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

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Terraform to design, implement, and maintain scalable, high-availability cloud infrastructure within Microsoft Azure

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Cloud Automation to help to provide reliable, repeatable environments and streamline provisioning across development and production

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Operational Quality to observe operational metrics, analyze performance bottlenecks, and help to ensure continuous platform reliability

CI/CD Pipeline & Delivery Modernization

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GitHub Actions to build, maintain, and optimize modern CI/CD release pipelines that empower developer teams

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GitOps Methodologies to promote automated deployment patterns and maintain declarative infrastructure configurations

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Workflow Efficiency to help to integrate continuous feedback loops and automated validation into release workflows

Container Orchestration & Reliability

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Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to contribute to hands-on deployment, maintenance, and scaling of containerized applications

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Escalation Support to serve as a key technical contributor for escalated infrastructure issues and maintain platform stability

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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

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4+ years of DevOps experience supporting cloud infrastructure environments with Microsoft Azure

Job Requirements

Technical Expertise

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Microsoft Azure & Terraform to build and manage automated cloud environments in production settings

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GitHub Actions to construct and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines

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Kubernetes (AKS/EKS) to manage, maintain, and scale containerized application environments

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Scripting to automate routine system tasks using PowerShell, Python, or Bash

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English Proficiency to effectively communi