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Description

UKG is looking for a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to join a growing team leading Platform capability for our Engineering organization. You will build new and maintain existing capabilities in our public and private (on-premises) Cloud platforms. You and the team own our Cloud Experience for UKG. You will use building blocks, Go language, Terraform, Ansible, and work with on-premise infrastructure OpenStack and Cloud services in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

In support of our culture, we are adopting a hybrid working model of 3 days per week in the office and the rest of the week from home. The UKG office that this position is located in is Lowell, MA.

Job Responsibilities
• Manage, improve, and maintain our tools and services stack across the organization and deliver value incrementally
• Maintain and enhance our current set of managed services, which include: Kubernetes, MongoDB, MongoDB Atlas, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, RabbitMQ, and PostgreSQL
• Build mature applications and services to enable Product Development teams through in-house self-service portal
• Collaborate with Development and Engineering teams to understand gaps and requirements while meeting expectations
• Architect and implement solutions for internal self-service offering technical architecture diagrams and user guides for internal administrators, operators, and users
• Join team meetings daily and as needed and collaborate with peers and teams within the organization
• Troubleshoot issues by reviewing information at hand, develop detailed implementation plan with automation and test details, and mentoring team members
• Be on a rotational on-call schedule with the team
• Perform other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager or team lead depending on severity and business needs

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field, however equivalent work experience in similar position may be substituted for educational requirements.
• 3+ years of experience building and/or configuring Cloud infrastructure and services (on-prem or public) through code, such as Terraform.
• 3+ years of experience with Cloud Native solutions (Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, and/or Azure).
• 3+ years of experience with at least one programming language (e.g. Java/Golang/Ruby/Python).
• Experience working with container technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with one or more distributed version control/Source Code Management (SCM) technology and its workflows like git and the understanding of the GitOps/DevOps mindset.
• Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining highly available services at scale.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure test automation.
• Experience with web technologies utilizing Microservices, SOA patterns and REST.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with databases such as MySQL, NoSQL (MongoDB, Atlas), Elasticsearch.
• Experience with Redis and Message Queue (RabbitMQ, etc).
• Experience in Agile delivery and Scrum frameworks.

For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email UKGCareers@ukg.com.