Sr. DevOps Engineer
Dallas, TX

Job Description

ABOUT DEALERSOCKET

DealerSocket is a leading provider of software for the automotive industry. Our mission is to drive the future of automotive, by simplifying the experience for its customers and partners with a suite of seamlessly integrated products. DealerSocket's suite of products includes advanced Customer Relationship Management (CRM), innovative Digital Marketing and Websites, robust Vehicle Inventory Management, insightful Analytics Reporting, and solutions to streamline dealer operations such as Desking, Credit Reporting, Compliance, and a Dealer Management System (DMS) for dealers of all sizes. To put it simply: we help dealers sell and service vehicles more profitably, while improving their customers' experience. The DealerSocket Team is more than 1,000 employees strong, serving nearly 8,000 dealerships. Visit careers.dealersocket.com to learn more about how you can join our winning team!

POSITION SUMMARY

A Sr. DevOps Engineer needs to be driven to make the organization stronger, faster, better through improved tooling and training. They need to be good at sharing knowledge and understanding concepts in order to enable and level up the rest of the organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Build and maintain solutions that enable agile teams to do more
* Be an ambassador for the DealerSocket vision of DevOps
* Mentor other engineers in development and operations roles
* Document both existing and new capabilities
* Communicate effectively with team members
* Stay current with industry standard tools and technologies
* Solve complex software engineering tasks
* Follow established coding standards and practices
* Assist in establishing and supporting coding standards

Skills/Requirements

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES

* Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems or Computer Science or equivalent experience and knowledge
* 5+ yrs in DevOps or System/Software engineering
* Experience setting up automated processes from scratch
* Familiar with DevOps practices
* CI/CD tools (i.e. TeamCity, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, Gitlab)
* Environment Automation (i.e. Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Terraform, CloudFormation)
* Amazon Web Services (i.e. EC2, S3, ELB, Lambda)
* Git and related tools (i.e. Bitbucket, Github, Gitlab)
* Docker and containerization
* Familiarity with strong system programming languages (i.e. Powershell, Python)
* Accuracy and attention to detail
* Professional demeanor
* Works effectively in a team setting
* Works efficiently across distributed teams
* Aptitude for learning new technologies and concepts
* Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritize
* Strong verbal and written communication skills
* Strong organizational skills
* Able to translate customer and business needs to technical solutions
* Resilient to change
* Able to lead small team initiatives
* Demonstrates leadership