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Software Engineer (AWS/Kubernetes) - Cloud… at Gartner · Irving
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About Gartner IT:
Join a world-class team of innovative engineers dedicated to building creative digital solutions that empower our colleagues and clients. At Gartner IT, we drive organizational impact by delivering advanced technology solutions that power Gartner’s growth. We foster a culture of continuous innovation, value outcome-driven success, and believe that great ideas can come from anyone.
About this Role:
As a member of the Cloud Centre of Excellence, you will play a key role in automating and optimizing IT infrastructure processes. You’ll help enhance Gartner’s service offerings by leveraging public cloud platforms and open-source technologies to deliver robust self-service capabilities.
What You’ll Do:
Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including application developers, operations engineers, and architects—to understand project requirements and translate them into automated solutions.
Support and enhance architecture, systems, processes, standards, and tools through collaboration and innovation.
Lead technical discussions to ensure solutions are designed for secure, highly available cloud deployments.
Design, implement, and maintain reusable compute, storage, network, and security components using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Build reusable workflows and pipelines for application deployments.
Develop automation scripts to create scalable, resilient systems and infrastructure with a focus on immutability and containerization.
Implement and test automated backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures across multiple platforms.
Utilize CAPI (Cluster API) for automating Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management.
Champion security best practices in the Kubernetes environment by implementing robust RBAC controls, enforcing network policies, conducting regular vulnerability scans, and proactively monitoring for compliance and emerging threats.
Create and maintain clear documentation, runbooks, operational standards, and architecture diagrams.
Assist development teams in automating application configurations and maintaining the service catalog within the internal developer portal.
Ensure all solutions are cost-effective and instrumented for comprehensive monitoring.
Troubleshoot, resolve, and report issues in development, test, and production environments.
Design and deploy scalable, highly available distributed systems.
Continuously identify and adopt best practices to improve processes.
Mentor product teams and junior engineers on cloud technologies and DevOps practices.
What You’ll Need:
2+ years of experience in AWS cloud, Kubernetes, and DevOps roles.
Solid experience with containerized application builds and deployment orchestration using GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux CD.
Proficiency in infrastructure automation and management through GitOps (Terraform or Open Tofu).
Hands-on experience with CAPI (Cluster API) for Kubernetes cluster management is highly desirable.
Experience with Helm chart templating for Kubernetes application packaging and deployment.
Familiarity with cloud-native delivery tools (e.g., Argo CD/Rollouts, Kustomize, OCI) and related technologies.
Strong scripting skills (Python, Shell, Groovy, etc.).
AWS and Kubernetes certifications are a plus.
Who You Are:
Effective at managing time and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent communicator with the ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Highly organized with strong multitasking and prioritization abilities.
Comfortable working independently as well as collaboratively within global teams.
Curious, passionate about technology, and committed to continuous learning.
What you will get:
Competitive compensation.
Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
A chance to make an impact – your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
Hybrid Work Environment - enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
Parental leave.
Tuition reimbursement.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Employee Assistance Program.
Gartner Gives Charity Match.
And much more!
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Who are we?
At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.
Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.
Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.
What makes Gartner a great place to work?
Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities – opportunities that may not even exist right now – for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.
We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.
Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.
We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.
What do we offer?
Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.
In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.
Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.
Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 74,000 USD - 116,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.
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