Principal DevOps Engineer

Company: CarGurus
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: March 16, 2023

Job Description:

Who we are
At CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG), our mission is to give people the power to reach their destination. We started as a small team of developers determined to bring trust and transparency to car shopping. Since then, our history of innovation and go-to-market acceleration has driven industry-leading growth. In fact, we're the largest and fastest-growing automotive marketplace, and we've been profitable for over 15 years. What we do
The market is evolving, and we are too, moving the entire automotive journey online and guiding our customers through every step. That includes everything from the sale of an old car to the financing, purchase, and delivery of a new one. Today, tens of millions of consumers visit CarGurus.com each month, and -30,000 dealerships use our products. But they're not the only ones who love CarGurus-our employees do, too. We have a people-first culture that fosters -kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth. Disrupting a trillion-dollar industry requires fresh and diverse perspectives. Come join us for the ride! Role overview CarGurus is looking for a -Principal DevOps Engineer -to join our team. Do you want to significantly influence the evolution of CarGurus infrastructure by designing and building cloud-native platforms and services for a rapidly scaling global development organization? - Do you enjoy seeing your effort building global production capacity directly accelerating the growth of CarGurus worldwide automotive marketplace? -What you'll do

• Design, build, and run CarGurus production infrastructure in collaboration with support and build/delivery platform teams.
• Grow our global infrastructure by building new or extend existing storage, compute, and data infrastructure services and platforms. (AWS S3, EC2, etc, k8s, Rancher)
• Move towards 100% infrastructure as code using software and automation to repeatably instantiate and perform all lifecycle operations. (Terraform, Chef, Git, Ansible, Concourse, Bazel)
• Accelerate the adoption of containerized workloads by delivering self-service Kubernetes and VM orchestration platforms.
• Communicate with internal and external parties to refine requests and create a design/plan to address the true goal (which is not necessarily the same as the request) -Who you are
  • Curiosity and a strong desire to innovate
  • Extremely comfortable and proficient hands-on Linux/Unix experience
  • Proficient in at least one high-level programming language (Python, Ruby, Go)
  • Experience with public/private cloud infrastructure using role-based security, APIs. (AWS, Terraform)
  • Experience working with creating infrastructure as code, configuration management, and CI/CD pipelines. (Terraform, Chef, Ansible, Salt, etc.)
  • Expertise building or working with a container or VM orchestration platform. (K8s, Openshift, Vmware, Docker Swarm)
  • Familiarity with Java web application development and production operations.
  • Broad familiarity with IP network routing, DNS, load balancing, and security.
  • Ability to take large projects and self-direct and work independently
  • Ability to work through ambiguity to discover the true driving factors and be able to make design decisions
  • At the core of our company culture is a spirit of innovation, curiosity and collaboration. True to our start-up roots, we're nimble, flexible and hardworking. Working at CarGurus
    We reward our Gurus' curiosity and passion with best-in-class benefits and compensation, including equity for all employees, both when they start and as they continue to grow with us. Our career development and corporate giving programs, as well as our employee resource groups (ERGs) and communities, help people build connections while making an impact in personally meaningful ways. A flexible hybrid model and robust time off policies encourage work-life balance and individual well-being. Thoughtful perks like daily free lunch, a new car discount, meditation and fitness apps, commuting cost coverage, and more help our people create space for what matters most in their personal and professional lives. We welcome all
    CarGurus strives to be a place to which people can bring the ultimate expression of themselves and their potential-starting with our hiring process. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We foster an inclusive environment that values people for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. That's why we hope you'll apply even if you don't check every box listed in the job description. We want to know what only you can bring to CarGurus. Additional information
    US employees must provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 unless they have an approved medical or religious accommodation. #LI-Hybrid

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