Platform Engineer - DevOps and CI/CD Specialist

Platform Engineer

Job Description

• Pipeline Development: Create, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines at scale using GitHub Actions, Python scripts, and similar tools.
• Version Control Management: Handle GitHub management tasks at the Enterprise organization level.
• Build and Integration: Automate the deployment of containerized or serverless applications to the cloud. Help build common building and implementing common practices to whole organization
• Collaboration with Developers: Work closely with development teams to integrate new features smoothly into pipelines and assist with troubleshooting build failures.
• Testing and Validation: Set up automated testing frameworks, static code analysis tools, and unit tests.
• Deployment: Manage application deployments across multi-account cloud environments.
• Monitoring and Optimization: Oversee pipeline performance, resolve issues, and drive ongoing improvements for speed and reliability.
• Documentation and Standards: Develop and sustain documentation for CI/CD pipelines and ensure compliance with DevOps best practices.
• Toolchain Management: Administer build environments and dependencies, including static code analyzers, test coverage reporting, and infrastructure as code.
• Maintaining and Governing Supporting DevOps Tooling: Oversee tools such as Github, Jfrog, Sonarqube, and similar platforms.
• Security: Apply security measures throughout the pipeline, including vulnerability scanning and verifying artifact integrity.
• AI & LLM: Incorporate and optimize Large Language Model (LLM) usage in pipelines, supporting code reviews, defect detection, and vulnerability identification.

Education: Bachelor's or Master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Minimum of five years' practical DevOps experience, with in-depth knowledge of CI/CD methodologies.
• Mandatory Skills:
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools such as GitHub, GitLab, or Jenkins.
• Thorough knowledge of Git version control practices, including branching, merging, and tagging
• Comfortability to working on command line on Linux environments
• Advanced scripting capabilities in Python, Bash, or comparable languages for automation purposes.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Prior experience with core services on cloud platforms including AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure is desirable.
• Expertise in infrastructure as code, utilizing tools like AWS CDK, AWS CloudFormation, or Terraform is preferred.
• Fundamental understanding of serverless infrastructure is considered an asset.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker) and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) is advantageous.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks is beneficial.

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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