Build Engineer
Description
Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world's leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it's our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination and why we've won so many awards as a best place to work. If you become a Splunker, we want your whole, authentic self, what we call your "million data points". So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you.
Role Summary
As a Build Engineer, reporting to the Senior Build and Release Manager, you will be responsible for expanding and supporting the build services we provide to AppDynamics. This role will focus on assisting the Engineering teams at AppDynamics with their current and future build pipelines, and adhering to the best practices and tenants set forth by the Build and Release team. A focus expertise for this role will be someone with a wide knowledge of gradle and build systems. Other key technologies include, but are not limited to: AWS, Jira, TeamCity,
Git, Linux, Windows, Powershell, Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Packer, Kubernetes, Docker and Bitbucket. Our ideal candidate is an individual who’s driven by technology and enjoys automation and problem solving. We work hard, we like to challenge the status quo, and we enjoy having fun!
Meet the Products and Technology Team
Want to build security and observability products people love AND work with people as smart (and humble) as you are? Our products and technology team delivers digital resilience at enterprise scale with a self-service Splunk portfolio that offers unified security analytics, full stack observability and real-time visibility of streaming data. Learn more about the team, meet our leaders, and hear from Splunk technologists and engineers at splunk.com/careers/products-and-technology.
What you'll get to do
- Serve as part of a cross functional Agile team as a build systems expert
- Troubleshoot performance and stability issues using a wide variety of tools
- Follow change management processes during implementations
- Ensure that day-to-day operational requirements and SLAs are met
- Work with key Business stakeholders to understand their business requirements, recommend potential solutions, and secure resources to deliver
- Coordinate with Security team to ensure best practices are employed in environments
- Maintain key operational metrics and provide regular updates to upper management
- Deliver operational services that focus on empowering our employees and reducing cost per end user
- Seek opportunities to streamline standard operating procedures through automation
Must-have Qualifications
- Experience in a cloud focused environment
- Proficiency in at least 2 major scripting languages (shell, python, PHP, Perl, Ruby).
- Candidates should demonstrate strong technical strengths in most of the following areas:
- AWS major services - must have
- Linux
- Scripting
- Orchestration
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Experience with the following technologies is a plus:
- Windows
- Git
- Atlassian
- “Can do” attitude and strong customer service and track record on delivering quality results
- Ability to provide reliable technical support and guidance on complex issues in a high velocity, dynamic environment
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to internal customers and upper management
- Strong analytical and organizational skills, including the proven ability to adapt to a dynamic project environment and manage multiple projects simultaneous
Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Thank you for your interest in Splunk!