Senior Software Engineer, DevOps

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. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department OverviewMotorola's Access Control Division's (previously OpenPath, now Avigilon Alta) mission is to improve your workday with smart office technology at your front door. We are looking for candidates who can help us build, scale and innovate as we develop our industry leading platform for access control and office automation. Strong analytical and software skills are a must in order to join our team, and we are particularly seeking candidates with experience and skills in multiple technologies, in order to contribute broadly to our team-centric approach to product development.
The DevOps/Infrastructure Reliability Team addresses a wide range of engineering tasks including software development for the fleet of devices along with their support, analysis and improvement.
Job Description

Overview:

The Senior Software Engineer, DevOps is responsible for ensuring the stability, scalability, and reliability of our on-prem and cloud platform. You will collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to design, build, and maintain systems that are resilient, automated, and performant. Your role will involve troubleshooting infrastructure issues, implementing and automating best practices, and continuously improving our systems to meet both current and future business needs.

Responsibilities:

System Reliability & Performance

• Monitor, maintain, and improve the performance, availability, and scalability of platform components, including on-prem devices and support services.
• Specifically working with the video streaming services, you will play a key role in the development and operational aspects, including deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting of these services on Linux environments. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the core of our product offerings and make a tangible impact on our next-generation video and access control solutions.

Software Development

• Work with the team to design and implement robust, scalable, and high-performance backend services using Python and/or Go, specifically focused on video streaming from our on-premise controller units.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans to ensure the reliability, performance, and security of video streaming services.
• Participate in code reviews, contributing to a culture of high-quality, maintainable code.
• Deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot services in Linux environments, ensuring optimal uptime and performance.
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues related to video streaming services and system integrations.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and decisions for new features, service enhancements and hardware.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Strong proficiency in either Python or Go (or both) with a proven track record of building robust applications.
• Experience with service development, including API design, data processing, and concurrency.
• 3-5 years of experience in a similar role involving work in infrastructure reliability, or supporting end customers using IoT devices and cloud infrastructure .
• Understanding or willing to learn infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation (CDK).
• Solid understanding of networking principles (DNS, load balancing, firewalls, VPNs).
• 3-5 years of experience troubleshooting Linux (especially on small board computers such as raspberry pi)
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure problems, perform root cause analysis, and implement solutions.
• Experience troubleshooting systems which are remote and installed at a customer site where the device performs critical customer functions.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams.
• Ability to clearly document systems, procedures, and incidents.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience with AI/machine learning technologies is strongly preferred

Target Base Salary Range: $89,300 - $178,600
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.

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Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 3+ years of experience in DevOps, Reliability, or software engineering
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

Travel RequirementsUnder 10%
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced
Referral Payment PlanYes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Parental & Family Leave
• and 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.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.