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Lead Cloud Enablement Engineer

Home Office - Illinois - Chicago Metro

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way.  

Our people at JLL and JLL Technologies are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people  and empowering them to  thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong.  Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.   

The ability to work as peers with senior developers and development engineering is a key aspect of this role. Great technical acumen is table stakes for the role with extensive experience in one of the major cloud providers, preferably AWS, strong leadership, and strong communication skills are your differentiators. You will be required to make sound business and technical trade-off decisions that align with business objectives and enterprise compliance requirements. 

We are a group of collaborators that operate as entrepreneurial startups, and in this role, you will develop solutions and partner with engineers to set up the foundation that will be leveraged by both internal and external customers. This is a fantastic opportunity to have real ownership of projects and to be able to see your work come to life on a global scale. 

This role is fully remote but with availability to work during US (United States) time zones. 

What You’ll Do 

  • Build and maintain a resilient, secure, and efficient SaaS application platform to meet established service levels 

  • Automate build, test, and deployment for distributed, fault-tolerant infrastructure 

  • Monitoring and incident response for distributed applications 

  • Collaborate with developers to bring new features and services into production using best practices 

  • Utilize a combination of open-source and custom software to solve product challenges 

  • Drive improvement to operational practices and procedures 

  • Proactively meet standards for information security and compliance, such as ISO (International Standards Organization), SOX (Sarbanes Oxley), SSAE (Standards for Attestation Engagements) 16, etc. 

  • Exert considerable influence on the overall objectives and long-term goals of your team 

  • Shepherd the definition, documentation, and improvement of our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment 

  • Represent JLLT (JLL Technologies) Engineering and its values in public communication around broad initiatives, specific projects, and community contributions. Interact with customers and other external stakeholders as a consultant and spokesperson for the work of your team 

  • Drive innovation on the team with a willingness to experiment and to boldly confront problems of immense complexity and scope 

  • Actively seek out difficult impediments to our efficiency as a team ("technical debt"), propose and implement solutions that will enable the entire team to iterate faster 

Who You Are 

  • You have a bachelor's degree in computer science or other engineering discipline 

  • You have 8+ years of experience in 24x7 production operations for a SaaS (Software as a Service) or cloud service provider 

  • You have experience with AWS (Amazon Web Services) or Azure IaaS (infrastructure as a service) and PaaS (Platform as a Service) offerings 

  • You have experience with container orchestration and management platforms (Kubernetes, Docker) 

  • You have experience with leading infrastructure and application monitoring tools (AppDynamics, Splunk) 

  • You have deployed and managed Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) 

  • You possess system programming skills in Go, Python, PowerShell, Bash etc. 

  • You are familiar with CI/CD practices and tools (Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps) 

  • You can diagnose and troubleshoot JavaScript and Java applications 

  • You have a strong understanding of networking concepts 

  • You understand distributed, event-based messaging architectures (Azure Event Hub, Azure Service Bus, Kafka, etc.) 

  • You have strong interpersonal and team skills - ability to implement process and influence engineers who are not direct reports 

  • You can operate in an agile, collaborative, entrepreneurial start-up environment 

Estimated total compensation ran for this position is:

175,000.00 – 200,000.00 USD per year

The pay range listed is a total compensation range including bonus, if applicable. The provided range is an estimate and not guaranteed. An employment offer is based on applicant’s education, experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, internal equity and alignment with market data.

Location:

Remote –Chicago, IL

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all the requirements.  We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!


Personalized benefits that support personal well-being and growth:

JLL recognizes the impact that the workplace can have on your wellness, so we offer a supportive culture and comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical and emotional health. Some of these benefits may include:

  • 401(k) plan with matching company contributions

  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care

  • Paid parental leave at 100% of salary 

  • Paid Time Off and Company Holidays

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Job Profile

Regions

North America

Countries

United States

Restrictions

Must work during US time zones

Benefits/Perks

Fully remote Global impact Ownership of projects

Tasks
  • Automate build, test, and deployment
  • Build and maintain SaaS application platform
  • Collaborate with developers
  • Drive operational improvements
  • Monitor and respond to incidents
Skills

AppDynamics AWS Azure Bash Docker Go Kubernetes PowerShell Python Splunk Terraform

Experience

8 years

Education

Bachelor's

Timezones

America/Anchorage America/Chicago America/Denver America/Los_Angeles America/New_York Pacific/Honolulu UTC-10 UTC-5 UTC-6 UTC-7 UTC-8 UTC-9