Staff Client Platform Engineer at Aurora Innovation

Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all.
This role will contribute to delivering the benefits of self-driving by leading the development of tailored client device solutions that address Aurora-wide and team-specific requirements for software and hardware development and manufacturing.
In this role you will
Guide the approach and execution of the Client Platform Engineering Team
Plan, design, and implement scalable solutions to manage Aurora's physical and virtual client platforms (Macs, Windows, Ubuntu) to ensure they receive security patches, configuration, and software package updates
Partner with IT Support, InfoSec, and Developer Experience on strategy and implementation of client platform management solutions
Handle escalations from IT Support, with an emphasis on mentoring and empowering IT Support to address similar problems
Participate in the Enterprise SRE 24/7 on-call rotation
Required qualifications
Experience of at least 8 years in Client Platform engineering and at least 3 years in leading engineering solutions (design to implementation) at scale.
Expertise with client device lifecycle management, including experience across multiple client operating systems and various hardware platforms.
Experience with MacOS, Windows, and Linux system administration.
Experience deploying configuration management tools such as Intune, Kandji, Puppet, Ansible, or Chef.
Experience with automation and tool development, preferably using Powershell, Go, or Python.
Strong change management skills, including rollout planning and communication, and collaborating with stakeholders.
Understanding of client endpoint security concepts and experience applying security hardening to client devices, such as CIS Benchmarks.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills that drive executional impact at scale.
Experience with automating testing for imaging, provisioning, and configuration management.
Desirable qualifications
Experience working within cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Experience in environments deploying containerized workflows, using tools such as Docker or Kubernetes.
Familiarity with SRE concepts such as SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, incident response, and best practices and partnering with teams on them.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation
Working at Aurora
At Aurora, we bring together extraordinarily talented and experienced people united by the strength of our values. We operate with integrity, set outrageous goals, and build a culture where we win together - all without any jerks.
We believe in-person work increases collaboration, empathy and our ability to lead effectively. As a result, we operate in a hybrid work environment where Aurorans are in office at least 3 days per week.
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