Associate Cloud DevOps Engineer - Direct College Hire

Southwest Airlines is an airline company offering an early-career technology development program. The Associate Cloud DevOps Engineer will support software engineering platforms and tools by operating in a DevOps environment, implementing CI/CD automation, and developing cloud infrastructure. The role also involves stakeholder collaboration, system testing, design reviews, and learning business continuity and disaster recovery processes.

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 for automatic code deployment (CI/CD)
• Develop and evolve cloud infrastructure
• Follow procedures and standards to ensure high quality and quantity of work
• Follow prioritization processes to drive work and has a sense of urgency about getting work completed
• Meet with stakeholders as requested by leaders to listen and gather requirements that address business challenges and opportunities
• Build knowledge in cloud infrastructure, performing design reviews and consulting with your team and mentor to learn design best practices
• Learn about 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:

• • This role is offered as a remote workplace position, which may require travel for training, meetings, conferences, etc. Outside of those required visits, the majority of your working time may be spent in a remote location, away from our Corporate Campus. Please note, while this is a remote position, there is a limited group of states or localities ineligible for Employees to regularly perform their work. Those ineligible locations are: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, and Puerto Rico. Applicants must reside in an eligible state by their first day of employment. Relocation assistance is not provided for this position
• • U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available
• • Knowledge of the AWS Infrastructure as a Service Automation tools like Cloud Formation
• • Knowledge of AWS compute, data sources, security technologies
• • Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (IAC)
• • Ability to manage and learn new technologies/services/features
• • Ability to partner and communicate with various Technology Teams
• • Ability to work effectively in a strong Customer service / team-oriented environment
• • Ability to take on multiple assignments, whether administrative or project related, while maintaining a successful level of completion in all responsible work
• • Ability to prioritize effectively
• • Ability to develop, present and effectively communicate ideas to a variety of audiences
• • Required: High School Diploma or GED
• • Required: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field; or equivalent formal training
• • Required: Entry-level experience; developing skills and 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
• • Preferred: Intermediate level experience, fully functioning broad knowledge in:
• • Programming languages such as Node.js, Java, JavaScript, C#, or Python
• • AWS cloud services and concepts, including Lambda, S3, Fargate, DynamoDB, EventBridge, ECS, Kinesis, and SQS
• • DevOps practices and CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) concepts
• • Generative AI concepts and foundational understanding
• • API development, integration, and service-based architectures
• • Continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, TeamCity, Bamboo, or Azure DevOps/TFS
• • Version control and automation tools such as Git, Bitbucket (Stash), Nexus, Gradle, and YAML-based configuration management
• • Agile or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies
• • Applying systems thinking to solve complex and ambiguous business or technical challenges
• • Building strong relationships and establishing trust across cross-functional teams and stakeholders