Platform Engineer

About Costco Wholesale:

Costco Wholesale is a multi-billion-dollar global retailer with warehouse club operations in eleven countries. They provide a wide selection of quality merchandise, plus the convenience of specialty departments and exclusive member services, all designed to make shopping a pleasurable experience for their members.

About Costco Wholesale India:

At Costco Wholesale India, we foster a collaborative space, working to support Costco Wholesale in developing innovative solutions that improve members experiences and make employees jobs easier. Our employees play a key role in driving and delivering innovation to establish IT as a core competitive advantage for Costco Wholesale.

Position Summary:

• The Platform Engineer on the Data Integration Administration team translates high level platform design into low level technical
• design and is responsible for implementing, administering, supporting, and patching the ETL Platforms and underlying Linux
• servers within the Data & Analytics area of the company. The Platform Engineer works closely with Solution Architects, Data
• Engineers, Developers, Database Administrators, O/S Administrators, and other internal users to support projects on GCP. The
• Platform Engineer is well versed in modern infrastructure platforms, industry/technology best practices; and actively works on
• improving the reliability and scalability of infrastructure.

Job Duties/Essential Functions:

• Collaborates with delivery pods and Architects to improve production deployments, platform operations, and environment stability.
• Manages the platform on an ongoing basis while performing typical run functions such as monitoring, patching, and support.
• Configures, implements, customizes, and tests software/hardware; documents software/hardware defects; and reviews and interprets error logs to diagnose errors.
• Drives governance through designing, developing, implementing, supporting, and documenting enterprise policies, standards, guidelines, monitoring services, solutions, configurations, and procedures.
• Researches, analyzes, and recommends changes required for system growth (both on-prem and cloud) by utilizing industry standard monitoring and research tools.
• Identifies and resolves problems, often anticipating issues before they occur or before they grow; develops and evaluates options, implements solutions, communicates results to ensure corrective and timely action is taken, and manages incident resolution to ensure all components work together.
• Manages/Coordinates virtual and physical servers including: server provisioning, upgrading, installing, monitoring, maintaining, and performance optimization.
• Develops and implements Platform as a Service (PaaS) Solutions.
• Remediates platform issues and bottlenecks impacting software development activities.
• Supports the creation of documentation and artifacts used to describe the mechanisms used for deployment, monitoring, and maintenance.
• Identifies, develops, implements, reviews, and revises process improvements, procedures, and controls (including SOX) to ensure data accuracy, security, and legal and regulatory compliance.
• Recommends and follows security management practices, including the ongoing promotion of awareness on current threats, auditing of server logs, and other security management processes.
• Creates queries, programs, scripts, and reports supporting and adhering to change control policies that help to define and develop best practices for systems management and automation.
• Works in an Agile environment; collaborates with Operations, Development, and QA functions to develop solutions and systems that are predisposed to scalability, security, and simplified maintenance, utilizing automation whenever possible.
• Coordinates with suppliers for software support issues and end user support.
• Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location.
• This position will be filled in Hyderabad(GCC)

Experience, Skills, Education & Licenses/Certifications:

Required:

• 4+ years of IT experience with at least 2 years in product implementation and hands-on technical activities within enterprise environments, preferably with an ETL product suite.
• Documented experience of application administration, not limited to installation, configuration, and management of Linux-based software systems.
• Working knowledge of Linux/Unix/AIX Operating Systems, shell scripting, package management systems, and other utilities.
• Working knowledge of version control (GitHub preferred) and automation tools such as ADO, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet etc.
• Experience with RDBMS and noSQL DB, such as MS SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, Synapse DB, CosmosDB, etc.
• Experience with SaaS, PaaS, and Cloud solutions.
• Experience supporting and administering platforms in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated; detail-oriented with excellent Organization skills.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and a methodical approach to issue resolution.
• Scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of the business; available to provide 24x7 support as needed.

Recommended:

• B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent formal technical training and experience.
• Working knowledge of at least one scripting language.
• Experience with Informatica (IICS, PowerCenter, DPM, TDM).
• Experience with DBT (Data Build Tool)
• Experience with No-SQL data stores.
• Experience implementing or supporting enterprise security products such as DLP, UEBD, SIEM, IAM, PIM, etc.
• Background in application development with HTML5, JQuery, Web Services, etc.
• Proven expertise in Performance Tuning and Capacity Planning.
• Understanding of Configuration Management and Change Management Best Practices.