Automation Jobs in Fullerton ca

Job Description

Job Description

About CENIC :

Join the team that connects California to the world — advancing education and research statewide by providing the world-class computing network essential for innovation, collaboration, and economic growth. Our organization operates the California Research and Education Network (CalREN), a high-capacity computer network with more than 8,000 miles of optical fiber. The network serves over 20 million users across California, including the vast majority of K-20 students together with educators, researchers, and individuals at other vital public-serving institutions.

POSITION SUMMARY :

CENIC's Software Engineer - Automation designs, implements, tests, documents, troubleshoots, and maintains process automations such as CI / CD pipelines and cloud-based application infrastructure provisioning via infrastructure-as-code, supporting development of software solutions to advance CENIC’s organizational goals and objectives, including support of the CENIC network. Working as an integral part of an Agile development team, the engineer in this role engages in close and continuous collaboration with the team lead, project managers, subject matter experts, and fellow team members to translate user stories and functional requirements into resilient and secure working solutions. As needed, the Software Engineer - Automation also works on software development. The engineer in this role keeps abreast of technology trends, participates in technical discussions, contributes to the overall architectural design, and is a key player in the software team’s support of its production applications.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY : None

LOCATION : Hybrid

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

• Plan and provision cloud infrastructure for the team’s applications, and maintain deployed applications (e.g. backups, patches, upgrades, monitoring, logging)
• In a team environment, develop applications, services, and features, using technologies such as Python, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, OIDC, and GraphQL
• Build, maintain, and document CI / CD pipelines to facilitate processes for development and deployment
• Participate in on-call for the software engineering team’s production applications
• Engage in team efforts on the use of best practices and continuous improvement of processes within our team
• Create and maintain appropriate documentation to provide understanding of our designs to readers outside the software engineering team as well as inside, especially documentation needed for support of production applications
• Evaluate and plan (in collaboration with the team) software architecture, assessing and recommending appropriate technologies for applications and services with maintainability, scalability, and user experience in mind
• Work with end users and other stakeholders on requirements gathering, to participate in translation of basic user stories and functional requirements into resilient and secure technical designs
• Engage effectively with other departments to facilitate coordination
• Participate in code reviews, providing useful feedback

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REQUIRED EDUCATION AND / OR EXPERIENCE :

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE :

WHY WORK AT CENIC?

Company Culture : Small teams and a collaborative environment provide the opportunity to make a large impact in a small organization.

Workplace Flexibility : We understand that the world is changing and we're open to hybrid work options.

Community Engagement : We work with research and education institutions in the largest state economy in the United States. The work you do has meaning.

Health Benefits : We have generous medical benefits as well as dental, vision, and life insurance.

Paid Time Off : We offer liberal vacation, holiday, and sick leave.

Investment in Your Future : CENIC contributes to your 403(b) even if you don't. We also offer matching contributions on top of that.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

This position operates in a professional office environment with standard office equipment including computers, telephones, photocopiers and filing cabinets.

WORK AUTHORIZATION :

Documented Proof of identity and legal eligibility to work in the United States.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.