Software/DevOps Engineer Hybrid

Title: Software/DevOps Engineer

Location: Atlanta, GA

Duration: 12 month contract

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

The Cloud Governance team in Atlanta, Georgia develops products and provides best practices at Nike that safeguard cloud infrastructure, increase cloud security posture and automates enterprise policy compliance at scale.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a Software/DevOps engineer with the skills to automate repeatable processes to improve the efficiency of our cloud governance capabilities, help develop integrated solutions, and assist in the delivery of policy-as-code across a multi-cloud ecosystem.

The candidate will have demonstrable experience coding and scripting using languages like Python/Java/Golang, an understanding of serverless architectures and continuous integration & deployment (CI/CD), plus GraphSQL and RESTful API development. Understanding and experience with infrastructure-as-code technologies (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, CircleCI), version control (e.g. GitHub, Bitbucket), and build automation (e.g. Jenkins) are desired qualities.

Our preferred candidate is a team-player with a passion for learning and taking on challenges. Attention to detail and the ability to collaborate with fellow engineers are must-have characteristics.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

You will join a squad making a difference at Nike through the development of an enterprise-wide cloud governance capabilities that identify / detect and report non-adherence to policies, standards and rules. The team develops solutions that can assess whether rules have been followed or develop APIs or augments existing tools to collect this data. The team also develops policy-as-code to support detective and corrective policy automation for cloud infrastructure in support of cost optimization, security, and infrastructure policies as a multi-layered defense against non-compliant resources in AWS, Azure, GCP, and China-based clouds.

You will participate in team/product planning sessions, share your ideas for our products and services, and help groom and prioritize our backlog. You will partner with other Cloud Engineers, Cloud Governance Software Engineers, Architecture, Product and Program managers to seamlessly integrate our products and capabilities into our multi-cloud ecosystem, while helping to assess risks and navigate policy exceptions. You will work closely with cloud infrastructure engineers and cloud account holders to iteratively deploy product features and codified policies that will improve the operating posture of Nike in the cloud.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You will report to the Director of Cloud Governance and join a dedicated squad of developers in the Atlanta Technology Center in Atlanta, Georgia. You will partner with architects, security experts and interact with engineers in peer squads, but this role will allow you to focus on what you truly enjoy – delivering quality code and software features that make a difference.

As part of the Nike Engineering Community, you will have the opportunity to participate in community sessions, engineering forums, governance activities, and networks within Nike.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or IT related discipline or any combination of equivalent relevant education, training and experience
• Experience in Python/Golang (preferred) or similar automation/scripting languages
• Cloud infrastructure development or resource management experience using public cloud provider platforms and services (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience in Infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Cloudformation, Pulumi, etc.
• Experience in best cloud security practices
• Experience in developing automation to simplify end-to-end processes and remove manual workflows
• Knowledge of Agile principles and Sprint Planning, including planning/backlog tools (e.g. JIRA)
• Knowledge of cloud governance principles, strategy, risk, compliance.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Innovative problem-solving skills, with a track record of developing creative solutions to technical challenges.

The following qualifications are preferred, but not required:

• Governance, risk and compliance knowledge and appreciation.
• Some knowledge of Cloud Custodian and Open Policy Agent Rego
• Some experience in Front-End Development
• Basic knowledge of Cloud Security/Cybersecurity practices
• Experience with big room planning processes such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• AWS Certifications (e.g. Solutions Architect, Developer, etc.)