Principal, Software Development Engineer (Kubernetes Platform)

Description

Splunk, a Cisco company, is building a safer and more resilient digital world with an end-to-end full stack platform made for a hybrid, multi-cloud world. Leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. Our customers love our technology, but it's our caring employees that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination. No matter where in the world or what level of the organization, we approach our work with kindness. So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you. Come help organizations be their best, while you reach new heights with a team that has your back.
Role Summary

You will join a team that is responsible for developing and operating Splunk's Kubernetes platform for multiple cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform. The platform enables service teams to easily build and operate micro services on this platform. You will play a crucial role in ensuring high availability, performance, efficiency, usability, and security of the platform as well as modernizing the platform to keep up with the industry trends.

Are you passionate about working on critical systems to create tangible customer impact? Would you like the opportunity to work at a growing company that is changing the way that information is used to support business decisions? If this resonates with you, we would love to speak with you.

Our team is a dynamic technology group with a mission to make data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. If you possess a passion for outstanding technology leadership and embrace the challenge of working on highly scalable systems that handle large volumes of data, this position is for you. We are building state-of-the-art capabilities, data processing and search systems, support tools, security frameworks and automation instrumentation that will greatly impact how our customers successfully use data to improve their businesses performance, scalability, profitability, and market strategies.
Role

• Participate in the complete software development cycle: Understand requirements, design, develop, test, automate and deploy software
• Identify and resolve pre-production system bottlenecks and production issues
• Engage in design and code reviews of the product, and enhance your knowledge of customers' experiences to prevent future problems
• Make code maintainable and the product diagnosable and serviceable
• Stay up to date with the latest developments in the field of cloud services, containerization and orchestration tools
• Participate in rotating on-call duties to diagnose and solve customer issues.
• Ownership of features from start to finish; including writing documentation, soliciting feedback, scoping work and seeing it through to completion
• Mentor junior and senior engineers
• Drive cross-functional discussions and strategic decisions related to the platform directions and roadmaps.
• Improve engineering quality and operation excellence for the whole team.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 8 years and a Master's degree
• Track record of leadership roles in large tech companies with demonstrated ability to strategically plan and execute both incremental improvements and revolutionary changes.
• Strong fundamentals in software engineering: data structures and algorithms
• Coding proficiency in Golang
• Strong fundamentals and extensive experience with Kubernetes and managing large-scale Kubernetes environments
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills including the use of associated tools
• Experience with developing CI/CD systems and test automation frameworks
• Ability to document your work for the benefit of the team
• Knowledge of REST, grpc or similar communication paradigms
• Experience with public cloud services such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure and their corresponding SDKs
• Experience with Kubernetes SDKs
• Operational excellence: you think beyond feature delivery into how your code is serving customers in production
• Strong experience with Terraform, including writing, maintaining and implementing modules in a multi cloud environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with helm chart lifecycle management and ArgoCD
• Experience with Operator patterns in Kubernetes using Kubebuilder or OperatorSDK
• Extensive experience working with distributed systems like databases, distributed file systems, distributed concurrency control, consistency models, CAP theorem is an added plus.

What we offer

• A team of incredibly capable and dedicated peers, all the way from engineering to product management and customer support.
• A stable, collaborative, and supportive work environment. We work in an open environment, work together to get things done, and adapt to the changing needs for the team. We keep it real by being open and honest.
• Balance. We want you to be successful outside of work too. We trust our colleagues to be responsible with their time and commitment, and believe that balance helps cultivate a positive environment.
• Fun. We are committed to having every employee want to give it their all, be respectful and a part of the family, and have a smile on their face while doing it.

Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn't just the right thing to do; it's also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Note:

Base Pay Range

SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area

Base Pay Range: $203,200.00 - 279,400.00 per year

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts

Base Pay Range: $182,880.00 - 251,460.00 per year

All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.

Base Pay Range: $162,560.00 - 223,520.00 per year

Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for incentive compensation and may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.

Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off and much more! Learn more about our next-level benefits at ;br>
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