Sr. Engineer, Applications Development - Remote - GXO Logistics Corporate Services, Inc.

At GXO, we're constantly looking for talented individuals at all levels who can deliver the caliber of service our company requires. You know that a positive work environment creates happy employees, which boosts productivity and dedication. On our team, you'll have the support to excel at work and the resources to build a career you can be proud of.

Logistics at full potential.

As the Senior Engineer of Applications Development, your focus will be troubleshooting, understanding, and resolving problems with new and existing software. Become a part of our growing, dynamic team and we'll help you develop your career to a level that will exceed your expectations.

Pay, benefits and more.

We are eager to attract the best, so we offer competitive compensation and a generous benefits package, including full health insurance (medical, dental and vision), 401(k), life insurance, disability and more.

What you'll do on a typical day:

• Provide in-depth technical web application programming expertise that meets technical specifications and business requirements
• Research business problems and propose software solutions; mentor junior programmers in the department
• Provide estimates and create functional and detailed design specifications for programs to be developed; convert system designs and technical specifications into program code for complex applications
• Develop, test and maintain complex application software; comply with project standards and processes related to producing quality software products and documentation; provide project management for moderately sized, complex efforts
• Apply software releases to production in a controlled, methodical manner and verify systems are stable after patching
• Participate as a high-level technical expert in design development, coding, testing and debugging new software or significant enhancements to existing software for third-party customers; work with technical staff to understand problems with software and develop specifications to resolve them
• Responsible for ELK (Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana) Admin/Development tasks, health checks
• Responsible for ELK upgrade and X-PACK POC
• Responsible for Java Upgrade across landscape
• Developing Ansible playbooks/scripts for landscape-wide cluster configurations for efficient deployment of configuration changes, collecting statistics, etc.
• Responsible for Elasticsearch Curator configuration/management
• Responsible for weekly backups of ES wmx/omx indices
• Responsible for Elasticsearch mappings, migration, reindexing, etc.
• Standing entire middleware components JDBC Connect, Kafka Cluster, Zookeeper, Spark Cluster, Build Scala Streaming Application, Elasticsearch, Kibana and Logstash and production-ready deployment (1-2 days)
• Taking primer/technology sessions for knowledge sharing amongst team members
• Setup of POC's of various Kafka/Kubernetes packages completed for deploying JDBC-Connect, Listeners, Kafka Cluster, Zookeeper, Spark Drivers/Application on Kubernetes. Provided various options for the Architect/Management team for review.
• Up to date on documentation on POCs, Standing environments, Ansible scripts, Upgrade, RBAC security
• Will mentor junior engineers in programming/technology sessions
• Will aide in administering/managing/debugging/fixing Middleware components and documentation
• Will aide in improving processes, add automation to areas where necessary
• Will aide in adding better monitoring tools for ELK/Middleware components
• Root CA security certificate setup

At a minimum, you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent related work or military experience
• 2 years of related work experience
• Knowledge of Windows, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, .NET, Oracle, SQL Server, Visual Studio, C# and ASPX
• Availability to work periodic 24x7 on-call support as required by team's scheduled rotation

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 3 years of experience in architecting and developing large, scalable, distributed or web-based applications
• An understanding of component-based software, object-oriented methods, internet technologies, client/services architectures, relational databases, structured development, test methodologies and data warehousing
• Self-motivated and able to work well with minimal supervision or in a team environment

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team - energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, disability, veteran or other protected status.

GXO adheres to CDC, OSHA and state and local requirements regarding COVID safety. All employees and visitors are expected to comply with GXO policies which are in place to safeguard our employees and customers.

All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment may be required to take and pass a pre-employment drug test.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.