Linux Automation Engineer, Research Lab

Company Overview:

Samsung SDS is the digital arm of the Samsung group and a global provider of cloud and digital transformation innovations. Samsung SDS delivers enterprise-grade solutions and services in cloud, secure mobility, analytics / AI, digital marketing and digital workspace. We enable our customers in government, financial services, healthcare, and other industries to drive business in a hyper-connected economy helping them to increase productivity, safeguard assets, and make smarter decisions.

Some of the key areas of focus and activities of Samsung SDS America include digital transformation solutions, enterprise mobility, and cloud services.

Position Overview:

Samsung SDS America is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Linux Automation Engineer to join our team supporting the most advanced Research & Development Lab. The ideal candidate will have a passion for automation and infrastructure development and will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing software solutions and automation workflows for our IT infrastructure and operations.

As a member of our top-notch team, you will work closely with other cross-functional teams to automate workflows, improve server OS deployments and provisioning processes using automation, and develop containerized applications using the tools such as OpenShift, Kubernetes, Podman, and Docker. You will leverage web frameworks like Flask or Django to provide full-featured RESTful APIs that can be used by end-users and other applications. In this role, you will also be responsible for hands-on application debugging, troubleshooting, and problem remediation with automation workflows. You will contribute to the development of configuration management policies to further automate and streamline operations and contribute to open source tool builds used on Linux servers.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and collaborating with peers and internal customer teams to understand requirements and develop new tools/applications/APIs. You will be expected to continuously evaluate and improve best practices for IT process automation.

The Team is working onsite at Samsung Semiconductor Lab in Austin, Texas. This role will be expected to work from the office based in Austin, TX.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and implement software solutions and automation workflows for IT infrastructure and operations
• Based upon requirements, independently design and develop best-practice code that enable integration and administration of diverse applications with a focus on process automation
• Deploy production-ready code using industry-standard testing and deployment processes, such as unit/acceptance tests, testing environments and CI/CD processes
• Leverage web frameworks (such as Flask or Django) to provide full-featured RESTful APIs that can be used by end-users and other applications
• Document and support automation services – and continue to build on that automation framework; make it responsive, make it self-healing and incorporate AI and make it purely data driven
• Improving and refining server OS deployments and provisioning processes using automation
• Design, implement and support of IT applications, such as CMDB, ELK stack, GraphQL and other tools such as Grafana, InfluxDB, MariaDB, PostgreSQL
• Contribute to configuration management policy development to further automate and streamline operations
• Contribute to open source tool builds used on Linux servers
• Hands-on application debugging, troubleshooting, and problem remediation with automation workflows
• Build tools and implement automated flow to integrate seamlessly into our job scheduling system, including regression and continuous integration systems
• Work with other cross-functional teams to automate workflows, implement dashboards and monitoring systems and support engineering groups
• Develop containerized applications using tools such as OpenShift/Kubernetes/Podman/Docker and champion adoption of microservices and containerization best practices for automating IT processes
• Closely collaborate with IT and internal customer teams to understand requirements and develop new tools/applications
• Continuously evaluate and improve best practices for IT process automation
• Responsible for contributing and fully focused on executing on project plans defined as by SARC IT team

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in IT automation engineering

• Proficient in Python and Shell scripting
• Extensive experience with development best practices, including source control, pull requests, and code reviews
• Skilled in producing production-ready code using testing and deployment best practices
• Experienced in developing and working with APIs (Flask, Django, Sanic, or similar)
• Knowledgeable in CI/CD tools and software testing frameworks
• Expertise in building, configuring, monitoring, and supporting open-source tools and application stacks on Linux
• Proficient with a wide range of Linux operating system commands and utilities
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, and/or OpenShift
• Business traveling up to ~10%
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Work onsite in our office according to company policy
• Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in designing and developing enterprise-scale software solutions, collaborating closely with customers and stakeholders to meet their requirements
• Proficient in configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or CFEngine
• Dedicated to continuously enhancing services and automating processes to better serve customers and colleagues
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Self-motivated with the capability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Experience working with data analytics tools (CMDB, ELK stack, GraphQL, Grafana) and databases (InfluxDB, MariaDB, PostgreSQL)
• Understanding of infrastructure components – storage, compute network, licenses, version control system and basic system administration skills
• Knowledge of server provisioning with tools such as Redhat Satellite Server, Foreman, PXE, Kickstart
• Knowledge of building, configuring, and administering Linux computer systems in an environment with hundreds or thousands of clients
• Knowledge of Jira, Jira Project Management, Confluence, BitBucket
• Familiarity with Virtualization environments and tools such as VMWare, vCenter, vCenter Orchestrator
• ELK stack (Elastic Search, Logstash, Kabana), Splunk
• Knowledge of internet protocols and services including TCP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP, SSH, LDAP & AD
• Cloud experience (AWS/Google Cloud/Azure)
• Experience with containers / Kubernetes / OpenShift
• Knowledge of EDA workflows

Benefits

Samsung SDSA offers a comprehensive suite of programs to support our employees:

• Top-notch medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage
• Wellness program
• Parental leave
• 401K match and savings plan
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time off
• Additional benefits

Samsung SDS America, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, marital status, genetic information, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process for candidates with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.