Lead Infrastructure Platform Engineer

Description

***This role is based at one of our corporate offices in Memphis, TN, Dallas, TX, or Remote***

This is your chance to be a part of an in-house Technology team that’s creating consumer-facing, the latest technologies revolutionizing the hospitality industry around the world! As a Lead Infrastructure Platform Engineer, you will bring your technical skills to our company with an award-winning culture. On the Cloud Platform Architecture team reporting to the Senior Manager of Cloud Platform Architecture, you will support projects from smartphone capabilities like Digital Key to Hilton Connected Room that allow for integrated entertainment, temperature, and lighting controls, Hilton’s Global Technology team. Through innovative technology development and deployment, this team ensures Hilton has the technology needed to support our continued global growth while remaining at the forefront of hospitality technology innovation.

HOW WE WILL SUPPORT YOU

Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to programs and benefits such as:

• Go Hilton travel program: 100 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
• Hilton Shares: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
• Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
• Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Learn more about the rest of our benefits

At Hilton, we believe every Team Member is a leader. We are committed to offering leadership development opportunities through every step of a Team Member’s career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate. Hilton’s leadership development framework focuses on developing skills and business insight through a range of programs and approaches to meet varying learning needs and preferences.

**Available benefits may vary depending upon terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of the plans.

Requirements

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

Your role is important and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique.

What your day-to-day will be like:

• Manage large scalable AWS software environments
• Work on AWS public cloud to create customer-focused solutions by developing and deploying resources using Terraform templates
• Automate routine operational tasks by following the preset engineering standards
• Develop and deploy CI/CD pipelines using deployment tools like Bamboo and GitLab
• Perform Linux system administration tasks and fix L3 Linux operating system issues
• Build custom operating system images with tools such as Hashicorp Packer and Ansible
• Build and maintain monitoring and metrics tools such as Datadog / Dynatrace / Splunk to improve monitoring and alerting capabilities of the Applications hosted in AWS public cloud
• Build custom dashboards in Splunk which helps management make quick decisions
• Review the entire architecture and identify the gaps and potential solutions across the entire cloud environment

How you will collaborate with others:

• Consult with Infrastructure and Application teams across the enterprise to ensure the accurate architectures are in place for teams migrating to the cloud
• Work with Change Management to roll out impact changes to the cloud hosted applications

What projects you will take ownership of:

• Develop and deploy custom solutions confirming Infrastructure as Code standards in public cloud environments
• Architecting new standards for Hilton’s public cloud
• Conduct Proof of Concept on potential new technologies and document the findings

WHY YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT

You have these minimum qualifications:

• Five (5) years of professional experience in Technology or a related field
• Four (4) years of software/platform design and implementation experience
• Four (4) years of public cloud experience
• Solid experience with Linux/Unix administration
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and Ansible
• Hands-on operational experience with high transactional volumes hosted in public cloud environments such as AWS
• Willing and open to travel up to 25%

It would be useful if you have:

• Bachelor’s Degree, or Associate’s Degree plus 6 years of Technology related experience, or High School Degree/GED plus 12 years of Technology related experience 
• Seven (7) years of professional experience in Technology or a related field
• Six (6) years of experience managing large scalable AWS software environments
• Experience with setting up deployment pipelines using any CI/CD tools
• Experience with Datadog monitoring tool including setting up new monitors and dashboards
• Experience using Splunk tool including writing Splunk queries and developing dashboards

WHAT IT IS LIKE WORKING FOR HILTON

The future of hospitality is bright at Hilton: a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands. Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more-than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it’s like to be on Team Hilton!

It is the policy of Hilton to employ qualified persons without regard to color, race, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medication conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service, status as a protected veteran, disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable law, genetic information, or any other protected group status as defined by and subject to applicable federal, state and local laws. Hilton’s commitment to equal employment opportunity supports the attraction and retention of a diverse workforce that will enhance our effectiveness in attracting Team Members, customers, corporate partners, and owners.

We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position and provide other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law.  Please contact us if you require an accommodation during the application process.

Hilton offers its eligible team members a comprehensive benefits package including medical and prescription drug coverage, dental coverage, vision coverage, life insurance, short-and long-term disability insurance, access to our employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) where you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount, a 401(k) savings plan, 20 days of paid time off accruing over your first year of employment and increasing up to 25 days after completing one year of full employment, up to 12 weeks of paid leave for birth parents and 4 weeks for non-birth parents, 10 paid holidays and 2 floating holidays throughout the year, up to 5 bereavement days, flexible spending accounts, a health savings account, an employee assistance program, access to a care coordination program (“Wellthy”),  a legal services program, an educational assistance program, adoption assistance, a backup childcare program, pre-tax commuter benefit and our travel discount. The annual salary range for this role is $100,000-$140,000 and is determined based on applicable and specialized experience and location. Subject to plan terms and conditions, you will be eligible to participate in the Hilton Annual Incentive (Bonus) Plan, consistent with other team members at the same level and/or position within the Company. #LI-REMOTE

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