Software Engineer

Motorola Solutions; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K with company match

Paid holidays

Generous PTO

Job summary

Motorola Solutions is seeking a DevOps Full-Stack Engineer to design, develop, and maintain software for NG911 call handling systems. You’ll build scalable cloud infrastructure, automate deployment, and ensure high availability in both public and private environments.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement CI/CD pipelines, manage containerized apps, and optimize performance while adhering to security and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• At least 2 years of professional DevOps experience with Helm, MySQL, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with cloud platforms and container orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, develop, design, and maintain software for products and systems.
• Perform system integration of software and hardware to ensure throughput and consistency.
• Develop, validate, and test structures and user documentation; support cloud infrastructure.

Skills

DevOps

Full-Stack

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Motorola Solutions is the leading software developer and solution provider for Emergency Call Handling, the software that enables 911 centers to receive and process calls in Public Safety Answering Points across North America. The Emergency Call Handling solution team is one business sleeve of the Motorola Solutions Software Enterprise where innovation of workflow enhancements are being developed for call handling, incident management, responder dispatching and situational awareness. As a software developer, you will be joining a team developing a next generation 911 call handling solution that complies with industry standards and market demands, is capable of being deployed as a service or on-premises and meets high availability requirements our users have come to expect of 911 services. The team will utilize development talent across multiple design centers using Agile scrum methodology.

Job Description

We are looking for someone to analyze, develop, design, and maintain software for the organization’s products and systems. Performs system integration of software and hardware to maintain throughput and program consistency. Develops, validates, and tests: structures and user documentation. You will be at the part of a team of building and maintaining the highly available private cloud infrastructure that powers our call handling NG911 systems, directly impacting public safety.

Technical skills

• DevOps Full-Stack Engineer with expertise in Helm, MySQL, Kubernetes, and CI/CD Pipelines.
• You will play a key role in building, maintaining, securing and deploying scalable public and private cloud infrastructure and systems.
• Automate deployment, scaling and monitoring of systems on that infrastructure
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement CI/CD pipelines
• Build and manage containerized applications
• Provision and support configuration of relational databases with an emphasis on high availability, security and reliability
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance and reliability
• Contribute to the creation and operation of robust disaster recovery and backup strategies
• Manage developer tooling
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, compliance and security frameworks
• Knowledge with web application development (ex.: Angular, Javascript)
• Basic analysis, unit testing and exploratory testing knowledge
• Software Development: understanding of object-oriented coding and design, design patterns
• Knowledge of Git and Git workflows
• Strong level of curiosity, willingness to learn and interest in new technologies.
• Fast learner with good communication skills.

Nice-to-have requirements

• Knowledge of at least one cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Practical knowledge of one or more of these technologies (at least on a basic level): Spring Boot, Angular, Terraform, Kubernetes
• Understanding of Linux operating systems (RHEL preferred)
• Understanding of Agile Scrum
• Experience and working in a CI/CD environment (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery)
• Able to troubleshoot and debug issues on basic networking, knowledge of Wireshark
• Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always up, always-available service environment.
• Knowledge of application layer protocols, including SIP, RTP, HTTP, SOAP/REST, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, SSH, TLS, WebRTC.
• Familiarity with tools for systems management, operational support, and performance monitoring.
• Familiarity with modern development operations tooling (Trace based application performance monitoring, docker containers, and similar)
• Experience in scripting languages (e.g.Bash, Python, Ruby).
• Experience with virtualization technologies (e,g PROXMOX, VMware ESXi, KVM).
• Hands on experience with automation of infrastructure and application deployments (ex.: Ansible, Terraform).
• Experience with continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Understanding of networking concepts and principles and security best practices

Soft skills

• Communication and collaboration skills.
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking abilities.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to quality.
• Open to learning new technologies and adapting to changing requirements.

Target Base Salary Range: $90,000 - $115,000 USD. Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

Basic Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Computer Engineering with at least 2 years of professional experience in DevOps and expertise in Helm, MySQL, Kubernetes, and CI/CD Pipelines.

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

Travel Requirements

Under 10%

Relocation Provided None

Position Type New Grad Referral Payment Plan Yes

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
• 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.

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