Assoc Principal Engineer - Platform Engineering

Overview

Associate Principal Engineer in Platform Engineering, leading major project initiatives and owning large subsystems in Illumina's Informatics global estates.

What you'll do

• Responsible for single or multiple major project initiatives, from inception to production; develops new technologies, methods, and processes to meet the objectives of the company.
• Owns, designs and architects one or more large subsystems.
• Contributes to interdepartmental and external schedules and to delivery of projects within the overall time frame and budget established jointly with management.
• Contributes to and influences strategic plans.
• Leads by example the automation and implementation of highly available and resilient platforms in public clouds, without manual or direct intervention.
• Anticipates problems well in advance, proposes solutions, and drives to conclusion.
• Acts as an escalation point and expert in leading investigation and resolution of complex technical problems across the Informatics global estates.
• Researches, drives innovation and leads efforts to apply relevant industry concepts and technologies in the department.
• Evaluates industry solutions, drives internal collaborations and presents key technical recommendations while considering business needs with cross-functional teams.
• Executes processes to develop and mentor talent; provides feedback, instruction, and development guidance to help others excel in their current or future job responsibilities.
• Demonstrates a "one company" approach; discourages "we-they" thinking; integrates and aligns efforts across functions and locations; fosters collaboration across functions and locations; removes barriers to teamwork; anticipates and works to resolve potential or emerging conflicts; actively involves others in shaping plans and decisions that affect them.
• Continuously takes initiative to develop further technical expertise and team building, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Champions and creates mindshare on best practices, necessity of design, configuration, and change documentation for knowledge transfer, security compliance, and quality system processes.

What you'll need

• Expertise in administration, configuration, optimization and monitoring of Linux, related distros, and SAAS infrastructure at scale.
• Experience with AWS and/or other public cloud-based deployment/support.
• The ability to pick up new technologies quickly and rapidly deep dive.
• Advanced knowledge of virtual network design, Internet protocols, and ability to troubleshoot complex network infrastructure.
• Comfortable speaking with internal customers.
• Has a driving need to fix a problem only once.
• Programming/language skills: bash scripting, Python, GO, SQL, NoSQL, log query languages, or related.
• Recognized as an expert in fields important to the company.
• Drives innovation in scaling, availability, security, and monitoring in one or more of: large scale data systems including Relational DBs, ELK, Mongo; virtual compute systems and/or Kubernetes, Docker containers, Hadoop; messaging systems including RabbitMQ, Kafka, Service Bus; network infrastructure, cyber security controls, and/or other emerging technologies.
• Experience implementing infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation.
• Typically requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree; or 12 years and a master's degree; or equivalent experience.

Nice to have

• Technical certifications in public cloud services and/or security related domains.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India (Manyata).
• Not eligible for visa sponsorship.
• The position will be posted until a final candidate is selected or the requisition has a sufficient number of qualified applicants.