As an intermediate platform development engineer within our site reliability engineering team, you will drive the design, development, and optimization of our monitoring, logging, and alerting platforms. Your collaboration with cross-functional teams, including operations engineers, infrastructure, and network teams, will ensure seamless integration and enhanced performance across our systems. Your contributions will be pivotal in maintaining the reliability and efficiency of our platforms, making a significant impact on our overall operations.
We practice a remote-first working model, leveraging in-person interactions at our head office, in beautiful Vancouver, BC, for strategic, collaborative, and social purposes.
Join our collaborative team as an intermediate platform development engineer!
What you’ll do:
Design and develop self-service capabilities for reliability platforms
Create monitoring features to proactively detect and address production issues, ensuring high availability
Deploy and maintain reliability platforms using infrastructure as code and configuration management
Propose and implement platform improvements based on industry best practices
Collaborate with engineers, operations, and infrastructure teams to align efforts with business objectives
Participate in SLA/post-incident reviews to prevent recurrence and minimize downtime
Collaborate with various teams to conduct capacity planning and resource optimization to meet demand
Maintain documentation of platform architecture and processes for knowledge sharing
What we are looking for:
2-4 years working as a developer focusing on scripting languages and frontend development (eg: Python, Ruby, HTML, CSS, JS)
2+ years’ experience using IaC and configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible, Terraform)
2+ years using monitoring and visualization platforms (e.g. Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, Solarwinds)
2+ years utilizing logging and alerting platforms (e.g. Elastic Search, PagerDuty, GoAlert).
2+ years working with cloud computing providers (eg: Azure, AWS or GCP)
2+ years handling deployment and orchestration of containerized applications (eg: OpenShift, Kubernetes or Docker)
Experience working on Linux operating system
Why you’ll love it here:
Employee discounts on awesome tech from day one
Flexible health benefits and wellness program
TFSA and RRSP programs
100% matched company pension plan
Training programs to build new and transferable skills
About Best Buy
As Canada's destination for the coolest tech, Best Buy offers one of the best work environments in the country! Our culture is one of inclusiveness and belonging and provides employees an environment where they can bring their whole selves to work.
We believe in a fair and inclusive hiring process. We encourage you to apply even if you may not meet all the requirements.
Join our amazing team!
We are looking for people just like you.
Annualized base pay range
$88,000.00 - $93,000.00Starting pay offered will consider skills and experience. Your pay can grow as you build your career with us.
Suite 102 - 425 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Y 1L3
Top Skills
Best Buy Seattle, Washington, USA Office
South Lake Union area.
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