Senior IT Devops Administrator

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Senior IT DevOps Administrator in our Olathe, KS location. In this role, you will be responsible for driving the design, implementation, and optimization of infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines that support the development and deployment of high-performance, scalable applications and is responsible for improving system reliability, automating infrastructure, and ensuring best practices for deployment, security, and monitoring across cloud and on-premises environments.

Essential Functions

• Leads complex multi-system/server IT projects and drives collaboration with other teams and departments
• Develops and supports system integrations between multiple systems and/or applications
• Contributes to advanced technical research on new technologies and determines feasibility of team or functional goals/objectives
• Understands business impacts of issues as they relate to IT owned solutions
• Finds opportunities for automation, improved system stability, and performance improvements
• Ability to act as a mentor for newer IT administrators or DevOps Administrators
• Ensures high availability of IT systems/applications with scalable alerting, logging and automated recovery
• Proven level experience with source/version control
• Proven understanding of IT systems such as Windows, Linux operating systems, TCP/IP networks
• Strong skillset and ability to learn with one or more scripting/coding languages (PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ruby, Ansible)
• Ability to think critically and troubleshoot IT system issues and config as code
• Ability to understand system architecture and plan own technical work
• Proficient knowledge of ITIL Change Management practices
• Applies standards/procedures to accomplish tasks, learns how to use/apply appropriate tools as needed for this role, and documents work thoroughly and in an organized manner
• Works collaboratively and professionally in team environment with Garmin associates to achieve goals
• Applies the use of applicable technologies to achieve essential functions of this role

Basic Qualifications

All Teams:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or another related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills in a small team setting
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform, Ansible) to automate provisioning and configuration of environments.
• Strong knowledge with RPM/DNF based Linux operating systems (Red Hat, Oracle, Rocky)
• Strong understanding of containerization (Docker)
• Proficient in scripting languages and experience with configuration management tools (Bash, Python, Ruby, Ansible or Terraform)

Desired Qualifications

• Previous experience working in a team environment
• A mixture of Windows, Linux, networking and coding/automation skills
• Deep knowledge of cloud platforms like OpenStack
• Deep knowledge of block storage platforms like Ceph

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits