Sr Site Reliability Engineer

Sr Site Reliability Engineer

This position is hybrid - located in Atlanta, GA. A successful candidate is required to live in Atlanta (or surrounding area), and go into office at least 1 day per week.

Cox Automotive is currently looking for a Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering to join our team.

About the Team

This Software Engineer will be part of the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team. The SRE team is an innovative team devoted to providing automated solutions and services for Cox Automotive to measure, evaluate and plan for visible, reliable application delivery and maintenance.

About the Position

As a member of the SRE team, you will work with development teams to help create automated pipelines and solutions required for continuous delivery. The tools and use-cases are diverse, and our challenge is to increase the development velocity by optimizing various parts of the pipeline while improving application stability. Much of our software development focuses on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure, and eliminating work through automation. We are looking for engineers who are passionate about infrastructure as code and continuous deployment to build scalable and highly reliable applications.

If you love to figure out how all the pieces are put together and if automation and building tools to monitor and manage your applications sounds interesting to you, we want to talk to you.

As a S ite Reliability Engineer at Cox Automotive you:

• Have a consultant's mindset - you LISTEN, and lead your customers into the goodness of SRE practices
• Have incredible communication skills you put the cookies where all the kids can get to them
• Are strongly averse to clicking in a UI, and only ever do so with one hand while pinching your nose with the other and grimacing
• Recognize your obligation to the team to elevate the practice of SRE to the highest standard possible
• Have an irresistible compulsion to automate EVERYTHING - testing, deploying, monitoring, etc.
• Display a strong sense of ownership for the work you produce
• Have been accused of muttering 'Everything As Code' in your sleep and have a 'Cattle, Not Pets' bumper sticker on your car
• Improve predictability and reliability of software releases, workflows, and operating software.
• Reduce complexity and streamline delivery by participating in the creation of and promoting the use of reusable code, tooling, systems, and solution patterns
• Are self-aware. You realize we are all growing together, and we want to help each other do exactly that you win when we win

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in a related discipline and 4+ years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as Masters degree and 2 years' experience, P.h.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 8 years' experience in a related field.
• Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
• Ability to debug, optimize code, and automate routine tasks
• Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with effective communication skills and a sense of drive
• Understanding of Linux operating systems
• Fluent coding experience with at least one of these languages: Python, Java, C#/++, Ruby
• Experience rolling out highly available, mission-critical applications
• Experience with version control systems (Git or SVN) and branching strategies
• Experience designing, deploying, and supporting solutions in AWS
• Experience with CI/CD systems (Jenkins, CircleCI, GitHub Actions), Artifactory (or Nexus)
• Experience with Database Server infrastructure (RDS, Aurora, MySQL, Postgres, etc)
• Experience with agile development, continuous integration and automated testing
• Excellent written communication, problem solving, and process management skills
• Desire to work in a fast paced, evolving, growing, dynamic environment. Everyone says this, but here, it really really is.

Who We Are

There's nothing ordinary about Cox Automotive. We are people of every background driven by our passion for mobility, innovation, client success and community outreach. We make buying, selling and owning (or simply using) cars easier for everyone. Touching more than 40,000 clients across five continents, we bring together the best brands and the best teams to propel the automotive industry forward. Some of those team members work for our iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book, while others are creating the future of automotive at industry-facing brands like Dealer.com, Manheim and vAuto.

About Cox Automotive

At Cox Automotive, people of every background are driven by their passion for mobility, innovation and community. We transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars, accelerating the industry with global powerhouse brands like Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim and more. What's more, we do it all with an emphasis on employee growth and happiness. Drive your future forward and join Cox Automotive today!

About Cox

Cox empowers employees to build a better future and has been doing so for over 120 years. With exciting investments and innovations across transportation, communications, cleantech and healthcare, our family of businesses - which includes Cox Automotive and Cox Communications - is forging a better future for us all. Ready to make your mark? Join us today!

Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page .

Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.

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