Software Engineer; AWS, Python, DevOps

About this role:

The Cloud Center of Excellence Team is responsible for developing Gartner's capabilities in automating and streamlining IT infrastructure processes and tasks while improving Gartner's capabilities and service offerings with greater self-service abilities using public cloud platforms and open-source technologies.

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of application developers, operations engineers, architects to understand complex product requirements and translate them into automated solutions that you build.
• Collaborate with colleagues to support and improve architecture, systems, processes, standards and tools.
• Lead technical discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment, security, and high availability in the cloud
• Design, implement, and maintain server, storage, network, and security infrastructure as code.
• Build reusable pipelines for application deployments.
• Write and maintain code for automating the creation of scalable/resilient systems/infrastructure with a focus on immutability and containers.
• Develop, implement, and test automated data backup and recovery, and disaster recovery procedures across multiple regions.
• Write and maintain clear, concise documentation, runbooks and operational standards including infrastructure diagrams.
• Assist development teams in the creation and understanding of automated application configurations.
• Ensure all solutions are properly monitored and instrumented
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in development, test and production environments.
• Design and deploy scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant distributed systems.
• Continuously identify, adopt, & refine best practices.
• Educate/mentor product teams and junior engineers.

• MS or BS degree in computer science or related focus, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years in AWS cloud, automation development, and/or orchestration positions.
• Experience with containers, docker, Kubernetes, serverless functions is required.
• Knowledge of infra automation and management tools like terraform/cloud formation is required.
• Exposure to Git Ops.
• Good scripting experience (python, shell, groovy etc) is preferred.
• AWS and Kubernetes certification is a plus.
• Full Stack Knowledge is a plus

• Effective time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Exceptional communication skills, to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Excellent organization, multitasking, and prioritization skills
• Ability to work independently and with a team
• Good communication skills and ability to work with global teams to define and deliver on projects
• Intellectual curiosity, passion for technology and keeping up with new trends

• Competitive compensation.
• Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
• A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
• A chance to make an impact - your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
• Enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
• 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
• Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
• 401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
• Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
• Parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Gartner Gives Charity Match.

And much more!

• Action Oriented - Deliver fast, get great results. We embrace the vision, roadmap to success and the action it takes to make it happen.
• Intellectually Curious - Seek to learn, love to teach. We're humble and embrace respectful, radical candor with a mindset of ongoing professional and personal development.
• Collaborative - One team, shared mission. We welcome feedback and understand the value of working together to accomplish more than what is possible individually.

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