Senior DevOps Engineer

Overview

Salary Range: $109,853-$184,613

Senior DevOps Engineers lead the design and implementation of hybrid clouds infrastructure, kubernetes clusters, and CI/CD pipelines. They are responsible for architecting and building platforms using Infrastructure as Code and frameworks to create consistent, verifiable, and automatic management and deployment of application between all environments throughout the development lifecycle. They monitor, troubleshoot, maintain, and continuously improve containerized applications, Kubernetes clusters, and cloud infrastructure. They automate infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, backups, security, and monitoring. They perform job duties with a DevOps approach to ensure quality in all phases of the process.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with architects and development teams to understand technical requirements and convert them to executable infrastructure solutions
• Design, build, and maintain cloud-agnostic infrastructure using Terraform, and Kubernetes. Implement infrastructure as code for multi-cloud or hybrid deployments.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for applications deployments  
• Architect and manage Kubernetes ecosystem tooling, including Kubernetes policy enforcement, GitOps deployments, and service mesh for secure service-to-service communication.
• Create and manage Kubernetes clusters, write YAML manifests for pods, services and deployments
• Build and maintain dockers images and containerized applications for high availability and scalability
• Manage and enhance Kubernetes clusters access control, service scaling and secret managements, policies
• Develop native cloud functions and watchers for notification and ServiceNow ticket integration.
• Automate monitoring and alerting in Zabbix
• Manage cloud infrastructure (multi-clouds) for Commercial on the Shelf applications (various applications)
• Write automation scripts using Python, Bash, and PowerShell
• Document infrastructure configurations, deployment process, and runbooks for knowledge sharing
• Propose and implement branching strategies and version control best practices
• Design and support backups and disaster recovery: On Prem, Cloud, Kubernetes resources
• Lead technology planning through ongoing research, forecasting, and proactive initiatives. Establish and maintain standards and best practices
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues involving multiple systems and networks
• Conducts software rollouts that target a large group of the user community
• Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and observability solutions, including Open Search (logging), Grafana (dashboards), Tempo (tracing), Mimir (metrics storage), and Alloy (data pipelines).
• Administer developers accounts, permissions, and access rights;  Guides the development team
• Analyze current technology utilized within the company and develop steps and processes to improve and expand upon them
• Manage centralized secrets and rotation using HashiCorp Vault and External Secrets Operator
• Evaluate and implement open-source and vendor-neutral DevOps tools to avoid lock-in.
• Experience with cloud security, such as managing users, roles, and privileges through IAM and integrating vulnerability assessment tools with CI/CD pipeline
• Partner with InfoSec to design and implement cloud security controls, Kubernetes admission policies, and vulnerability remediation processes. Implement security controls
• Ensure all infrastructure and pipelines meet PCI DSS and SOC2 requirements and support external audits.

Qualifications

• • Bachelor's degree in computer science with 7+ years' experience in clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP) and open source implementation projects. A degree is highly desirable but not required, as appropriate experience will be considered. 
  • Experience of different platforms (on-prem and clouds).
  • Kubernetes experience is mandatory
  • Terraform experience is mandatory. Hands-on experience with HashiCorp Vault
  • Experience of workloads migrations (between clouds and on-prem).
  • Exposure to FinOps or cost optimization across multi-cloud environments.
  • Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Familiarity with data platforms (Apache Family products Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Camel, NIFI, Atlas).
  • Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical people effectively.
  • Experience of CI/CD practices and integration with DevOps pipelines.
  • Experience in the logistics industry, maintaining cloud resources for Manhattan Scale, and large order management systems.
  • Experience in a multinational, multilingual setup. Multiple spoken languages is a plus
  • Certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes) are a plus.

   

  Desired Knowledge of the Following:

   

  • Azure, AWS, Google, Proxmox (Networking, VMs, PaaS databases, storage, security)
  • Linux, Windows
  • Docker & Kubernetes (multi-cluster, federation, service mesh) ; AKE, GKE, and EKS, YAML, Swarm, containerization
  • Terraform, ArgoCD, cloud CDKs, Formation, Ansible, Helm, Jenkins
  • Familiarity with microservices, API gateways, and service discovery patterns.
  • Versioning tools like Git, GitHub, Bitbucket...
  • CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps
  • Extensive scripting with Python, Perl, Bash, PowerShell
  • Linux administration & scripting (Bash, Python, Go preferred)
  • Experience with NoSQL databases like Cassandra, DynamoDb...
  • Experience with SQL databases MSSQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required.

Core Competencies

• Inspires the trust of others; Works with integrity and ethically; Upholds organizational values.
• Demonstrates ability to comply with YLA Core Competencies: Problem Solving & Decision Making, Accountability & Responsibility, Communication, Collaboration & Teamwork, and Customer Focus. 

Benefits

Yusen offers a generous Employee Benefits Package including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision beginning the 1st of the month following start date
• 401k with a company match
• Standard 10 days PTO 
• Eligible for bonus plan
• 7 Paid Holidays 
• Eligble for OT pay if applicable 
• Flexible Spending Accounts, Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability, Tuition Assistance Program, Commuter Benefits, vacation, and much more

Any and all benefits offered are subject to the eligibility requirements, terms, and provisions set forth in the respective policies and plan documents, which you may request from Human Resources.

About Yusen Logistics (Americas)

Yusen Logistics is working to become the world’s preferred supply chain logistics company. Our complete offer is designed to forge better connections between businesses, customers and communities – through innovative supply chain management, freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution services. As a company we’re dedicated to a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring everyone who works with us is committed, connected and creative in making us the world’s preferred choice.

www.yusen-logistics.com/

Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc. values each individual employee and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce by providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, uniform service member status, age, disability, sexual and gender orientation, genetic information, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.

Los Angeles County Only: Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc. will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc. is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. Find out more about the Fair Chance Act by visiting the Civil Right’s Department Fair Chance Act webpage.