What you’ll do
- Contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of the overall cloud infrastructure platform using modern IaC (Infrastructure as Code) practices.
- Work closely with software development and systems integration teams to build end-to-end solutions.
- Design and build infrastructure utilizing container orchestration such as EKS/K8S
- Help choose and select managed cloud services that meet the needs of the platform engineering team to support software development goals
- Design and build CICD tools, automation, and practices to enable agile and secure software deployments.
- Design and implement cloud infrastructure components, ensuring high availability, reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Implement monitoring solutions to proactively identify and address potential issues.
- Implement logging solutions to facilitate efficient troubleshooting and analysis.
- Collaborate with security teams to ensure the platform meets industry standards and compliance requirements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and QA engineers to ensure robust and reliable systems.
Location & Travel Expectations: The responsibilities of this role require attendance at in-person meetings and events occasionally. While we will consider remote applicants for this role, this role is not eligible for remote work in New York City. Applicants should expect that the role will require the ability to convene with Scout colleagues in person and travel to participate in events on behalf of the company from time to time.
What you’ll bring
We expect all Scouts to have integrity, curiosity, resourcefulness, and strive to exhibit a positive attitude, as well as a growth mindset. You’ll be comfortable with change and flexible in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. You’ll take a collaborative approach to achieve ambitious goals.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field or equivalent work experience.
- 6-8+ years of hands-on experience as a DevOps, Cloud, or Site Reliability engineer.
- Proficient in building automation using languages such as Python, Shell, Ruby, and others.
- Strong experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Expertise in configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
- Solid understanding of CI/CD concepts and tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, Harness.io, ArgoCD).
- Multiple years of experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi, or CDK).
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. When a problem occurs, you run towards it not away.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills. You treat colleagues with respect. You have a desire for clean implementations but are also humble in discussing alternative solutions and options.
- A teaching and coaching approach to guiding engineers and teams in approaches.
What you'll gain
The benefits of joining Scout include the chance to build products and a company from the ground up. This is a chance to create something new and lasting – with an iconic brand at its foundation. In addition, Scout provides competitive compensation and benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing. Program specifics are detailed in company policies and employee benefit guides, select highlights:
- Competitive insurance including:
- Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
- 401(k) program with:
- An employer match and immediate vesting
- Generous Paid Time Off including:
- 20 days planned PTO, as accrued
- 40 hours of unplanned PTO and 14 company or floating holidays, annually
- Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
- Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave
- Corporate Vehicle Program with:
- Eligibility to lease up to 2 vehicles at competitive rates
Pay Transparency
This is a full-time, exempt position eligible to receive a base salary and to participate in an annual performance bonus program. Final salary offered will be determined based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience. The annual performance bonus program is preset and not candidate dependent.
Initial base salary range = $150,000.00 - $180,000.00
Internal leveling code: IC8
Notice to applicants:
- Residing in San Francisco: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Scout Motors will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- Residing in Los Angeles: Scout Motors will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
- Residing in New York City: This role is not eligible for remote work in New York City.
