Job Description

We are seeking an experienced engineer to join our growing DevOps team. This engineer will be responsible for Production Support and keeping our sites up and running. This will include automating deployments, configuration management and capacity management of Copart’s production applications. This role will interact with all functions in Copart’s technology team to build out operational capabilities to support secure, scalable, fault-tolerant and cloud based web architecture.

 ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot one or more company products
• Develop internal tools and processes to maintain stability and performance of our infrastructure
• Act as subject-matter expert for one or more company products
• Gather, analyze, and report important IT system data
• Provide feedback to developers regarding the status of various IT systems
• Develop and manage product-related IT procedures
• Research, review, analyze, troubleshoot, and document product-related IT systems
• Respond to and resolve production issues
• Develop and document infrastructure standards
• Provide product-related IT training
• Plan and successfully complete IT projects and goals
• Automate repetitive tasks
• Present ideas clearly to executives and personnel on levels of the development process
• Help Define and establish common and advanced system administration functions

Required Skills

• Extensive Production Support experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to produce usable and maintainable documentation
• Proficient with standard IT concepts, practices, and procedures
• Intermediate programming and scripting knowledge
• Ability to execute research projects and generate practical results and recommendations
• Strong work ethic, attention to detail, and drive to be successful; ability to work independently with minimal supervision or assistance
• Strong problem solving skills: innovation, collaboration, analysis, inductive reasoning
• Strong understanding of business processes and IT systems
• Strong knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems
• Knowledge of Python and Java
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking and DNS
• Experience with Tomcat, Redis, Solr, Nginx and Nirvana Messaging is a plus
• Experience with Build Automation Tools like Maven, Gradle.
• Experience working with Docker containers and Kubernetes is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal, time management, project management, and conflict resolution skills
• Proficiency in presentation of technical and business subjects to technical and non-technical audiences

Job Location

Dallas, Texas, United States

Position Type

Full-Time/Regular

Company Description

Copart is the global leader in online salvage vehicle auctions. We offer a wide range of positions across the US and Canada, a comprehensive benefits package and ample opportunities to achieve professional and personal growth. We actively seek new talent to help us continue to be vendor of choice for our customers. If you want to work with an industry leader, this is the place for you.