Marriott International - Juneau, AK

posted 3 months ago

Full-time - Senior
Juneau, AK
5,001-10,000 employees
Accommodation

About the position

As a Senior Systems Engineer (SSE) specializing in Database Administration at Marriott, you will be an integral part of an agile scrum team consisting of 8 to 10 members. Your primary responsibility will be to drive the delivery of virtualization, compute, storage, middleware, database, and tooling infrastructure that supports Marriott's business applications. In this role, you will serve as a subject matter expert, collaborating with business and technology leaders, architects, and other engineers across various departments to engineer modern solutions and automate the delivery of these solutions, whether in the data center or in the cloud. Your work will involve performing research, analysis, design, creation, and implementation of systems that meet both current and future requirements, enabling customer-facing and enterprise products and platforms. You will be tasked with providing innovative solutions that leverage current and leading-edge technologies in a manner that is impactful to the business. This position requires a strong focus on infrastructure as code, ensuring that the systems you design are resilient, secure, and capable of supporting high availability. In addition to technical expertise, you will be responsible for educating internal and external users about the technologies, thereby enhancing the overall knowledge and skill base of the organization. You will also be expected to document how services will be leveraged in the solution architecture and present status reports to internal stakeholders, including executive management and senior leadership. Your role will also involve mentoring team members and identifying opportunities for service delivery enhancement and continual improvement processes.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the delivery of virtualization, compute, storage, middleware, database, and tooling infrastructure.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert in database platform technology.
  • Produce Infrastructure as Code to modernize legacy IT systems.
  • Provide solutions to lift and shift legacy solutions into the cloud.
  • Research, design, and engineer high-performing Infrastructure components that are standards-based and highly available.
  • Educate internal and external users on technologies to improve operational knowledge.
  • Develop implementation plans, test plans, and timelines for projects and tasks.
  • Lead analysis of the current environment to detect deficiencies and recommend improvements.
  • Participate in the evaluation and selection of technology products.
  • Provide technical expertise and leadership within teams.

Requirements

  • Undergraduate degree in engineering or computer science or equivalent experience/certification.
  • 7+ years of experience in technology infrastructure application delivery.
  • 5+ years of experience with database platforms and high availability design implementations.
  • 3+ years of experience in Agile/DevOps methodologies.
  • 3+ years with Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, ACK, or OpenShift).
  • 3+ years of experience with cloud technology (AWS, Azure, Alibaba).
  • 3+ years' experience with Infrastructure and Configuration Management-as-Code Services.
  • 3+ years of experience with infrastructure automation through scripting (Python, Ruby, PowerShell, UNIX).
  • Strong networking fundamentals.

Nice-to-haves

  • Graduate Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
  • Experience with observability tooling (Dynatrace APM, Splunk, CloudWatch).
  • Experience with security tool integration methods (SSO, MFA).
  • Experience with DevOps Tooling (Helm, Jenkins, Aqua).
  • One or more cloud certifications.
  • ITIL V4 foundation certification.

Benefits

  • Health insurance coverage.
  • 401k retirement savings plan.
  • Paid holidays and vacation time.
  • Professional development opportunities.
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