Systems Engineer
Bethesda, MD

Job Description

Marriott International is the world's largest hotel company, with more brands, more hotels and more opportunities for associates to grow and succeed. We believe a great career is a journey of discovery and exploration. So, we ask, where will your journey take you?

JOB SUMMARY

The Systems Engineer will provide expertise in the delivery of application artifacts in a consistent manner to production. This role will support the architecting, designing, and maintaining a CI/CD pipeline that spans lower level and production environments. This role will work with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Development and Operations teams to help design applications that are fully automated through a documented workflow. The objective of this position is to facilitate delivery of code to our customers via automation

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Required:

* Undergraduate degree in an engineering or computer science discipline and/or equivalent experience/certification
* 5 years experience in information technology

Technical skills:

* 2 years professional experience in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) modeling including infrastructure as code development (Terraform or similar) or infrastructure engineering at enterprise scale
* 3 years professional experience in automated configuration management (Chef, Puppet, Ansible)
* 1 years professional experience in container operations (Docker, OpenShift Enterprise, GKE, ECS) and orchestration (Docker Swarm, Kubernetes)
* 2 years professional experience with cloud computing technology and its concepts (AWS, Azure, GCP) and/or virtualized (VMWare, OpenStack)
* 4 years Linux system administration or 4 years Windows system administration

Preferred:

* Requirement gathering and Run Book documentation authoring
* Infrastructure operations experience including OS Adminstration
* Experience implementing DevOps practices
* Experience with automated build and quality assurance tools (Jenkins, Artifactory, SonarQube, etc.)
* Experience in one or more of the following: C, C , Java, Python, Go, Perl, or Ruby
* Experience in designing, analyzing, and engineering large-scale distributed systems
* Strong knowledge of emerging tools, software, applications, and systems for attaining best-in-class IT technology across the enterprise

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Technical Leadership

* Produce and complete status reports to include project status, risks, issues and schedules

Delivering Technology

* Work closely with peers to understand system functionality and dependencies
* Understand cloud-based technical architectures and build infrastructure based on technical diagrams and requirements
* Develop infrastructure as code for repeatable environment provisioning via automated blueprints and solutions
* Schedule and run meetings to collect requirements for infrastructure delivery projects
* Work closely with development teams to ensure capacity and throughput requirements are met
* Concept of Operations documentation for runbook operations
* Ensure all projects follow the defined development and business case processes
* Provide consultation for routine and some complex systems development
* Work with Operations team to identify warning and errors for triage
* Coordinate with Operations and Infrastructure teams for deployment and production support activities

IT Governance

* Follow all defined IT standards and processes (i.e. IT Governance, SM&G, Architecture, etc.), and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed
* Execute infrastructure compliance monitors and auditing to ensure user and password security
* Maintain a proper balance between business and operational risk
* Follow the defined project management standards and processes

Service Provider Management

* Research and test new tools for Proof Of Concepts leading to tool procurement
* Make short term plans for the team to effectively utilize resources
* Monitor Service Provider outcomes
* Facilitate timely resolution of service delivery problems and minimizes the impact to clients

CORE COMPETENCIES

Leadership

* Communication - Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner through a variety of methods.
* Leading Through Vision and Values - Keeps the organization's vision and values at the forefront of employee decision making and action.
* Managing Change - Initiates and/or manages the change process and energizes it on an ongoing basis, taking steps to remove barriers or accelerate its pace; serves as role model for how to handle change by maintaining composure and performance level under pressure or when experiencing challenges.
* Problem Solving and Decision Making - Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; obtains and compares information from different sources to draw conclusions, develops and evaluates alternatives and solutions, solves problems, and chooses a course of action.
* Professional Demeanor - Exhibits behavioral styles that convey confidence and command respect from others; makes a good first impression and represents the company in alignment with its values.
* Strategy Development - Develops business plans by exploring and systematically evaluating opportunities with the greatest potential for producing positive results; ensures successful preparation and execution of business plans through effective planning, organizing, and on-going evaluation processes.

Managing Execution

* Building a Successful Team - Uses an effective interpersonal style to build a cohesive team; inspires and sustains team cohesion and engagement by focusing the team on its mission and importance to the organization.
* Strategy Execution - Ensures successful execution across of business plans designed to maximize customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share through effective planning, organizing, and on-going evaluation processes.
* Driving for Results - Sets high standards of performance for self-and/or others; assumes responsibility for work objectives; initiates, focuses, and monitors the efforts of self-and/o others toward the accomplishment goals; proactively takes action and goes beyond what is required.

Building Relationships

* Customer Relationships - Develops and sustains relationships based on an understanding of customer/stakeholder needs and actions consistent with the company's service standards.
* Global Mindset - Supports employees and business partners with diverse styles, abilities, motivations, and/or cultural perspectives; utilizes differences to drive innovation, engagement and enhance business results; and ensures employees are given the opportunity to contribute to their full potential.
* Strategic Partnerships - Develops collaborative relationships with fellow employees and business partners by making them feel valued, appreciated, and included; explores partnership opportunities with other people in and outside the organization; influences and leverages corporate and continental shared services and/or discipline leaders (e.g., HR, Sales & Marketing, Finance, Revenue Management) to achieve objectives; maintains effective external relations with government, business and industry in respective countries; performs effectively as a liaison between locations, disciplines, and corporate to ensure needed resources are received and corporate strategies are understood and executed.

Generating Talent and Organizational Capability

* Developing Others - Supports the development of other's skills and capabilities so that they can fulfill current or future job/role responsibilities more effectively.
* Organizational Capability - Evaluates and adapts the structure of assignments and work processes to best fit the needs and/or support the goals of an organizational unit.

Learning and Applying Professional Expertise

* Continuous Learning - Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application.
* Technical Acumen - Understanding and utilizing professional skills and knowledge in a specific functional area to conduct and manage everyday business operations and generate innovative solutions to approach function-specific work challenges
* Technical Intelligence: Knowledge and ability to define and apply appropriate technology to enhance business process
* Development Methodologies: Knowledge of general stages of SDLC framework and the application tiers within the development space.
* Information Security: Knowledge of the security considerations relevant within the development space, including industry best practices related to information security

Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. Marriott International does not discriminate on the basis of disability, veteran status or any other basis protected under federal, state or local laws.