Software Engineer (Hybrid)

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we're guided by a shared purpose - helping people be their best in the moments that matter - and we live up to our purpose every day by solving for safer. Because people can only be their best when they not only feel safe, but are safe. We're solving for safer by building the best possible technologies across every part of our safety and security ecosystem. That's mission-critical communications devices and networks, AI-powered video security & access control and the ability to unite voice, video and data in a single command center view. We're solving for safer by connecting public safety agencies and enterprises, enabling the collaboration that's critical to connect those in need with those who can help. The work we do here matters.

Department OverviewThe Cloud Platform Engineering team is responsible for the development and operations of critical cloud infrastructure and platform services, in support of Motorola Solutions' public and hybrid cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for public safety customers. This team is part of Motorola Solutions’ Video and Software division, which offers secure, reliable and efficient team communications, workflow and operational intelligence solutions for mission critical public safety and enterprise markets throughout the world. Our services leverage Cloud Computing infrastructure on Azure, AWS, and GCP to build at scale.
Job Description

The Cloud Platform Engineering team is responsible for:

• Design and implementation of continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines into multiple public cloud regions

• Development and operation of common platform services that can be leveraged by our SaaS solutions

• High availability and security of these services and the environments where they run

• Monitoring and support for these platform and infrastructure services, as well as metrics collection and related reporting

As a software engineer on this team, you will be a key contributor to platform development activities. Our teams are developing services, tools, and processes to support other Motorola Solutions' engineering teams as well as deliver solutions to our customers. You will be working on a high-velocity, results-oriented team that leverages cutting-edge technologies and techniques. The right individual will be motivated and will have a passion for automation, deployment processes and enabling innovation. Your efforts will help to shape the engineering culture and best practices across Motorola Solutions’ Video and Software organization.

Responsibilities will include:

• Scope, design, and develop custom software solutions utilizing the Elastic and/or Prometheus stacks on Kubernetes

• Operation of large Elasticsearch and Prometheus clusters

• Develop automation tools and services to minimize delivery time and increase developer productivity

• On-call work is required for services developed by the team

Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science (or equivalent degree) with 1+ years professional software development experience or an MS degree.

• Experience with building applications against and operating Elasticsearch and/or Prometheus clusters.

• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

• Comfortable switching between Java, Spring framework, Golang, and/or Python

• Familiarity with modern development operations tooling (Trace based application performance monitoring, docker containers, and similar)

• Experience mentoring more junior team members and leading development work by example

• Experience with GitHub Actions

• Experience with development of custom network services (HTTP, WebSockets, or similar)

  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• A background in Linux/Unix Administration

• Prior experience operating Elasticsearch and/or Prometheus clusters

• Prior experience being on-call for services developed by the team

• Demonstrated experience developing and deploying automation for services on Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, or Google Cloud

Primary Skills 

• Helm/Kubernetes/Docker

• Configuration as Code

• CI/CD

• Linux Administration and Shell Scripting

• Java 17+ with Spring Boot, Go, and/or Python

• Git

• Working with Third Party Vendors and Open Source Projects

• Vulnerability Analysis

  
  

Nice to have Skills:

• Experience with event streaming platforms such as Kafka, AWS Kinesis, Azure Event Hubs, or GCP PubSub

• IAM expertise (Azure Active Directory, AWS IAM or GCP IAM)

• Azure DevOps, Github Actions

This position is subject to working in high security areas governed by the US Department of Justice's "Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy" and therefore requires successfully passing a more stringent fingerprint background check administered by Motorola Solutions Inc. customers. US citizenship is required.

Note: Candidate must be in office once a week at one of the following locations Allen, TX, Salt Lake City, UT or Schaumburg, IL.

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Basic Requirements

• Bachelors degree with 1+ years of software engineering experience

• OR Masters degree with 0+ years of software engineering experience

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position. 

• Must be able to obtain background clearance as required by government customer 

Travel RequirementsNone
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced
Referral Payment PlanYes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K with Company Match
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Parental & Family Leave
• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please email [email protected].