Job Specifications
Department Overview
This opportunity is part of the Global Technology Infrastructure & Operations team (GTIO), where our mission is to deliver modern and relevant technology that supports the way McDonald’s works. We provide best-in-class foundational technology products and services including Global Networking, Cloud, End User Computing, and IT Service Management. It’s our goal to always provide an engaging, relevant, and simple experience for our customers.
The Cloud Platform Engineer II role is part of the Cloud Ecosystem team in Global Technology Infrastructure &Operations. The role reports to the Cloud Platform Senior Manager and is responsible for supporting and maturing an Enterprise DevOps pipeline in Cloud. As a Cloud Platform Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in crafting the definition, vision, design, road map and development of product features from beginning to end. You will support the Digital, Data, Engineering, and Restaurant development teams by delivering a scalable, resilient, and secure Cloud DevOps Pipeline and supporting tooling.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced technology leader to help shape the transformation of infrastructure and operations products and services to the entire McDonalds environment.
Responsibilities
Automate the provisioning of cloud environments through the concept of pipeline engineering using Terraform, Chef, Puppet and other tools.
Research, analyze, design, develop and support high-quality automation workflows in the cloud platform that are appropriate for business and technology strategies.
While embedding with teams, strategize, consult, and prototype alongside other engineers to implement best practices and solutions for applications utilizing CI/CD and the cloud.
Drive proof of concepts and conduct technical feasibility studies for business requirements.
Remain up-to-date on emerging technologies and architecture and propose ways to use them in current and upcoming projects.
Lead and facilitate the creation of compliance automation and policy-as-code to streamline cloud governance.
Strive to provide internal and external customers with excellent customer service and world-class service.
Effectively communicate project health, risks and issues to the program stakeholders, sponsors and management teams. Resolve most conflicts between timeline, budget, and scope independently but intuitively escalate complex or consequential issues to senior management.
Identify and direct changes through appropriate review and approval mechanisms.
Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security.
Work well in an agile environment
Build, implement, and support tools that improve customer experience
Qualifications
4+ years of Cloud development and support experience such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and a Bachelor’s degree or 3 years relevant experience and a Master’s degree.
Experience developing design specifications, test plans, and protocols.
Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Professional level certification (AWS DevOps Professional, GCP Kubernetes Professional) or similar is a plus
Experience in software development (e.g. C#, .Net, .Net core) or scripting (e.g. Python, Powershell, etc.).
Associate GCP Certification OR Associate AWS certifications (e.g. Developer, Solution Architect, or SysOps Administrator Associate).
Good knowledge of IaaS and PaaS offerings in AWS and/or GCP
Good knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code and associated technologies (e.g. repos, pipelines, Terraform,etc.).
Strong experience in Kubernetes. Knowledge of GKE, EKS
Innate desire to automate everything you touch.
Self-starter, able to come up with solutions to problems and execute on those solutions while coordinating with other teams.
Infrastructure experience is a plus
Ability to create system and process flow diagrams, data flow diagrams, sequence and UML diagrams, inter and intra system dependencies within the functional domain and across them
Knowledge and understanding of industry trends and new technologies and ability to apply trends to architectural needs.
Excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Salary Range
The expected salary range for this role is $104,482.00 - $130,602.00 per year
The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors.
Additional Information:
Benefits eligible: This position offers health and welfare benefits, a 401(k) plan, adoption assistance program, educational assistance program, flexible ways of working, and time off policies (including sick leave, parental leave, and vacation/PTO). Eligibility requirements apply to some bene