Senior DevOps Engineer - Mountain View, United States - CARIAD

Description

Job Description

We are CARIAD, an automotive software development team with the Volkswagen Group. Our mission is to make the automotive experience safer, more sustainable, more comfortable, more digital, and more fun. To achieve that we are building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry and creating a unified software platform for over 10 million new vehicles per year. We're looking for talented, digital minds like you to help us create code that moves the world. Together with you, we'll build outstanding digital experiences and products for all Volkswagen Group brands that will transform mobility. Join us as we shape the future of the car and everyone around it.

Role Summary

This is a DevOps Engineer Sr position in the Android Compatibility & Security team. This department is responsible for developing the Android Automotive OS Certification program (within Cariad) to ensure that the company's goals around Android Compatibility and Security are met.

Role Responsibilities

Build/DevOps activities:

• Ensure and negotiate efficient and well-defined interfaces & collaboration agreements with CARIAD and our partners involved in the development of our Android-based Infotainment Systems.
• Focus on continuously improving the DevOps tooling, software installers, and software delivery processes.
• Advocate a DevOps culture of automation, self-service, and engineering best practices to enable development teams.
• Own and maintain highly reliable environments and toolchains with clear communication and timeliness of any disruptions to internal stakeholders.
• Monitor and continuously improve the capacity of production environments infrastructure.
• Investigate and fix performance and scalability bottlenecks.
• Contribute to building a strong team of Build Infrastructure Engineers.
• Unify development pipeline, build process, testing and deployment strategies across diverse teams.

Additional activities:

• Mentoring software engineers on best practices and patterns
• Leading new project proposals to stakeholders (domestic and international)
• Creation of technical specifications and documentation

Years of Experience

• 7+ years of software industry experience, including at least 5 years of focus on Software Build and Release/DevOps of Consumer Electronics or Automotive Infotainment.

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field

Desired Education

• Master's Degree (or equivalent) in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field

Skills:

• Thoughtful Problem Solver & Communicator: Thinks analytically, critically & creatively and communicates with clarity, direction & purpose.
• Attentive Listener: Listens actively while withholding judgment and advice. Clarifies intentions & motivations to anticipate and address potential conflicts & avoid misunderstanding.
• Drives Diversity: Acts from a deep-rooted belief that we build better teams & products when we empower & learn from the broadest spectrum of humanity.
• Leads with Integrity: Speaks-up with compassion & empathy to firmly stand by our values, principles, rules & regulations.
• Thrives in Ambiguity: Approaches challenges with an open and curious mindset and a strong bias towards action. Zooms out to systematically map out the situation and is comfortable making high impact decisions based on limited or conflicting information.
• Highly Accountable: Assumes personal responsibility for making and keeping realistic agreements. Openly owns mistakes and consequences. Demonstrates strong commitment and consideration for the larger interests of society, the environment, the company and the team.

Required Skills:

• Experience building Android Open Source Project (AOSP) from scratch
• Knowledge about the Android Framework, AOSP platform architecture, and related build systems
• Extensive understanding of source code version control systems like git, GitHib, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps server
• Experience of automation tools configuration and implementation of frameworks (CI / CD pipelines)
• Proficiency in writing scripts and automation using Python / Java / Bash
• 5+ years of working experience in automated continuous build process
• Experience in creating VM templates and deploying them at scale and tracking revisions.
• Solid working experience with the software life-cycle methodologies
• Experience in an object-oriented programming language (Java, C++, C#, etc..)

Desired Skills

• Working experience with Google Services for Android (GAS)
• Working experience in a large and complex computing environment
• Experience with CLI (command line interface) to automate and create repeatable processes
• Experience with agile development practices and tools (e.g., SAFe, Confluence, Jira, etc.)
• Expert knowledge of applied cryptography and PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)
• Technical knowledge of security engineering, computer and network security
• Good understanding of computer networks, routing, load balancing, APIs
• Ability to troubleshoot and fix infrastructure and network related issues
• Tooling expert to optimize the performance of Linux / Android applications
• Hands-on knowledge about different types of hypervisors in automotive environments

Work Flexibility

• Frequent early morning calls, (virtual) meetings & workshops (overlapping with German business hours) to align with stakeholders and development teams in Germany.
• Occasional international and domestic travel to provide on-site support and planning/integration workshops with our internal and external stakeholders.

Compensation

Salary range is dependent on factors such as geographical differentials, credentials or certifications, industry-based experience, qualification and training. In the city of Santa Clara, California, the salary range for this position is $132,400 - $202,000.

CARIAD, Inc. provides performance based merits and annual bonus along with a competitive benefits package. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match and defined contribution plan, short and long term disability, basic life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment plans, maternity and non-primary caregiver leave, adoption assistance, employee referral program and vacation and paid holidays. We also offer a unique vehicle lease program that covers registration and insurance fees.

CARIAD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.

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