Cloud DevOps Engineer

Southwest Airlines is seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer to support the Enterprise Access Management Team. This role focuses on ensuring the reliability and scalability of the company's AWS infrastructure while driving innovation and collaboration to deliver secure authentication and Single Sign-On services.

Responsibilities:

• Operate in a DevOps culture and team, responsible for architecture, design, development, implementation, and ongoing operations of new and emerging technology platforms
• Implement automation tools and frameworks for automatic code deployment (CI/CD)
• Lead the design, development, and evolution of cloud infrastructure
• Establish and/or follow procedures and standards to ensure high quality and quantity of work
• Establish or follow prioritization processes to drive work and has a sense of urgency about getting work completed
• Consult with stakeholders to specify requirements and solutions which address business challenges and opportunities
• Serve as a subject matter expert in cloud infrastructure, performing design reviews and consulting with your teams to ensure design best practices
• Maintain business continuity and disaster recovery processes
• Participate in system and acceptance testing to ensure that systems are functionally appropriate, technically sound, and well-integrated
• Test and implement system and enhancements using techniques that preserve system integrity
• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information systems or similar fields of study or equivalent advanced level experience
• Intermediate-level experience, fully functioning broad knowledge in Cloud software or DevOps
• Knowledge of AWS Infrastructure as a Service Automation tools like Cloud Formation
• Knowledge of AWS compute, data sources, security technologies
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (IAC)
• Skilled in deployment strategies using Docker for containerization
• Skilled in monitoring tools
• Ability to mentor and guide team members' learning, including introducing new ideas and technologies
• Ability to anticipate business needs and lead a team towards identifying and solving cross-domain problems
• Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines
• Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines
• Must be able to travel and /or attend Company and non-Company facilities and remote locations such as remote-based offices as necessary
• Experience with technical tools such as Docker, Serverless, ECS, EKS, and Terraform
• Experience with Gitlab