Systems Engineering Senior #1029777
Job Description:

• Our company is embarking on an electrifying digital transformation, and our cutting-edge API ecosystem is at its very heart.
• We're seeking a visionary and experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to take a leading role in architecting and operationalizing the DevOps strategy for our business-critical API Gateway (Apigee).
• This is a unique chance to engineer robust, scalable solutions that will power seamless connectivity across company's global operations, directly impacting how we innovate and serve our customers.
• If you're a highly motivated engineer who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, is passionate about Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and genuinely excited to learn and adapt every single day, we invite you to help us build the future.

 
What You'll Do (Your Impact & Responsibilities):

• Spearhead DevOps Evolution: Lead the engineering effort to re-imagine and modernize the DevOps tooling, processes, and operational mindset for our mission-critical Apigee API Gateway.
• Champion Site Reliability (SRE): Design, build, evolve, and automate the production operations of our API Gateways, embedding SRE principles to ensure exceptional availability, performance, and efficiency.
• Global Collaboration & On-Call: Actively participate in a global on-call rotation (currently 1 week every 10 weeks, in a "follow the sun" model), collaborating with a talented international team to ensure 24/7 operational excellence.
• Drive Strategic Alignment: Work proactively across diverse organizational boundaries (engineering, product, security) to champion and implement the enterprise-wide DevOps API Gateway Strategy.
• Build and Innovate: Develop robust application software and automation tooling leveraging cloud-native architectures across a full stack of technologies.
• Embrace Quality-First Development: Utilize test-driven development (TDD) methodologies to deliver high-quality, resilient, and maintainable technical solutions.

 
Skills Required:
To thrive in this role, you'll need a strong foundation in modern DevOps practices and cloud technologies:

• DevOps & CI/CD Mastery (5+ Years): Proven experience with modern CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub, Tekton, Jenkins), Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform), and advanced deployment techniques (blue/green, canary releases).
• Distributed Systems & Cloud Expertise (5+ Years): Deep understanding of REST API design, web service implementation, and experience with distributed architectures running on platforms like CloudRun, Kubernetes, or OpenShift.
• Agile Champion: Demonstrable experience working within Agile methodologies and familiarity with tools like Jira, Rally, or similar.
• Programming Prowess: Proficiency in one or more languages such as Java, GoLang, or C++, enabling you to build effective automation and tooling.

 
Skills Preferred:
These qualifications will set you apart and allow you to hit the ground running:

• API Development & Consumption Pro (5+ Years): Hands-on experience developing and consuming RESTful web services, particularly using frameworks like Spring or Java EE.
• Deep API Technology Knowledge: Expertise in API-related standards and tools such as JSON, XML, REST principles, Swagger/OpenAPI specifications, and API testing tools like Postman.
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Experience: Significant cloud development and operational experience, especially within the Google Cloud Platform ecosystem.
• API Gateway Operations: Direct experience with API Gateway operations, troubleshooting, and management (Apigee experience is a strong plus).
• SRE Practitioner: Proven experience implementing SRE principles, defining SLOs/SLIs, managing error budgets, and driving incident post-mortems.
• Infrastructure Architecture Acumen: Solid infrastructure engineering or architecture experience, with a strong emphasis on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices.
• GoLang Enthusiast: Specific experience and a passion for developing with the Go programming language.

 
Experience Required:

• DevOps & CI/CD Mastery (5+ Years): Proven experience with modern CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub, Tekton, Jenkins), Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform), and advanced deployment techniques (blue/green, canary releases).
• Distributed Systems & Cloud Expertise (5+ Years): Deep understanding of REST API design, web service implementation, and experience with distributed architectures running on platforms like CloudRun, Kubernetes, or OpenShift.

 
Education Required:

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

 
Education Preferred:

• A Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

 
Additional Info:
 
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra.  We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
 

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

 
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
FastTek Global was named one of the Top Workplaces in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023!
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