DevOps Automation Engineer III - GM Financial

Why GMF Technology?

GM Financial is set to change the auto finance industry and is leading the path of embarking on tech modernization – we have a startup mindset, and preserve our small company culture, in a public company environment with financial stability and intense growth over a decade-plus history. We are data junkies and trust in data and insights to advance our business objectives. We take our goal of zero emission, zero collision, zero congestion, and zero friction very seriously. We believe as an auto finance market leader we are in the driver's seat to lead us in the GM EV mission to change the world. We are building global platforms, in LATAM, Europe, China, U.S. and Canada – and we are looking to grow our high-performing team. GMF is comprised of over 10,000 team members globally. Join our fintech culture within a Blue-Chip company where we are changing the way we use technology to support our customers, dealers and business.

About the Role:

DevOps Automation Engineer III: Under the general direction of the Global Enterprise Automation Manager, this position will be responsible for developing solutions to enable developer productivity across the enterprise. The engineer will be tasked with the automation of security and governance controls, implementation, and maintenance of the tools and infrastructure that support the SDLC pipeline and configuration management capabilities. Finally, the engineer will be responsible for acting as a developer advocate, helping to explain the needs of developers to the wider organization and evangelizing capabilities provided by the team.

• Develop and support the tools and infrastructure that support the SDLC pipeline and configuration management capabilities
• Architect, implement, customize and deploy CI/CD pipelines for software and infrastructure delivery
• Conduct knowledge transfer of standards, technical approach, and tooling capabilities of the team
• Communicate technical approach and implementation status to stakeholders
• Conduct problem isolation and troubleshooting on the infrastructure and tools owned by the team
• Contribute to continuous improvement of the tools and capabilities of the team
• Perform system planning, installation, and upgrades of the tools and infrastructure owned by the team
• Evangelize best practices, policies, and capabilities of the team to development organization
• Act as an advocate for stakeholder requirements when dealing with other teams in the enterprise
• Lead and/or facilitate critical incident escalation activities where required
• Manage intake queue working in an agile environment
• Update platform KPIs to be consumed by stakeholders
• After hours support and participation in an on-call rotation as needed

What makes you a dream candidate?

• Experience leveraging and managing CI/CD tool chain products like Git, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Octopus Deploy, etc
• Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Chef, Puppet
• Experience with provisioning tools like Terraform, ARM templates, Cloud Formation, etc…
• Experience with scripting and automation programming -- languages like Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Bash, PowerShell
• Experience with a development framework for at least one of the following languages: JavaScript, C#, GoLang, Ruby, Python
• Experience with enterprise platforms, operating systems, web applications and micro-services
• Experience with containers and container management technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, etc
• Experience with WebApp and API technologies - XML, XSL, WSDL, SOAP, JSON, HTML, and REST
• Knowledge of controlling access to APIs via authentication and authorization utilizing OAuth
• Working knowledge and troubleshooting experience with TCP/IP, DNS, and other common network protocols
• Experience with using SSL certificates, reverse proxies, and load-balancing
• Knowledge of IT security, networking, and infrastructure practices and capabilities
• Knowledge of information systems concepts, system administration and cloud platforms
• Knowledge of public cloud architectures and offerings: Blob, EC2, S3, Cosmos DB, Azure Functions, AKS, EKS
• Excellent communication, technical writing, and documentation skills
• Ability to work collaboratively, building relationships with team members and stakeholders
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Experience using at least one of the following: JavaScript, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Ruby, GoLang, C#, Java
• Experience with automated build and release tools (Jenkins, TFS/Azure DevOps, Artifactory, Octopus)
• Experience running and troubleshooting applications running on containers
• Experience administering servers
• Experience working with configuration management/infrastructure-as-code tools (Puppet, Terraform, Chef, Ansible, Salt, DSC)
• Experience working with web server technologies (NGINX, Apache, Tomcat, IIS, etc)
• Experience supporting containerized workloads using docker and an orchestrator (Kubernetes, Swarm, etc)

Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent work experience required
• 3-5 years CI/CD implementation, application development, systems automation or configuration management preferred
• 3-5 years working in a global enterprise environment preferred

What We Offer: Generous benefits package available on day one to include: 401K matching, bonding leave for new parents (12 weeks, 100% paid), tuition assistance, training, GM employee auto discount, community service pay and nine company holidays.
Our Culture: Our team members define and shape our culture — an environment that welcomes innovative ideas, fosters integrity, and creates a sense of community and belonging. Here we do more than work — we thrive.
Compensation: Competitive pay and bonus eligibility
Work Life Balance: Flexible hybrid work environment, 2-days a week in office

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