Top 3 skill sets for the ideal candidate to have:
• Azure Cloud administration and provisioning resources
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
• CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in the cloud SRE/DevOps/Infrastructure, or any related fields
- Azure Cloud administration and provisioning resources
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
- CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, et
- Any understanding of SSH, VPN, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP(S), network routing and subnets
- Any experience with always-on and high-volume web server stack, Azure PaaS and Azure networking, provisioning native Managed Apps & CI/CD pipelines
- Proven knowledge of service-oriented architecture/Cloud
- Fluent in Shell Scripting with experience implementing automation and monitoring using shell scripting and other related tools
- Knowledge of Linux architecture, security, administration, performance monitoring/tuning, troubleshooting, and production operations
Typical Duties
- Design and build infrastructure and systems that provide high levels of scalability, reliability, and performance for Kroger’s stack, while balancing security, maintainability, reliability and operational excellence
- Work with the engineering team to continuously implement and improve reliable and speedy build environments for DEV & QA; provide timely build status updates; automate as much as possible to improve efficiency and quality
- Promote innovation, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, and self-organization
- Ensure traceability, observability, and retrievability of system behavior
- Build logging, monitoring, and alerting systems to identify bottlenecks and assist with debugging, analysis, and optimization in cloud, on-prem and store environments
- Experiment with and recommend new technologies that simplify or improve company's stack
- Craft solid and clearly explained designs, playbooks, and documentation, for consumption by teammates and the larger engineering organization
- Participate in an off-hours on-call rotation, and perform periodic off-hours work during maintenance windows