Sr. IT Automation Engineer

About the role:

In Samsara Technologies India Private Limited's Business Technology Core IT team, we work to deliver awesome systems, support, and experiences that enable our teams to be as impactful as possible.  As a member of the team, you'll be in charge of owning the technology and processes that enable our people to do their best work. We are responsible for identifying, designing, implementing, and supporting the applications to create a streamlined experience for Samsarians. As a Sr IT Automation Engineer on the team, you will provide guidance and expertise in code build and release automation, CI/CD pipelines, overall DevOps methodologies and cloud infrastructure design. You will be driving strategic & mission-critical initiatives, technology assessment, architecture decisions, and building custom solutions by partnering with various technology teams and leaders.

This role will be eligible for remote work. PST timezone shift hours

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won't be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.
• You're energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-caliber team that will encourage you to do your best.

• Evaluate, innovate, develop, implement, and support any variety of internal Engineering automation systems geared to produce efficiency at scale
• Write code for various management tools, test automation and deployment utilities
• Integrate and implement best practices and DevOps methodologies in every step of the IT engineering process
• Design, develop, support and manage integrations to internal and external systems as required
• Deliver high quality software using development methodologies
• Automate manual processes and continuously optimize systems for performance, cost efficiency, and scalability
• Conduct research and make recommendations on improvements to systems, tools, and processes
• Manage technical requirements gathering, technical gap analysis, and contribute to backlog grooming
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara's cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices

Minimum requirements for the role:

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, engineering or related field
• 6+ years of experience in a DevOps Engineer or similar role; experience in software development and infrastructure
• Have advanced experience in Python or similar programming languages
• Have first-hand experience with various API's and integration platforms
• Have experience developing Slack Apps
• Experience with application containerization platforms
• Experience with CICD build tools
• Have extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and the underlying constituent services provided
• Progressively related experience in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume software systems, applications and major SaaS solutions
• Solid understanding of source code versioning and exposure to Git, GitHub
• Ability to spearhead and drive work without supervision across functions and collaborate with all levels of users and management
• Must be detail oriented, self-organized, be committed to quality and capable of tracking multiple work streams simultaneously
• Ability to work in a fast-changing, dynamic, and agile environment, including the ability to manage time and maintain an excellent work ethic
• Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations

An ideal candidate also has:

• Exposure to scale in a SaaS-first IT environment (Google Workspace, Okta, Okta Workflows, Workato, Slack, Zoom, Github, Zendesk, etc)
• Familiarity with common AI services and tools (LLM's, Agents, Assistants, etc.)
• Developed and managed applications in a team environment
• Experience with Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, OpsGenie, StatusPage)
• Experience with Splunk and Workato
• Expertise with Google Workspace and Google Cloud Platform
• Experience in a fast-paced environment