Job Description

The Cloud Engineering team helps product development teams successfully adopt cloud-native technologies. As a member of this team, the Software Engineer II – Cloud | Kubernetes is responsible for supporting our AWS environments, managing cloud-native DevOps tools, and building self-service capabilities to make developer access easier. This position also involves teaching, consulting, and evangelizing related to cloud-native approaches. Strong knowledge of AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes is required, as well as excellent communications skills and empathy for the problems development teams face when moving to the cloud. As a software engineer, you should have a strong engineering sensibility that applies Agile and DevOps technical practices such as CI/CD and automation to cloud management problems.  

Job Responsibilities

• Facilitate agile planning, estimation, and communication 

• Demonstrate ability to meet aggressive timelines 

• Develop software to fulfill complex business requirements 

• Evaluate the quality of requirements, designs, and tests 

• Multi-task among different development activities 

• Provide assistance to others 

• Work independently without immediate supervision 

• Design and improve code based upon technical experience and product knowledge 

• Anticipate challenges and complexities yet to be encountered; create prototypes in advance of final solutions to uncover and learn about these challenges and complexities 

• Develop and maintain software automation tools used to manage source code, builds, testing frameworks, artifacts, sites and data, platforms, deployment, monitoring and configuration of the Infinite Campus products and related patches 

• Understand the needs of the consumers for whom the tools and systems are being developed 

• Understand the standard SDLC and CI/CD concepts, practices, and procedure 

• Evaluate and implement third-party solutions where appropriate 

• Design and develop internal solutions that meet functional requirements and are durable and maintainable over time 

• Estimate level of effort for individual work 

• Participate in code reviews and ensure one's own code is reviewed 

• Write unit tests and other automated validation tests to verify solutions are working as expected

• Research, troubleshoot and fix issues in the DevOps ecosystem 

• Write system documentation in support of the code being developed 

• Improve code based upon technical experience and product knowledge 

• Debug and test code 

• Research, investigate, and fix a wide range of technical issues 

• Use agile planning, estimation, communication, and release processes 

• Write system documentation in support of the code being developed 

• Access Infinite Campus production customer data and production data in test environments adhering to the practices and procedures outlined in the master security guidelines 

• Fulfill other related duties as assigned  

 

Desired Background

• BA/BS in Computer Science or related field and three years cloud/DevOps experience OR five years cloud/DevOps experience 

• Real-world agile software development experience 

• Experience managing production-level Kubernetes clusters 

• Knowledge of the AWS suite, especially EC2, Lambda, and EKS 

• Experience using Infrastructure-as-Code languages such as Terraform and Ansible 

• Linux administration experience 

• Strong understanding of Internet security tools and practices 

• Hands on experience with CI/CD platforms such as Bitbucket, Artifactory, and Jenkins 

• Demonstrated ability to explain and evangelize cloud and DevOps practices 

 

Performance Expectations

• Perform job responsibilities as directed achieving desired results within expected time frames and with a high degree of quality and professionalism
• Establish and maintain positive and productive work relationships with all staff, customers and business partners
• Protect confidentiality of student and district data 
• Must be a self-starter 
• High attention to detail
• Must have good analytical and organizational skills 
• Possess a positive attitude in stressful situations
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment with frequent software releases 
• Ability to adapt to and work with numerous functional organizations
• Demonstrate commitment to quality
• Communicate well and proactively with internal stakeholders

 

Position must adhere to the practices and procedures outlined in the master security guidelines.

*This position may perform job responsibilities directly for a customer contract, which may be subject to a more thorough criminal background check to include, but not limited to, fingerprints, outside the standard screening. If the position performs job responsibilities directly for said customer(s), employee is required to pass the specified criminal background check; meeting the requirements of the customer contract.

Infinite Campus, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Infinite Campus complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Infinite Campus, Inc. expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Infinite Campus’ employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.