Software Engineer II – AWS

This position is remote/work from home. You need to reside in the Eastern or Central Time Zone.

Who We Are + What We Do:

At Cox Automotive, we strive to offer the best technology to enable a seamless workflow for our Engineering community. You’ll be immersed in an environment that values your teamwork and collaborative problem-solving skills while still nurturing your individualism.

We’re seeking a Software Engineer to join our Cox Automotive team.

The Software Engineer designs, configures, implements, and supports the majority of cloud environments at Cox Automotive. As part of the Engineering Enablement group, you are responsible to deliver best-in-class tooling and platforms to enable hundreds of teams across the organization to be successful and productive. The Software Engineer will be providing technical guidance and acting as a point of escalation for enterprise toolsets and cloud solutions at Cox Automotive. This engineer is also critical to helping identify cost-saving opportunities within Cloud Infrastructure and creatively solving complex problems that enable engineering teams across Cox Automotive.

Technology We Support and Use: GitHub, Artifactory, New Relic, Service Now, Slack, Pager Duty, Snowflake, Terraform, Python, Docker, GO, Amazon Web Services, and technologies

Your Role:

• Write readable, maintainable, and efficient code
• Collaborate with developer scrum team members on best practices, code reviews, internal tools, and process improvements.
• Performs architectural cloud review of incoming requests to assess and make recommendations to our customers.
• Identifying cost-efficient strategies for the cloud and defining/sharing best practices with our customers.
• Analyzing current processes in the cloud business operations group and identifying ways of improving processes.
• Ensures all documentation and knowledge bases are updated to help ensure good collaboration within and outside of our group.
• Collaborate with team members and leadership to develop road maps and strategies for the Cloud.
• Enabling customers getting into the cloud with configuration/deployment of new tool accounts and other requests.
• Participate in Team on-call rotation?

Qualifications:

Minimum Skills/Experience:

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of industry-related professional experience and education. Advanced technical degree and/or related training a plus
• Passionate technologists with an innovative mindset
• 4+ years of professional service development experience with a proven ability to deliver projects on time
• Some type of Object-Oriented Programing experience.
• Design and develop the platform with self-service, automation, and performance in mind
• Hands-on experience with designing and implementing on AWS is preferred
• Experience with operational support of running service-based applications such as Github Enterprise, Artifactory, ServiceNow, and Slack
• Strong database development skills, including advanced SQL, relational and NoSQL database technologies is preferred
• Live by Agile (particularly Scrum) principles and collaborate with team members using Agile techniques including test-driven development, code reviews, and retrospectives
• Willing to use your engineering skillsets to solve problems and provide solutions across our toolsets

What We Look For:

• Proven ability to work independently and as part of a team; designing, developing, and problem-solving.
• Experience with Python, CICD concepts, ORM concepts, and agile development methodologies desired
• Experience designing and implementing web applications with highly optimized and scalable architectures is a plus.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services is a plus.

Who We Are

About Cox Automotive

There’s nothing ordinary about Cox Automotive. We are people of every background driven by our passion for mobility, innovation, client success and community outreach. We make buying, selling and owning (or simply using) cars easier for everyone. Touching more than 40,000 clients across five continents, we bring together the best brands and the best teams to propel the automotive industry forward. Some of those team members work for our iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book, while others are creating the future of automotive at industry-facing brands like Dealer.com, Manheim and vAuto.

About Cox

We are the Cox family of businesses. We’ve been making our mark since 1898 by building and evolving world-class businesses, staying true to our values, and encouraging top talent to always look for growth and impact while building a career with us. Our primary divisions – Cox Communications and Cox Automotive – are driving a new wave of innovation, powering smart cities with powerhouse broadband communications and pioneering greener, more progressive transportation alternatives for individuals and fleet operators. We’re also expanding into new spaces like cleantech and healthcare to rev up our momentum toward building a better future for the next generation. We’re looking for the talent today who will be our leaders tomorrow. Sound intriguing? Learn more about where we are today, where we hope you’ll be going with us, and the common purpose that unites us at coxenterprises.com.

Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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