Jr. Engineering Operations Engineer

Sonatus is a well-funded, fast-paced, and fast-growing company whose technologies and software help automakers build dynamic software-defined vehicles. With two generations of solutions already on the road with a top global OEM, our vehicle and cloud software solutions are at the forefront of the digital transformation of vehicles. The Sonatus team is a talented and diverse collection of technology and automotive specialists hailing from many of the most prominent companies in their respective industries.

Sonatus is a leader in providing technologies and software to global OEMs to build software-defined vehicles. As a part of a cross-functional team that is responsible for the full software development life cycle, you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and products, from conception to deployment.   We are seeking a new grad to junior level motivated Engineering Operations engineer to learn about and help with optimizing our processes as well as on-prem and SaaS infrastructure, ensuring its reliability, scalability, and performance. In this role, you will contribute to the design, implementation, and management of our infrastructure and tools. You will acquire skills to maintain a high-availability environment for our applications and services. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to automate and streamline our operations, troubleshoot issues, and contribute to the overall architecture and strategy of our on-prem and SaaS infrastructure.  

Duties and Responsibilities

• Help evaluate, configure, operate, maintain engineering applications, tools and utilities, on-prem and in hybrid or full cloud environments.
• Assist with the administration of our CI/CT pipeline (Jenkins or similar solutions).
• Set up and manage compute, network, storage in coordination with IT.
• Develop and enhance tools to increase engineering productivity.
• Manage engineering tools such as Jenkins, web services / dashboards, MySQL databases, Jama, etc.
• Develop tools for automation in Python, PHP, bash.
• Collaborate with TPMs, operations, development and QA to assess requirements for engineering to work smoothly, efficiently, and within budget.
• Think outside the box and from a customer's perspective on how to improve existing processes and come up with innovative solutions to challenges.
• Assist in the development and implementation of engineering policies, rules, protocols to produce a (security-)compliant work environment across our engineering organization.
• Document changes, new tools & processes, and create dashboards and reports.
• Learn about standards applicable to software companies and help us ensure continuous compliance with those standards, such as ISO 9001, ISO 27001, MISRA, etc.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (MS preferred) in Computer Science, Computer engineering, Electrical engineering, or other related fields with 0-2 years of working experience in EngOps/DevOps/IT, networking, cybersecurity, or a similar field.
• A previous internship or apprenticeship in a software development organization
• Familiarity with Linux / Unix system environment including the underlying hardware it runs on.
• Basic knowledge of Ethernet networking.
• Prior experience in shell scripting, Python and/or PHP.
• Excellent problem-solving, technical, and analytical abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• An open and innovative mindset.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience with application-level virtualization through tools like Docker, and machine virtualization via hypervisors such as KVM, VMware, or similar.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technology such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef.
• Knowledge of observability and monitoring tools/frameworks (e.g., Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, OpenTelemetry).

Consider being part of the Sonatus team and receive the following:   Benefit Offerings includes: - Competitive compensation and equity program - Health care plan (Medical, Dental & Vision) - Flexible and Dependent Care Expense program - Retirement plan (401k) - Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D) - Unlimited paid time off per year - Hybrid office work-arrangement/flexibility   Perk Offerings include: - Complimentary lunches, snacks and beverages during on-site working days - Wellness benefit allowances (towards gym membership and fitness programs) - Internet reimbursement - Computer Accessory Allowance   Employee Engagement Offerings: - Departmental team building and outings - Employee Referral Program - Culture/Employee Satisfaction Surveys - Feedback matters! - Peer Award Program (monthly) - Innovative Award Program (annual)

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