Sr. DevOps Engineer

Sr. DevOps Engineer - Kohler Ventures

Work Mode: Hybrid

Location: Hybrid, 3 days/week onsite in either NYC or Palo Alto, CA

Opportunity

Kohler Ventures is an independent company wholly owned by Kohler Co., global leader in the manufacture of kitchen and bath products, tile and home interiors, and an international host to award-winning hospitality and world-class golf destinations. Our mission is to build new digital businesses that empower consumers to lead healthier lives. We explore how familiar experiences can be enhanced and innovations developed through the integration of leading-edge technology, science, and design. Come join us as we build a best-in-class global multi-disciplinary team across artificial intelligence, machine learning, design, advanced software and hardware engineering, strategy, venture investments, sales, marketing, and partnerships. Our locations are Palo Alto, CA US, New York City, NY US, Kohler, WI US, Seoul, Korea, and Tel Aviv, Israel.

In your role as Sr. DevOps Engineer at Kohler Ventures you will:

• Work directly with the Head of Software, software engineering team, and product teams

• Design cloud backend architecture that can scale with the business growth of Kohler Ventures

• Build the forward-looking vision and lead the effort to understand and drive requirements with hardware/software teams.

• Measurably improve code normalization across one or more critical code concerns throughout the codebase

Skills/Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• You hold a bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.

• You've spent over 5 years orchestrating the cloud tasks with AWS and CDK.

• You embody the essence of DevOps processes advocating for collaboration, monitoring automation and continuous improvement.

• Hands-on experience with wide range of AWS services including networking, security, apps hosting, scripting infrastructure as code, supporting productions environments, monitoring/troubleshooting/ maintaining high availability, scalability, robustness, and performance.Kubernetes, ArgoCD (K8S controller), Github Actions

• Availability to work outside of standard business hours as needed to be able to collaborate with teams across multiple time zones.

• Ability to travel 10% of time both domestically and internationally if needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience deploying and maintaining data streaming platforms experience with either Kafka or Solace.

• Strong technical experience in some of the following areas: API Descriptor specifications, such as Protocol Buffers, GraphQL, OpenAPI.

• Experience in cloud security architecture and infrastructure.

• Strong ability to communicate complex technical and management information clearly and concisely.

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We will consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this opportunity.

The approved base salary range for this position is $114,500 - $145,450. The actual base salary offered to a candidate may be higher than the approved range. This will vary depending on a variety of factors including the candidate's experience, their education, and the work location. This position is subject to Area Salary Differential (Cost of Living Adjustment) that ranges from 24.5%-30% of base salary for the San Francisco Bay area. The approved base salary range including ASD for this position is $148,850 - $189,085 depending on location. In addition, this position is eligible for a performance bonus and a special project incentive. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision and 401k.

Why Choose Kohler?

We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation. With more than 30,000 bold leaders across the globe, we're driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.

About Us

It is Kohler's policy to recruit, hire, and promote qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. If, as an individual with a disability, you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact kohlerjobs@kohler.com . Kohler Co. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.