DevOps Engineer

Job Requisition ID #

Position Overview

Do you thrive in an environment where you can work on engaging and challenging projects? Every year Autodesk hires talented engineers to join our global teams and benefit from unlimited access to our technology and industry mentors. If this sounds like you… let's talk. 

We are expanding our team for the Platform Services and Emerging Technologies organization. Our engineering culture will empower you to make effective decisions, work collaboratively, and take accountability for engineering projects at the core of the company. 

We are seeking a motivated and skilled DevOps Engineer to administrator, manage, and optimize our GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Enterprise Server environments. The ideal candidate will have experience in GitHub Administration or Application Administration and possess a robust continuous learning mindset. This role requires excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to support GitHub at scale for thousands of developers.

Innovative. Rewarding. Respectful.  These are words we hear every day from employees about life at Autodesk.  We empower our customer with technology that impacts the world though better design, and we start by empowering our employees to do their best work at home or in the office.  We encourage employees to demonstrate their expertise, communicate honestly, and be a bit of a genius. Autodesk employees are free to share opinions and know that they will be respectfully listened to. 

Responsibilities

• Application Support: Provide Level 3 support and troubleshoot enterprise applications both in our data center and in the cloud

• Maintenance & Upgrades: Perform regular application upgrades and maintenance

• Developer Support: Support a large developer base efficiently and effectively

• Security & Compliance: Facilitate audit controls and ensure application security measures

• API Integrations: Troubleshoot and manage integrations utilizing APIs and SDKs

• Collaboration: Work closely with internal stakeholders to build and troubleshoot integrations

• Reliability: Ensure high reliability and uptime of applications

• On-Call Rotation: Participate in on-call rotations to provide production support

• Availability: Be available to perform system maintenance occasionally on evenings or weekends

Minimum Qualifications 

• Experience: 3-5+ years of experience supporting source control tools for internal engineers

• Linux Administration: 3-5+ years of experience with Linux system administration

• System Logs: Ability to read and debug Linux system logs

• Git Expertise: Hands-on experience using Git and troubleshooting common Git errors

• Virtual Machines & Cloud: Familiarity with production-level virtual machines and cloud environments

• API Interaction: Experience interacting with APIs via tools like curl

Preferred Qualifications

• GitHub Expertise: Experience with GitHub Enterprise Cloud, GitHub Enterprise Server, or Artifactory Administration

• Programming: Knowledge of programming languages such as Python, Bash, or Node.js

• GitHub Features: Familiarity with GitHub Actions, GitHub Integrations, and Artifactory & Artifactory XRay features

• Kubernetes: Experience with Kubernetes

• Monitoring Tools: Knowledge of logging and monitoring tools such as Splunk or Dynatrace

• Code Quality: Familiarity with feature flags and code quality tools

• Infrastructure as Code: Experience with Infrastructure as Code practices

• Certifications: GitHub or DevOps certifications are a plus

The Ideal Candidate

• Problem-Solving: Strong ability to tackle ambiguous problems and think abstractly

• Interpersonal Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration

• Adaptability: Strong adaptability to changing requirements and projects

• Growth Mindset: A commitment to continuous learning and professional growth

• Methodologies: Familiarity with agile methodologies

• Language Proficiency: Proficiency in spoken and writ