Cloud Engineer (Sr Specialist Platform Engineer)

We’re a leader in the pet care industry, which means we’re not only ahead in volume, profit and market share, but our associates dare to Stand Taller. We innovate new products, impart new agilities into existing processes, constantly advance pet nutrition, and always pay it forward in the form of service for our communities and families. Are you up for the dare?

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Position Summary

At Nestlé Purina, we believe pets and people are better together. As a leader in pet nutrition, our focus is bridging physical and digital experiences through agile ways of working, calculated risk-taking, and a data-driven mindset. Our New Business Models team consists of pioneers and architects who create groundbreaking technologies and product innovations; from introducing the extrusion process and reinventing litter, to tapping into the power of probiotics and rethinking specialized nutrition. With a digital ecosystem that includes high growth digital products like Petfinder, Petivity IoT, and Just Right personalized pet food, what state-of-the-art designs will you add to the mix?

As a Cloud Engineer on our Petfinder team, you will be responsible for technical leadership in regard to the Petfinder.com data platform. You will primarily focus on infrastructure, backend service development, and software delivery/operations within this space. This role will provide both architectural guidance as well as senior level engineering contributions.

Contribute to and implement architectural roadmaps regarding the Petfinder data platform infrastructure
Develop and implement internal systems, processes, and best practices to be used by other teams designed to increase productivity
Participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment, security, and high availability in the cloud
Design, implement, and operate server, storage, network, and security infrastructure
Design, implement and operate backend services
Lead explorations of new technologies and approaches through well-scoped and timeboxed proof of concept projects
Collaborate with product leads, business stakeholders and other engineering teams to maintain a cohesive plan
Participate in Agile engineering activities, including but not limited to daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives
Maintain a focus on operational aspects of the platform, including but not limited to metrics, monitoring, and observability
Ensure all platform components meet proper performance and capacity standards
Troubleshoot production issues and respond to after-hours escalations

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of experience working as an engineer in cloud based infrastructure environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform OR High School Diploma with 5+ years of experience working as an engineer in cloud based infrastructure environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform required.
Experience in one or more programming languages suitable for high performance backend development required

Requisition ID

161195

It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.

To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.

The Nestlé Companies are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, perceived disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at accommodations@nestle.com or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

We’re a leader in the pet care industry, which means we’re not only ahead in volume, profit and market share, but our associates dare to Stand Taller. We innovate new products, impart new agilities into existing processes, constantly advance pet nutrition, and always pay it forward in the form of service for our communities and families. Are you up for the dare?

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

Position Summary

At Nestlé Purina, we believe pets and people are better together. As a leader in pet nutrition, our focus is bridging physical and digital experiences through agile ways of working, calculated risk-taking, and a data-driven mindset. Our New Business Models team consists of pioneers and architects who create groundbreaking technologies and product innovations; from introducing the extrusion process and reinventing litter, to tapping into the power of probiotics and rethinking specialized nutrition. With a digital ecosystem that includes high growth digital products like Petfinder, Petivity IoT, and Just Right personalized pet food, what state-of-the-art designs will you add to the mix?

As a Cloud Engineer on our Petfinder team, you will be responsible for technical leadership in regard to the Petfinder.com data platform. You will primarily focus on infrastructure, backend service development, and software delivery/operations within this space. This role will provide both architectural guidance as well as senior level engineering contributions.

Contribute to and implement architectural roadmaps regarding the Petfinder data platform infrastructure
Develop and implement internal systems, processes, and best practices to be used by other teams designed to increase productivity
Participate in deep architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment, security, and high availability in the cloud
Design, implement, and operate server, storage, network, and security infrastructure
Design, implement and operate backend services
Lead explorations of new technologies and approaches through well-scoped and timeboxed proof of concept projects
Collaborate with product leads, business stakeholders and other engineering teams to maintain a cohesive plan
Participate in Agile engineering activities, including but not limited to daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives
Maintain a focus on operational aspects of the platform, including but not limited to metrics, monitoring, and observability
Ensure all platform components meet proper performance and capacity standards
Troubleshoot production issues and respond to after-hours escalations

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of experience working as an engineer in cloud based infrastructure environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform OR High School Diploma with 5+ years of experience working as an engineer in cloud based infrastructure environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform required.
Experience in one or more programming languages suitable for high performance backend development required

Requisition ID

161195

It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.

To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.

The Nestlé Companies are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, perceived disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at accommodations@nestle.com or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

St. Louis, MO, US, 63164