DevOps Team Leader

Overview

We are seeking a full-time DevOps Team Leader in our Cary, NC location. In this role, you will lead a team of DevOps engineers that own the applications used to deliver software releases and variants for multiple Garmin products.

Essential Functions

• Directly supervise various levels of software team members (first line manager) by setting the tone for the team environment and providing individualized coaching, training and mentoring
• Integrate tools and solutions with each other for comprehensiveness and ease of use by software development teams.
• Work with other Garmin teams owning the entire ecosystem to ensure viability and high-availability of our solutions.
• Support proper usage of solutions via documentation, training, and leadership.
• Provide team with equipment, tools, and information needed to do their jobs with maximum efficiency and manage team schedules, effort, head count and expenses
• Execute department and engineering processes/policies and recommend improvements
• Align team on department goals and drive accountability to achieve results
• Collaborate with other Garmin teams to improve cross-functional communication and productivity as well as track and distribute information
• Participate in recruiting activities, interview, hire, train, and evaluate performance for the team

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Math, Physics or related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR a minimum of 10 years relevant experience
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
• Demonstrated experience leading a technical team (as a first line manager)
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Must be positive, detail oriented, organized, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize and lead in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to interact with stakeholders in a professional and timely manner
• Ability to effectively learn and apply appropriate standards, technologies, and processes

Desired Qualifications

• Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)
• Experience with Jenkins and/or Zuul Continuous Integration applications
• Experience with Site Reliability Engineering practices
• Experience with Continuous Delivery and Deployment concepts, pipelines, and applications
• Experience in tool and test automation
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Gerrit, and SQL
• Experience with a Configuration Management tool, e.g. Ansible, Chef, Puppet
• Comfortable working with both Windows and Linux
• Container/orchestrator technology, e.g. Docker/Kubernetes
• Experience with ELK, Kibana, Grafana, or other analytic technology. Cloud technology, e.g. OpenStack, Amazon AWS, Cloud Foundry

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits