Platform Engineer

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Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales. We produce some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s, SNICKERS, TWIX, MILKY WAY, DOVE, PEDIGREE, ROYAL CANIN, WHISKAS, EXTRA, ORBIT, 5, SKITTLES, BEN’S ORIGINAL, and COCOAVIA. Alongside our consumer brands, we proudly take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitals, BluePearl, Linnaeus, AniCura, VCA and Pet Partners. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our 130,000 Diverse Associates to act daily towards creating the world we want tomorrow.

Job Description:

The Platform Engineering team manages the platform layer in our global cloud environments that serve data and analytics use cases and application development across Mars. The Platform Engineer role will be responsible for the delivery of new technologies and automation of services. They will play a crucial role in the research and roll out of new solutions to meet the multi-dimensional needs of our customers, enabling our businesses to pursue aggressive digital strategies.

What are we looking for?

• University degree in the field of Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience
• 1+ years of experience with cloud engineering and/or software development
• Understanding of building and deploying services in the cloud, Azure, AWS, GCP
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language, PowerShell, Ansible, Puppet, etc.
• Advantage if experienced with Terraform, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes
• Exposure in working in a collaborative team environment
• Solid written and verbal communication skills in English

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Working with technical development team on scope and delivery of self-service platform templates
• Become a subject matter expert in new technologies introduced to the platform
• Leverage product management/agile frameworks to flesh out business requirements
• Implement monitoring, alerting & observability solutions
• Maintain technical documentation & runbooks

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus

Disclaimer: Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing