Job Description:
Senior Cloud Engineer
Rakuten International oversees 7 businesses with over 4,000 employees globally. The brand is recognized for its leadership and innovation in e-commerce, digital content, advertising, entertainment and communications, bringing the joy of discovery and access to more than 1 billion members across the world. Our teams deliver on the company's mission to delight merchants and customers through innovation, optimism, and teamwork.
Cartera Commerce, a Rakuten company who is the pioneer and leader in online cash back shopping and a subsidiary of the global Internet services company, is looking for experienced, talented and passionate individuals to join our growing team. Cartera Commerce's loyalty solutions serves major airlines to top banks, we partner with elite companies who use loyalty programs to reward their customers. We help those customers earn more rewards by shopping with over 1,000 online retailers. If you want to join a dynamic team please apply. Cartera Commerce is based in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to join our team. You will play a critical role in designing, building, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure on AWS, with a strong focus on containerization using Docker and orchestration with EKS. You will ensure its scalability, security, and reliability. You will work on cutting-edge technologies and contribute to the development of innovative solutions that drive our business forward.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement highly scalable and secure cloud infrastructure solutions using AWS services
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments, with a focus on containerized applications.
- Monitor cloud infrastructure performance and identify bottlenecks, including monitoring the performance of Docker containers and EKS clusters.
- Migrate existing standalone applications to Docker containersParticipate in on-call rotation for incident response.
Qualifications:
- Experience with deploying and scaling highly available large-scale web applications on AWS EKS
- Strongly proficient in utilizing AWS cloud services such as EC2, S3, EKS, IAM, etc.
- Experience with making use of AWS APIs (e.g. S3, CloudFront and Lambda, etc)
- Experience with IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, Chef, Ansible, etc)
- Strong experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes and Helm
- Deep understanding of networking concepts, TCP/IP protocols, and security best practices
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work well under pressure
- Certified for "AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate" or "AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional", or a commitment to acquire the certification within 6 months of employment as a condition of continued employment.
Minimum Requirements:
- Minimum of BS/MS in Computer Science or related field.
- 5+ years of working experience in DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering type roles
- 2+ years of backend development experience in one of the following languages: Python, PHP, Java, etc.
Five Principles for Success
Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.
Always improve, Always Advance - Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen
Passionately Professional - Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best
Hypothesize - Practice - Validate - Shikumika - Use the Rakuten Cycle to succeed in unknown territory
Maximize Customer Satisfaction - The greatest satisfaction for our teams is seeing their customers smile
Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! - Always be conscious of time - take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team
Rakuten provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Rakuten considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.
At the time of posting, Rakuten expects the base compensation for this role to be within the range shown below. Individual compensation will vary based on job-related factors, including the skills, qualifications, and experience of the successful candidate as well as business need and geographic location. The successful applicant for this role will be eligible for discretionary bonus, health, vision, dental insurance, 401k matching, PTO, Volunteer Time Off (VTO), and other employee benefits as the company implements.
USD $105,435.00 - $179,740.00 annually