Cloud Architect, Platform Engineering - Opportunity for Working Remotely

Business Summary: Cloud Management VMware's Modern Apps & Management Business Unit is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to play a pivotal role in advancing vRealize Cloud team's SRE endeavors. Modern Apps & Management Business Unit is a catalyst to VMware's portfolio of cloud services. This transformation to cloud is turning out to be an exciting journey and we are looking to build a solid SRE team with focus on various production engineering aspects like CICD, SRE, Monitoring etc. SRE team will be responsible for taking SaaS service to production from inception, while providing actionable insights into these services running on AWS cloud. The Elevator Pitch: Why will you enjoy this new opportunity? You have an analytical mind and a passion for the craft of software engineering, and you love solving problems and learning new things. Technologies come and go, but that excites you because of the endless possibilities it creates.  You are looking for an opportunity to work for a company whose software is utilized by every Fortune 500 company and has a significant impact on every industry. You want to be a part of a collaborative environment whose teams care about the product they are creating, how they create it, and the impact it has on customers’ business objectives. We need someone who can collaborate with existing engineering teams and Product Management to design, develop, and deliver next-generation cloud infrastructure and services to support vRealize Cloud customer growth. These deliverables must provide a consistent, secure, scalable and easy-to-use interface that can be consumed by vRealize Cloud’s internal and external customers. Success in the Role: What are the performance goals over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing? Within your first 6-12 months: Demonstrate knowledge of cloud architecture security, scaling, and management principles and have experience working with AWS, and Kubernetes-based cloud services. Contribute to the SaaS platform architectural strategy and roadmap that addresses our scalability, availability, performance, and cost objectives. Work closely with the development team to investigate platform issues and design/implement the necessary solutions. Architect seamless upgrades of infrastructure and services through automation What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis? Managing a cross-cloud SaaS Service platform with high uptime focused on Kubernetes management. Provide design documentation to support the SaaS architecture roadmap and work with the team to refine the effort. You will be building tools for Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) systems and implementing DevSecOps principles in products like Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm at scale. Ensuring we maintain a high security posture and ensure we stay compliant with our varying accreditations (SOC2/FedRAMP) Participate in all team scrum meetings and demos Mentor and coach engineers and seek opportunities for continuous improvement, champion engineering best practices, tooling, and efficiency. What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like? This position reports to the Manager of Engineering at VMware, an experienced software engineer and manager who joined VMware as a software engineer in 2013. The team consists of highly competent senior and junior engineers working as a close-knit group.  We focus on achieving engineering and operational excellence with an automation mindset in whatever work we do as a team. We thrive to get better every day at what we do and try to stay ahead of the industry technology trend to solve problems in a sustainable automated manner. Leadership and the team work hard towards maintaining a culture of true collaboration, thriving towards success together as a team, enabling career growth to fulfill short- and long-term career ambitions. The leadership team is laser-focused on evolving and maintaining a culture of inclusiveness, honesty, and transparency. We believe engineers are the most valuable asset of our company and team. We put extra emphasis on providing a great work-life balance.   Where is this role located? Flexible: this role is based out of VMware’s Palo Alto office, open to candidates across USA. What are the benefits and perks of working at VMware? You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Below are some highlights, or you can view the complete benefits package by visiting www.benefits.vmware.com. Employee Stock Purchase Plan Medical Coverage, Retirement, and Parental Leave Plans for All Family Types Generous Time Off Programs 40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community Rethink's Neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilities Financial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, training, course work, etc.) Wellness reimbursement and online fitness and wellbeing classes This job may require the candidate to travel and/or work from a facility that requires full vaccination prior to entry. VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at VMware are based on business needs, job requirements ,and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. VMware encourages applicants of all ages. VMware will provide reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law. This job may require the candidate to comply with travel restrictions and/or work from a facility that requires full vaccination prior to entry. Category : Engineering and Technology Subcategory: Site Reliability Experience: Business Leadership Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time Posted Date: 2022-04-20 VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. Our cloud, mobility, and security software form a flexible, consistent digital foundation for securely delivering the apps, services and experiences that are transforming business innovation around the globe. At the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. Shape what’s possible today at http://careers.vmware.com. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at VMware are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. VMware encourages applicants of all ages. Vmware will provide reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law.