JOB DESCRIPTION

Role description:

• Play a crucial role in contributing to the vision of proactive operations and engineering excellence in operations
• Contribute hands-on in the transformation, development and establishment of DevOps engineering practices in the organization
• Work in close collaboration between the global and regional DevOps units to streamline, standardize and enhance the DevOps practices and processes
• Being part of the DevOps digital delivery platforms & Cloud Operations CoE, this role will need to collaborate closely with units like Cybersecurity, Architecture and agile execution teams to build solutions addressing the common shared goals of the cloud platform
• Contribute to the high availability and operational efficiency of the solutions by pushing continuous improvements in application/infrastructure monitoring
• Hands-on contribution in critical aspects of cloud platform engineering like platform level cross region backup & restore, security, infrastructure as code, monitoring infrastructure etc.,
• Contribute to platform scalability and operational architecture
• Provide continuous visibility of the operational efficiency to the organization through building and orchestrating automated data collection and visualization of key performance indicators 

Requirements:

• At least 5 years of experience in technical operation roles in complex projects/solutions
• Very good knowledge & hands-on experience in:
• Key foundational services in cloud platforms like AWS (preferred), Azure or Google Cloud Platform. Eg: AWS Control Tower
• Infrastructure-as-code toolchain (eg: AWS Cloud Formation/CDK/Terraform or similar)
• Setting up and managing modern monitoring tools (eg: AWS CloudWatch, Splunk etc.,)
• Setting up & managing CI/CD toolchain like Gitlab (preferred), Jenkins or similar in large projects with automated guard rails
• Git based SCM tools with best software development practices well versed in various branching, versioning & tagging strategies
• Platform engineering aspects like platform scalability, resilience, disaster recovery, security etc.,
• Strong scripting skills (Python) and ability to build scalable software delivery pipelines
• Prior experience in working on large scale production systems in technical operations and platform engineering
• Prior development experience in Java, JavaScript & TypeScript will be a plus
• Strong willingness and attitude to continuously learn and adapt

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.