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“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder

Global supply chain management is what we do, but at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.

• 18,000 trained professionals

• 350+ locations worldwide across 60+ countries

• Fortune 500

• Globally unified systems

Are you passionate about infrastructure automation? Do you like collaborating on something new, and unfamiliar? Are you curious? We are looking for a technologist that will partner with us to change our world by enabling our teams to deliver their products more efficiently, reliably, and more quickly. The ideal candidate will have experience implementing Chef/Puppet/Ansible in a distributed environment to standardize and automate our business application team's build, test, and deploy pipelines.

We need you to be a go-getter who is constantly on the lookout for opportunities to improve our infrastructure, take pride in your excellent customer service and collaborate well amongst different teams. You work well in a team environment and know how to work with your colleagues to bring out their best. As part of our team you will contribute to continuous improvement, demonstrating DevOps-in-practice and collaborating across multiple teams. Most importantly, you are passionate about helping our customers learn to build awesome every day.

This position is on-site and will reside in the greater Seattle, WA. area at one of the following locations depending on availability. Candidates must be local or willing to relocate. Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

• Downtown Seattle

• Federal Way

• Lynnwood

• Bellevue (Factoria)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment

• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, Ruby preferred)

• Critical & logical thinking in high-pressure circumstances

• Experience spinning up VMs

• Skills in debugging system level issue in either Unix or Linux

• Ability to formulate a design strategy from a mix of business requirements, concept documents and verbal descriptions

• Requires the skill to train, mentor and share knowledge in both individual and group settings

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with DevOps / Infrastructure as Code

• Programming languages (Python, Java preferred)

• Understanding of automation deployment processes and techniques employed within areas of technical specialty

• Understanding of test automation and continuous delivery principles

• Data Analytics Experience

Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not transfer or sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (such as an H-1B visa) for this opportunity.

Expected base salary:  $100,000 to $145,000

Expeditors offers excellent benefits:

• Paid vacation

• Holidays (10)

• Flexible Days (2)

• Paid Sick Time (accrual rate of 1 hour of sick time per 30 hours paid)

• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

• Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision Coverage

• Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Life and Disability Insurance

• Paid Parental Leave (additional eligibility criteria)

• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DC FSA)

• Commuter Benefit

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Training and Personnel Development Program

• Educational Assistance and Reimbursement

• Position is full time (40 hours per week) Monday through Friday 

• Business professional dress code

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO Guidelines.