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Job Type: Full time

Job Number: JR-019765

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Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Designs and implements roadmaps for cloud-based data infrastructures

• Monitor server performance and capacity loads; ensuring accessibility and availability

• Implement automation for cloud platforms; establish monitoring and alerting systems

• Design and maintain server, storage, network, and partner in security infrastructure

• Seeks solutions and helps provide the tools and infrastructure for a DevOps to the development team.

• Mentor other DevOps and Cloud Engineers

• Work with engineers to create and maintain documentation for infrastructure systems, policies and procedures

• Provide Amazon AWS solutions to current projects and initiatives
  Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:

• Strong communication skills.

• Strong documentation/writing skills.

Competencies:

Organizational or Student Impact:

• Follows technical/ business processes; helps support change when necessary.

• Executes complex, specialized technical projects/assignments.

• Responsible for major or many components in the area of expertise.

• Limit errors to prevent impact to client operations, costs, or schedules.

Problem Solving & Decision Making:

• Individual meets department and personal goals with little direction/ supervision.

• Leads key technical projects, programs and may facilitate leadership and development of technical teams.

• Drives project methods, techniques, and procedures.

Communication & Influence:

• Communicates with parties within and outside of the university (e.g., customers, vendors, etc.)

• Works to influence parties within and outside of the job function at an operational level regarding policies, procedures, and practices.

Leadership & Talent Management:

• Responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within the technical area.

• Responsible for managing significant/complex technical projects at this level, involving delegation of work and review of work products.

Job Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Subject matter expert in the area of responsibility or has extensive knowledge of several technical areas.

• Typically requires a technical university degree or equivalent experience.

• 6 years of prior relevant experience.

• Advanced degrees (Master's or PhD) may be required for certain disciplines and reduce the experience requirement by 2-4 years.

Department Specific Minimum Qualifications:

• At least 7 years as a Developer in a Full-stack capacity.

• At least 3 years' experience with AWS Cloud Services

• Comprehensive experience with AWS including a solid understanding of CI and CD, Amazon S3, RDS, EC2, SQS, IAM and Route 53

• Experience with web application development in distributed and parallel systems, developing large scale and highly concurrent software systems, and security software development.

• Experience with Amazon Serverless Services (Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, S3, CloudFront, and Cloudwatch).

• Experience with at least two general purpose programming languages (Java, nodeJS, or Python, etc.)

• Front-End experience with React and/or Angular.

• 7+ of years of experience in performing duties utilizing skills listed above or a bachelor's degree in information technology or related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Chef Experience

• VMWare vSphere and vRealize Automation Experience

• Working Conditions

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
  
  LOCATION: GUADALAJARA

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