Mid-Level DevOps Engineer (Azure)

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

The Cobalt Services area is responsible for the entire lifecycle of essential shared services in the Command Central cloud-native software suite, offering capabilities such as the Events Pipeline, Rules Engine, Unit and Device management, Mapping, GIS, and Messaging services, which integrate and support multiple mission-critical products across the organization. The Cobalt Services DevOps team of experts operates as a Center of Excellence (CoE) by fostering a culture of operational excellence, managing the cloud infrastructure, deployments, and pipelines, and defining and enforcing a set of best practices and automation standards.

Job Description

We are seeking a proactive Mid-Level DevOps Engineer (Azure) to join our team as a hands-on force behind our cloud infrastructure and continuous delivery transformation. In this role, you will partner directly with development teams to optimize release processes, automate cloud provisioning, and maintain containerized environments on a daily basis.

We prioritize strong foundational skills in our core technologies over encyclopedic knowledge of every secondary tool. If you bring solid core competencies in Azure, Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Kubernetes, we provide the environment and resources to help you expand your tooling knowledge on the job. This role offers a people-first culture where you can pursue your potential, work with modern cloud technology, and contribute to software that helps keep people safe. Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience is welcome.

Basic Requirements

Cloud Infrastructure & Infrastructure as Code

• Terraform to design, implement, and maintain scalable, high-availability cloud infrastructure within Microsoft Azure
• Cloud Automation to help to provide reliable, repeatable environments and streamline provisioning across development and production
• Operational Quality to observe operational metrics, analyze performance bottlenecks, and help to ensure continuous platform reliability

CI/CD Pipeline & Delivery Modernization

• GitHub Actions to build, maintain, and optimize modern CI/CD release pipelines that empower developer teams
• GitOps Methodologies to promote automated deployment patterns and maintain declarative infrastructure configurations
• Workflow Efficiency to help to integrate continuous feedback loops and automated validation into release workflows

Container Orchestration & Reliability

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to contribute to hands-on deployment, maintenance, and scaling of containerized applications
• Escalation Support to serve as a key technical contributor for escalated infrastructure issues and maintain platform stability
• On-Call Support to participate in an after-hours on-call rotation to address critical system downtime and maintain platform availability

Basic Requirements

• High School Diploma or Bachelor's Degree
• 4+ years of DevOps experience supporting cloud infrastructure environments with Microsoft Azure
  

Job Requirements

Technical Expertise

• Microsoft Azure & Terraform to build and manage automated cloud environments in production settings
• GitHub Actions to construct and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines
• Kubernetes (AKS/EKS) to manage, maintain, and scale containerized application environments
• Scripting to automate routine system tasks using PowerShell, Python, or Bash
• English Proficiency to effectively communicate complex technical information in English, both verbally and in writing, with global teams

Professional Experience

• Foundational DevOps to apply continuous integration and continuous deployment principles to daily release workflows
• Pragmatic Problem-Solving to simplify complex technical architectures and help to streamline developer workflows
• Collaborative Support to partner directly with engineering feature teams and foster continuous delivery improvements

Preferred Qualifications (Optional)

• Exposure to GitOps delivery tools such as Argo CD or Flux CD
• Basic conceptual understanding of security scanning tools such as SonarQube, OWASP ZAP, Mend, or Twistlock
• Basic familiarity with monitoring and logging platforms such as Kibana, Grafana, Datadog, or Azure Monitor
• Broad exposure to secondary cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Interest in leveraging AI-assisted workflows (such as Priority Intelligence and Assist capabilities) to assist with code generation and pipeline troubleshooting
• Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional certification

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.