Cruise Automation is hiring a

Senior Site Reliability Engineer II, Windows Infrastructure

Remote

We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love.

We’re building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

In our cars, you’re free to be yourself. It’s the same here at Cruise. We’re creating a culture that values the experiences and contributions of all of the unique individuals who collectively make up Cruise, so that every employee can do their best work. 

Cruise is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products. If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, come join us. Even if you might not meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply. You might just be the right candidate for us.

The Enterprise Platform Engineering team supports the platforms used day in and day out by Cruisers. From the laptops and desktops that enable developers to the tablets and phones that empower operations our team’s impact is far reaching.

 

We are looking for a hardworking engineer who specializes in Microsoft technologies to help us execute on the EPE team’s roadmap, deliver an outstanding experience for our users, and support the growth and development of the Microsoft environment, including the Windows platform.

 

What you’ll be doing:

  • Design and deliver components of Microsoft Windows-based infrastructure to improve availability, scalability, and latency Cruisers rely on everyday

  • Implement solutions to help secure and scale our Microsoft Windows configuration management for services such as Active Directory, SCCM, PKI, etc with prioritization on automation.

  • Identify opportunities to enable self-service and workflow automation to support the team with day-to-day requests

  • Define and improve observability capabilities related to Windows-based infrastructure

  • Develop and maintain configuration policies and compliance enforcement across IT

  • Provide tier-3, 4 support for Microsoft systems as an escalation path from IT Operations or Security

  • Own and report on the health of the Microsoft Windows Server environment, from patch coverage to performance baselines

  • Collaborate with various technical and non-technical teams to translate requirements into components of service architecture

  • Participate in on-call rotation

 

What you must have:

  • Proven experience in the administration, configuration, and support of Microsoft Windows as a platform at scale

  • Deep understanding of Active Directory, SCCM, PKI, DNS, and leveraging Powershell scripts for its management and automation.

  • Experience leveraging InTune and AzureAD.

  • Experience using infrastructure-as-code and configuration-as-code methodologies to manage Microsoft Windows platforms

  • Solid understanding of DevOps methodologies with a strong desire to automate everything

  • You have experience using Git and CI/CD to improve the quality and release cadence of changes

  • Experience managing Windows-based infrastructure in public clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure)

  • You maintain a security mindset when engineering solutions to complex problems

  • Comfortable with scripting and programming languages such as Powershell and Python

  • The ability to multitask and prioritize tasks, own and drive projects effectively in a fast-paced environment

  • Empathy for end users and a desire to provide a quality user experience

 

Bonus points!

  • Direct experience with GCP and leveraging cloud concepts to deploy Windows-based workloads

  • Experience integrating workflow automation tools (ex. Rundeck, StackStorm) to manage Windows-based infrastructure

  • You have experience deploying and/or managing virtualization (MS Hyper-V or VMWare) platforms

  • Experience leveraging InTune for cloud based observability and configuration management of Client platforms

  • You have managed Windows with Ansible in addition to standard Windows-built configuration management tools 

  • You have experience using HashiCorp tools (Vault, Terraform) in Windows-based environment

  • Experience developing production level services in enterprise environments

 

The salary range for this position is $142,800 - $210,000. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.

Why Cruise?

Our benefits are here to support the whole you:

  • Competitive salary and benefits 
  • Medical / dental / vision, Life and AD&D
  • Subsidized mental health benefits
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Paid parental, medical, family care, and military leave of absence
  • 401(k) Cruise matching program 
  • Fertility benefits
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
  • Flexible Spending Account & Health Saving Account
  • Perks Wallet program for benefits/perks
  • Pre-tax Commuter benefit plan for local employees
  • CruiseFlex, our location-flexible work policy. (Learn more about CruiseFlex).

We’re Integrated

  • Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.

We’re Funded

  • GM, Honda, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price, and Walmart have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.

Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, caste, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws.

Cruise is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know or email [email protected].

We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. To help us track the effectiveness and inclusivity of our recruiting efforts, please consider answering the following demographic questions. Answering these questions is entirely voluntary. Your answers to these questions will not be shared with the hiring decision makers and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. Instead, Cruise will use this information not only to comply with any government reporting obligations but also to track our progress toward meeting our diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging objectives. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

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Candidates applying for roles that operate and remotely operate the AV: Licensed to drive a motor vehicle in the U.S. for the three years immediately preceding your application, currently holding an active in-state regular driver’s license or equivalent, and no more than one point on driving record. A successful completion of a background check, drug screen and DMV Motor Vehicle Record check is also required.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Cruise does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, Cruise does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners. 

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