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Job Number 24112133

Job Category Information Technology

Location Marriott International HQ, 7750 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Schedule Full-Time

Located Remotely? Y

Relocation? N

Position Type Management

JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking a passionate Software Engineer- DevOps to join our Digital Engineering team. The candidate will work with our Senior Software Engineers to design and build innovative solutions in support of our web platforms.

In this role you will be developing frameworks for state-of-the-art web platforms to build end-to-end automation using CI/CD pipeline, define release strategy, maintain test harnesses, build reporting workflow for integration etc. This role also involves partnering with multiple stakeholders including but not limited to product owners, UX, back-end engineers, and QA engineers.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience

Required:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience/certification in computer science or related discipline

• 5+ years’ experience in Devops and DevSecops implementations

• Thorough understanding of SDLC, Automation tools and framework, CI/CD pipelines.

• Design, develop and implement software integrations based on requirements.

• Serve as a source of technical expertise to all product teams.

• Recommend and maintain technical design methodologies, troubleshooting, processes, and standards!

• Proactively identifying and resolving key technical issues

• Gather and analyze metrics from operating systems as well as applications to assist in performance tuning and fault finding.

• Partner with development teams to improve services through rigorous testing and release procedures.

• Participate in platform management, capacity planning, and system design

• Balance feature development speed and reliability with well-defined service-level objectives

• Stay up to date with the latest Devops technologies and best practices.

Preferred:

• Experience with CI/CD and project management tools (e.g. Git, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, etc.)

• Create plug-and-play/reusable solutions and patterns for CICD pipelines.

• Create, develop, and implement automation and system integration for various build platforms.

• Publish and disseminate DevOps and DevSecOps best practices, patterns, and solutions

• Build or maintain CICD building blocks and shared libraries proactively for app and development teams to enable quicker build and deployment.

• Design action plans to address CICD platform/tools/solutions’ shortcomings and difficulties.

• Experience with configuration management and deployment automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Terraform, etc.

• Experience in System Testing and Building Automation Tools

• Experience with web technologies (REST, JSON etc.)

• Experience with container technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)

• Experience with both private and public cloud infrastructure and interfacing programmatically through APIs

• A proactive approach to identifying problems, performance bottlenecks, and areas for improvement.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• Effective communication and teamwork skills.

• Experience with monitoring tools like Dynatrace, Splunk, et al.

• Proven ability to work in an Agile development environment.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Technical Leadership

• Trains and/or mentors other team members, and peers as appropriate, including installation and support teams

• Provides technical input on department or projects, budgets, capital expenditures or other cost/resource estimates as requested

• Identifies opportunities to enhance the service delivery processes.

Delivering Technology

• Facilitates achievement of expected deliverables and obligations of Services Providers

• Validates completeness of requirements prior to Service Provider solutioning

• Ensures all projects follow the defined development and business case processes

• Ensures proper coordination with appropriate IT and vendor relations teams

• Provides consultation for routine and complex systems development

• Ensures early warning to the business stakeholder executives regarding degraded or missed service levels

• Coordinates with Operations and Infrastructure teams for deployment and production support activities

IT Governance

• Follows all defined IT standards and processes (i.e. IT Governance, SM&G, Architecture, etc.), and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed

• Maintains a proper balance between business and operational risk

• Follows the defined project management standards and processes

MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES

Leadership

• Communication - Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner through a variety of methods.

• Leading Through Vision and Values - Keeps the organization's vision and values at the forefront of employee decision making and action.

• Managing Change - Initiates and/or manages the change process and energizes it on an ongoing basis, taking steps to remove barriers or accelerate its pace; serves as role model for how to handle change by maintaining composure and performance level under pressure or when experiencing challenges.

• Problem Solving and Decision Making - Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; obtains and compares information from different sources to draw conclusions, develops and evaluates alternatives and solutions, solves problems, and chooses a course of action.

• Professional Demeanor - Exhibits behavioral styles that convey confidence and command respect from others; makes a good first impression and represents the company in alignment with its values.

• Strategy Development - Develops business plans by exploring and systematically evaluating opportunities with the greatest potential for producing positive results; ensures successful preparation and execution of business plans through effective planning, organizing, and on-going evaluation processes.

Managing Execution

• Building a Successful Team - Uses an effective interpersonal style to build a cohesive team; inspires and sustains team cohesion and engagement by focusing the team on its mission and importance to the organization.

• Strategy Execution – Ensures successful execution across of business plans designed to maximize customer satisfaction, profitability, and market share through effective planning, organizing, and on-going evaluation processes.

• Driving for Results - Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; assumes responsibility for work objectives; initiates, focuses, and monitors the efforts of self and/or others toward the accomplishment goals; proactively takes action and goes beyond what is required.

Building Relationships

• Customer Relationships - Develops and sustains relationships based on an understanding of customer/stakeholder needs and actions consistent with the company’s service standards.

• Global Mindset - Supports employees and business partners with diverse styles, abilities, motivations, and/or cultural perspectives; utilizes differences to drive innovation, engagement and enhance business results; and ensures employees are given the opportunity to contribute to their full potential.

• Strategic Partnerships - Develops collaborative relationships with fellow employees and business partners by making them feel valued, appreciated, and included; explores partnership opportunities with other people in and outside the organization; influences and leverages corporate and continental shared services and/or discipline leaders (e.g., HR, Sales & Marketing, Finance, Revenue Management) to achieve objectives; maintains effective external relations with government, business and industry in respective countries; performs effectively as a liaison between locations, disciplines, and corporate to ensure needed resources are received and corporate strategies are understood and executed.

Generating Talent and Organizational Capability

• Developing Others - Supports the development of other’s skills and capabilities so that they can fulfill current or future job/role responsibilities more effectively.

• Organizational Capability - Evaluates and adapts the structure of assignments and work processes to best fit the needs and/or support the goals of an organizational unit.

• Learning and Applying Professional Expertise

• Continuous Learning - Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application.

• Technical Acumen - Understanding and utilizing professional skills and knowledge in a specific functional area to conduct and manage everyday business operations and generate innovative solutions to approach function-specific work challenges

• Technical Intelligence: Knowledge and ability to define and apply appropriate technology to enhance business process

• Development Methodologies: Knowledge of general stages of SDLC framework and the application tiers within the development space.

• Information Security: Knowledge of the security considerations relevant within the development space, including industry best practices related to information security

• Business Acumen - Understands and utilizes business information to manage everyday operations and generate innovative solutions to approach business and administrative challenges.

• Basic Competencies - Fundamental competencies required for accomplishing basic work activities.

• Basic Computer Skills - Using basic computer hardware and software (e.g., personal computers, word processing software, Internet browsers, etc.).

• Mathematical Reasoning - The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly, correctly, and in a way that allows one to solve work-related issues.

• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

California Applicants Only: The salary range for this position is $83,550 to $178,603 annually.

Colorado Applicants Only: The salary range for this position is $83,550 to $162,366 annually.

Hawaii Applicants Only: The salary range for this position is $101,096 to $178,603 annually.

New York Applicants Only: The salary range for this position is $83,550 to $178,603 annually.

Washington Applicants Only: The salary range for this position is $83,550 to $178,603 annually. In addition to the annual salary, the position will be eligible to receive an annual bonus. Employees will accrue 0.04616 PTO balance for every hour worked and eligible to receive minimum of 7 holidays annually.

All locations offer coverage for medical, dental, vision, health care flexible spending account, dependent care flexible spending account, life insurance, disability insurance, accident insurance, adoption expense reimbursements, paid parental leave, educational assistance, 401(k) plan, stock purchase plan, discounts at Marriott properties, commuter benefits, employee assistance plan, and childcare discounts. Benefits are subject to terms and conditions, which may include rules regarding eligibility, enrollment, waiting period, contribution, benefit limits, election changes, benefit exclusions, and others.

Marriott HQ is committed to a hybrid work environment that enables associates to Be connected. Headquarters-based positions are considered hybrid, for candidates within a commuting distance to Bethesda, MD; candidates outside of commuting distance to Bethesda, MD will be considered for Remote positions.

The application deadline for this position is 7 days after the date of this posting, June 27, 2024.

Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law.

Marriott International is the world’s largest hotel company, with more brands, more hotels and more opportunities for associates to grow and succeed. Be where you can do your best work,​ begin your purpose, belong to an amazing global​ team, and become the best version of you.