Cloud DevOps Engineer

Southwest Airlines is an airline company seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer to support its Cloud Common Platform Team. The role designs and builds enterprise cloud infrastructure, develops automation and CI/CD capabilities, and partners with application, security, and architecture teams to support secure cloud modernization and transformation.

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:

• • 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
• • Required: High School Diploma or GED
• • Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information systems or similar fields of study or equivalent advanced level experience
• • Required: Intermediate-level experience, fully functioning broad knowledge in Cloud software or DevOps
• • Ability to perform work duties from [limited space work station/desk/office area] for extended periods of time
• • Ability to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the job
• • Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy to meet the demands of the job
• • 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