Job Description

• Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India 

Here at UKG, our purpose is people™. Our HR, payroll, and workforce management solutions help organizations unlock happier outcomes for all. And our U Krewers, who build those solutions and support our business, are talented, collaborative, and innovative problem-solvers. We strive to create a culture of belonging and an employee experience that empowers our people – both at work and at home. Our benefits show that we care about the whole you, from adoption and surrogacy assistance to tuition reimbursement and wellness programs. Our employee resource groups provide a welcoming place to land, learn, and connect with those who share your passions and interests. What are you waiting for? Learn more at

Description

UKG is looking for a Lead Cloud Platform Engineer to join a growing team leading Platform capability for our Engineering organization. You will build new and maintain existing capabilities in our public and private (on-premises) Cloud platforms. You and the team own our Cloud Experience for UKG. You will use building blocks, Go language, Terraform, Ansible, and work with on-premise infrastructure OpenStack and Cloud services in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Qualifications

Job Responsibilities

• Manage, improve, and maintain our tools and services stack across the organization and deliver value incrementally
• Maintain and enhance our current set of managed services, which include: Kubernetes, MongoDB, MongoDB Atlas, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, RabbitMQ, and PostgreSQL
• Build mature applications and services to enable Product Development teams through in-house self-service portal
• Collaborate with Development and Engineering teams to understand gaps and requirements while meeting expectations
• Architect and implement solutions for internal self-service offering technical architecture diagrams and user guides for internal administrators, operators, and users
• Join team meetings daily and as needed and collaborate with peers and teams within the organization
• Troubleshoot issues by reviewing information at hand, develop detailed implementation plan with automation and test details, and mentoring team members
• Be on a rotational on-call schedule with the team
• Perform other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager or team lead depending on severity and business needs
• Occasional travel as necessary

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field, however equivalent work experience in similar position may be substituted for educational requirements.
• 8+ years of experience building and/or configuring Cloud infrastructure and services (on-prem or public) through code, such as Terraform.
• 8+ years of experience with Cloud Native solutions (Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, and/or Azure).
• 8+ years of experience with at least one programming language (e.g. Java/Golang/Ruby/Python).
• Experience working with container technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with one or more distributed version control/Source Code Management (SCM) technology and its workflows like git and the understanding of the GitOps/DevOps mindset.
• Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining highly available services at scale.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure test automation.
• Experience with web technologies utilizing Microservices, SOA patterns and REST.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with databases such as MySQL, NoSQL (MongoDB, Atlas), Elasticsearch.
• Experience with Redis and Message Queue (RabbitMQ, etc).