AVP, DevOps/Network Automation Engineer

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Team:

As part of the Systems Engineering team within Infrastructure Services, you will drive the change to systems that ensure all network infrastructure is functioning properly and securely to support business operations in an automated fashion. This position requires the ability to analyze, troubleshoot and resolve technology issues, configure, and maintain systems, and support a variety of industry-standard tools and applications. You must be very motivated and willing to take on challenges, learn new concepts and be willing to multi-task to succeed. This role is responsible for designing, optimizing, and implementing automation, operational support, and monitoring technologies for the network engineering and operations teams.

Your Role:

* Develop new ideas and technical procedures to increase automation, improve operational efficiency with network focused tooling and enhance workflow to minimize and/or eliminate manual CLI processes.
* Create new technical solutions, improve existing designs, and modify and test software tooling.
* Conduct presentations via technical fireside chats and/or brown bag style training

Your Qualifications:

* 3+ years of related DevOps experience with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
* 5+ years of experience as an SRE/Operations Engineer
* Deep understanding of Linux. Prior experience as a system administrator is highly desirable.
* Experience with Netbox
* Proven proficiency in Terraform and/or Ansible
* Experience with VMWare, KVM and/or Docker. Setting up, configuring, documenting, and maintaining virtual machine environments, virtualization, containers
* Strong scripting skills in at least two disciplines (Python, Perl, Bash, Ansible, Golang, etc..). Create and maintain scripts and tools to automate the configuration and usability.
* Administration of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, or equivalent public cloud infrastructure. Bonus points for related certifications.
* Be a self-starter with ability to balance a sense of urgency against measured thinking and attention to detail in coordination with best practices and the team.
* Written and verbal communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with system users and other technical colleagues.
* Hands on experience with networking, DNS, security, virtualization, containers, load balancing and firewalling, etc

Not required but things you could bring to the table:

* F5 BIG-IP and/or other Load Balancer experience
* Experience with Monitoring and Alerting, and Capacity Management Tools (Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana)
* Experience working with Kubernetes
* Experience with SAML and Okta administration

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $123,100 - $178,450, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody’s also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion, national origin, citizen status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Moody’s also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email accommodations@moodys.com. This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For San Francisco positions, qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

This position may be considered a promotional opportunity, pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

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