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At a glance
Senior Cloud role at Volkswagen. Belmont · $104,600–$188,200 base.
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What you'll do
- Keep the data and machine-learning infrastructure running by updating, deploying, and monitoring team-built systems
- Spot ways to improve system speed, reliability, and automation as you maintain the platform
- Help carry infrastructure work from research into production for systems serving millions of vehicles
- Translate infrastructure and machine-learning teams’ DevOps needs into priorities for the project
- Provision cloud capacity for everyday demand and help create resources that scale with project needs
What you bring
- At least four years working with cloud technology and DevOps for complex systems
- Hands-on DevOps experience with Docker and AWS, including CloudFormation
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD for distributed applications, plus cloud deployment, troubleshooting, and operations
- A bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent education and experience
Who this fits
This senior, hands-on role suits someone who can support complex cloud systems and work across infrastructure and machine-learning teams. The position is based in Belmont, California, requires schedule flexibility, and may involve domestic and international travel of up to ten percent.
From the employer
Worldwide, the Volkswagen Group has a long tradition of dramatic innovations. The Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. The Group comprises twelve brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania and MAN.
Brief Role Description
This hands-on position is responsible for helping to design, develop, deploy, and maintain big cutting-edge data systems to enable the VW Group to better understand and serve our customers. This position will work with local and international colleagues developing global-scale infrastructure supporting acquisition, analysis, and machine learning using data coming from future vehicle releases of the VW Group (including brands such as Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, etc.).
Possible Tasks within this Role
- You will support the DevOps efforts for a petabyte-scale data collection and machine learning infrastructure project that will power future intelligent driving systems.
- Update, deploy, and monitor systems developed by the team, proactively looking for opportunities to improve performance, reliability, and automation.
- Help move implementation through automotive industry development phases, from research to deployment supporting millions of cars on the road.
- Analyze and support DevOps requirements from infrastructure developers and machine learning specialists, focusing on the most important topics in the rapidly evolving automotive industry.
- Oversee day-to-day usage and provisioning of cloud resources, both in terms of fixed resource needs, as well as helping build systems for dynamic scaling based on project needs.
Qualification requirements
Required Skills and Experience:
- Experience with key DevOps technologies including Docker, as well as DevOps experience in AWS, including CloudFormation.
- Broad skills and experience in deploying, debugging, and managing systems in cloud environments such as AWS.
- Ability to build and maintain continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) systems for complex, distributed applications, using tools like Jenkins.
- Experience diagnosing and debugging applications in complex, distributed, heterogeneous computing environments.
- Mastery of key development tools such as GIT, and familiarity with collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence or similar tools.
- Overall, 4+ years of industry experience working with cloud technologies and handling DevOps functions for complex systems.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
Desired Skills and Experience:
- Familiarity with AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeDeploy, and AWS CodeCommit CI/CD services.
- Hands-on development with relevant distributed computing languages, frameworks, and libraries.
- Experience with highly-scalable and distributed databases and the key issues affecting their performance and reliability.
- Experience or understanding of developing machine/deep learning systems in a distributed environment.
- Conventional backend development experience with Java and common frameworks (Spring, Play).
Years of Required Experience
- 5-7 years professional DevOps and Cloud experience
Education Requirements:
Required
- BS in Computer Science or a combination of education and experience
Desired
- MS in Computer Science
Work Flexibility:
- Ability to work flexible schedule. Domestic (U.S.) and International (Canada & Europe/Germany) travel may be required (up to 10%)
Compensation Data
This position is located in Belmont, CA. The pay range for this location is $104,600-$188,200.
Volkswagen Group of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable laws. CK1
Volkswagen Group of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.
This role description is a guideline and does not create contractual rights between the Company and any of its applicants. The Company does not enter into any type of employment contract, implied or written, with its applicants regarding job security.
This Organization participates in E-Verify. We maintain a drug free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.