Position Summary

Headquartered in Ridgefield Park, N.J., Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA) is a leader in mobile technologies, consumer electronics, home appliances and enterprise solutions. The company pushes beyond the limits of today’s technology to provide groundbreaking connected experiences across its large portfolio of products and services, including mobile devices, home appliances, home entertainment, 5G networks and digital displays. As an eleven-time winner of EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award for Sustained Excellence, SEA is dedicated to making a positive impact on the environment through its eco-conscious products, practices and operations.

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Role and Responsibilities

The Lead DevOps Engineer will design, build, and run high-quality, non-impactful deployments to power Samsung.com. We do continuous integration/deployment to dev/test environments and multiple production releases per day. This highly technical position requires a broad set of technical skills, including deployment technologies, monitoring, scripting, networking, and infrastructure. Additionally, we pride ourselves on on-site availability, speed, and flexibility to accommodate business requirements.

This position requires working with many new technologies and applications. This could be a great fit for you if you thrive on solving hard and complex problems. One day, you might be in a DBA role, and the next day, troubleshooting Kubernetes issues, all while building capacity plans for the next Samsung product release.

Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance.
Develop and maintain infrastructure as code (IAC) using tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
Collaborate with development and operations teams to improve CI/CD pipelines and automate deployment processes.
Monitor and troubleshoot system performance, ensuring optimal resource utilization.
Implement and manage OpenSearch clusters for log analysis and monitoring.
Administer RDS PostgreSQL databases in a high-availability setup.
Manage Kubernetes clusters using Amazon EKS.
Ensure network configurations are robust and secure.
Continuously evaluate and implement best practices for security and compliance.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues and provide technical support.

Skills and Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s/Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field, and two years of experience in software/systems or related.
Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in AWS cloud engineering and DevOps practices.
Strong expertise in AWS services and technologies.
Proficiency in infrastructure as code tools, especially Terraform and Ansible.
Extensive experience with Linux system administration.
Proficiency in managing OpenSearch clusters and RDS PostgreSQL databases.
Experience with Kubernetes and Amazon EKS.
Strong networking knowledge and experience in configuring VPCs, subnets, and security groups.
Scripting and programming skills (e.g., Python, Bash).
Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD).
AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer) are a plus.
Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.

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The salary range for this role, for candidates based in NYC/California, is expected to be between $178,000 and $195,500. Actual pay will be determined considering factors such as relevant skills and experience, and comparison to other employees in the role.

Regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) have access to benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Employee Purchase Program, Tuition Assistance (after 6 months), Paid Time Off, Student Loan Program (after 6 months), Wellness Incentives, and many more. In addition, regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) are eligible for MBO bonus compensation based on company, division, and individual performance.

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