, Concourse, K8s, GKE, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Openstack, to name a few. This position will partner with our Agile development teams to assure smooth integration and deployment of UKG software across the entire cloud infrastructure.

Job Responsibilities:
• Manage, improve, and maintain our tools and services stack across the organization and deliver value incrementally
• Maintain and enhance our current set of managed services, which include Kubernetes, MongoDB, MongoDB Atlas, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, AlloyDB.
• Build mature applications and services to enable Product Development teams through in-house self-service portal
• Collaborate with Development and Engineering teams to understand gaps and requirements while meeting expectations
• Join team meetings daily and as needed and collaborate with peers and teams within the organization
• Troubleshoot issues by reviewing information at hand, develop detailed implementation plan with automation and test details, and mentoring team members
• Lead and guide engineers with implementations
• Understand cross functional impact and high-level topology across services
• Ensure development aligns with UKG guidelines and industry best practices
• Communicate with and mentor teams on best practices and guidelines regarding the best use of our tooling and services
• Writing technical specifications and documentation
• Participate in a rotational on-call schedule with the team

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.
• 10+ years of experience building and/or configuring cloud infrastructure and services on-prem or public (GCP preferred) through code
• 10+ years of experience with at one programming language. (e.g. Java, Golang, Ruby, Python)
• 10+ years of experience managing Linux based platforms
• 10+ years of experience with Cloud Native solutions (Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, and/or Azure).
• 10+ years of experience with DevOps practices and toolsets, such as Terraform, Ansible, Packer, GitHub, Vault, CI/CD delivery models
• Experience working with container technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong scripting experience in at least two of the following: Perl, Bash, Python, PowerShell
• Windows and Linux OS and Networking experience (TCP/IP, Firewalls, SSL, Load Balancing, WAFs, SMTP, DNS, etc)
• Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining highly available services at scale
• Experience with Infrastructure test automation
• Experience with web technologies utilizing Microservices, SOA patterns and REST
• Understanding of Site Reliability Engineering principles

Optional Additional Qualifications as needed:
• Experience with Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) and NoSQL database development and administration (e.g. Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Elastic Search etc.)
• Experience with Message queues (e.g. RabbitMQ)
• Experience with logging, monitoring, and alerting technologies (e.g. Sensu, Grafana, InfluxDB, GCP Cloud Monitoring, ELK stack)

Where we’re going 

UKG is on the cusp of something truly special. Worldwide, we already hold the #1 market share position for workforce management and the #2 position for human capital management. Tens of millions of frontline workers start and end their days with our software, with billions of shifts managed annually through UKG solutions today. Yet it’s our AI-powered product portfolio designed to support customers of all sizes, industries, and geographies that will propel us into an even brighter tomorrow!   

 Equal Opportunity Employer    

Ultimate Kronos Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive considerations for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, veteran status, and any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws.      

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UKG participates in E-Verify. View the E-Verify posters here.   

Disability Accommodation 

For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email UKGCareers@ukg.com.  

The pay range for this position is $142,100 to $204,200, however, base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and location. This position is also eligible for a short-term incentive and a long-term incentive as part of total compensation. Information about UKG’s comprehensive benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at https://www.ukg.com/careers