About the role
structured by ORIOur Company: At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information. Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform activates enterprise intelligence by unifying data, knowledge and business context to achieve tangible outcomes.
What you will do
- Working on a team of professionals, you will manage, configure, and support observability tooling for Teradata’s product offerings across all three major cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud).
- You will define, configure, and deploy monitoring to measure performance, scalability, reliability, and resiliency, and alert when critical thresholds are crossed.
- You will build concise, impactful dashboards displaying infrastructure-level and application-level telemetry for both internal and external audiences.
- You will monitor all the layers of Teradata’s application stack, from the customer-facing interface all the way through the backend, including all services, network layers, databases, and cloud service provider integrations.
- You will constantly seek to reduce mean-time-to-discover and mean-time-to-recover through improvements to Teradata’s observability tooling.
What they are looking for
- 1+ years of administrative-level experience with Grafana or an equivalent observability tool, including but not limited to onboarding users; defining group policies; authoring monitors, alerts, and dashboards; and integration with other enterprise applications such as ServiceNow.
- Experience with a modern programming language such as Python.
- Experience with a configuration management tool such as Ansible or Puppet.
- Experience with a build/deployment automation tool such as Jenkins or Bamboo.
- Familiarity with both SQL and noSQL databases, and use cases for each.
- Experience administering Linux-based systems.
- 1-3 years of experience in the software industry in a devops or site reliability engineering role.
- A willingness to learn and an openness to coaching from both leaders and peers.
- A passion for constant, iterative improvement over the status quo.
- The ability to quickly and comprehensively decompose a problem, identifying dependencies and defining tasks.
- The ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, and adjust as priorities change.
- The flexibility to work on a globally-distributed team managed from the United States.
Nice to have
- Experience with at least one major cloud service provider (AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud), preferably all three.
- Experience with an infrastructure-as-code (IaC) cloud provisioning tool, preferably Terraform.
- Experience with at least one modern source control tool, preferably Git.
- Experience with at least one modern defect tracking tool, preferably Jira.
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Our Company:
At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information. Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform activates enterprise intelligence by unifying data, knowledge and business context to achieve tangible outcomes. With Teradata, organizations can provide agents with full context for impact when it matters. Our solution lets businesses connect and scale on premises, in the cloud, or through a hybrid approach. Teradata delivers real business value with AI.
What You’ll Do
- Working on a team of professionals, you will manage, configure, and support observability tooling for Teradata’s product offerings across all three major cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud).
- You will define, configure, and deploy monitoring to measure performance, scalability, reliability, and resiliency, and alert when critical thresholds are crossed.
- You will build concise, impactful dashboards displaying infrastructure-level and application-level telemetry for both internal and external audiences.
- You will monitor all the layers of Teradata’s application stack, from the customer-facing interface all the way through the backend, including all services, network layers, databases, and cloud service provider integrations.
- You will constantly seek to reduce mean-time-to-discover and mean-time-to-recover through improvements to Teradata’s observability tooling.
Who You’ll Work With
- You’ll work closely with product engineering and cloud operations personnel to help administer all aspects of Teradata’s observability tooling in pre-production and production environments.
- You’ll work with security and compliance teams to help provide evidence necessary to meet Teradata’s compliance obligations.
- You’ll report to a Director, Site Reliability Engineering.
What Makes You A Qualified Candidate
- Experience with at least one major cloud service provider (AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud), preferably all three.
- 1+ years of administrative-level experience with Grafana or an equivalent observability tool, including but not limited to onboarding users; defining group policies; authoring monitors, alerts, and dashboards; and integration with other enterprise applications such as ServiceNow.
- Experience with an infrastructure-as-code (IaC) cloud provisioning tool, preferably Terraform.
- Experience with a modern programming language such as Python.
- Experience with a configuration management tool such as Ansible or Puppet.
- Experience with a build/deployment automation tool such as Jenkins or Bamboo.
- Experience with at least one modern source control tool, preferably Git.
- Experience with at least one modern defect tracking tool, preferably Jira.
- Familiarity with both SQL and noSQL databases, and use cases for each.
- Experience administering Linux-based systems.
What You’ll Bring
- 1-3 years of experience in the software industry in a devops or site reliability engineering role.
- A willingness to learn and an openness to coaching from both leaders and peers.
- A passion for constant, iterative improvement over the status quo.
- The ability to quickly and comprehensively decompose a problem, identifying dependencies and defining tasks.
- The ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, and adjust as priorities change.
- The flexibility to work on a globally-distributed team managed from the United States.
Why We Think You’ll Love Teradata
We prioritize a people-first culture because we know our people are at the very heart of our success. We embrace a flexible work model because we trust our people to make decisions about how, when, and where they work. We focus on well-being because we care about our people and their ability to thrive both personally and professionally. We are an anti-racist company because our dedication to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is more than a statement. It is a deep commitment to doing the work to foster an equitable environment that celebrates people for all of who they are.
Teradata invites all identities and backgrounds in the workplace. We work with deliberation and intent to ensure we are cultivating collaboration and inclusivity across our global organization. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, ancestry, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related conditions), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, or any other legally protected status.