DevOps Engineer III

Company Description

McDonald’s growth strategy, Accelerating the Arches, encompasses all aspects of our business as the leading global omni-channel restaurant brand. As the consumer landscape shifts we are using our competitive advantages to further strengthen our brand. One of our core growth strategies is to Double Down on the 3Ds (Delivery, Digital and Drive Thru). McDonald’s will accelerate technology innovation so 65M+ customers a day will experience a fast, easy experience, whether at one of our 25,000 and growing Drive Thrus, through McDelivery, dine-in or takeaway.

McDonald’s Global Technology is here to power tomorrow’s feel-good moments.

That’s why you’ll find us at the forefront of transformative technology, exploring new and innovative ways to serve our millions of customers and spread happiness one delicious Hot Fudge Sundae-dipped fry at a time. Using AI, robotics and emerging tech, we’re digitizing the Golden Arches. Combine that with our unparalleled global scale, and we’re reshaping all areas of the business, industry and every community that is home to a McDonald’s restaurant. We face complex tech challenges every day. But that’s where our diverse and talented teams come in. They’re made up of the best and brightest from all over the globe, and they thrive in the space where feel-good meets fast-paced.

Our Global Mexico City Office will be a hub for technology innovation and operational support to help us build the solutions that will improve our customer, crew and employee experience each and every day.

Department Overview

This opportunity is part of the Global Technology Infrastructure & Operations team (GTIO), where our mission is to deliver modern and relevant technology that supports the way McDonald’s works. We provide best-in-class foundational technology products and services including Global Networking, Cloud, End User Computing, and IT Service Management. It’s our goal to always provide an engaging, relevant, and simple experience for our customers.

DevOps Engineer Specialist role is part of the Cloud Ecosystem team in Global Technology Infrastructure & Operations.  The role reports to the DevOps Senior Engineer and is responsible for supporting and maturing a Enterprise DevOps pipeline in Cloud.  As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in crafting the definition, vision, design, road map and development of product features from beginning to end. You will support the Digital, Data, Engineering, and Restaurant development teams by delivering a scalable, resilient, and secure Cloud DevOps Pipeline and supporting tooling.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced technology leader to help shape the transformation of infrastructure and operations products and services to the entire McDonalds environment.

Duties

• Design, implement, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and Jenkins.
• Build automation to create and manage AWS Account/Azure Subscription Deploy and manage cloud resource management platform for AWS & Azure
• Integrate security tools and practices into the CI/CD lifecycle, including SAST, DAST, and SCA (e.g., Snyk).
• Manage secrets securely using Azure Key Vault and enforce secure coding practices across development teams.
• Support containerization strategies using Docker and orchestrate deployments using Kubernetes.
• Contribute to all aspects of the agile development life cycle including design, development, documentation, testing and operations.
• Participate in efforts to drive elimination of technical debt and continuous improvement in delivery speed, quality, value, and applied innovation.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience as a DevOps or DevSecOps Engineer, with a strong focus on automation and security.
• 3+ Years of hands-on experience with Azure DevOps Pipelines and GitHub Actions, Jenkins.
• 3+ Years supporting cloud native applications using Azure Kubernetes (AKS), Docker, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Event Grid, and Service Bus.
• Experience implementing Git flow, branching strategies, repository configurations (policies, security) and automation.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and ARM templates.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
• Proven knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals (object-oriented design, data structures and algorithm) with specific focus on C# and .NET.
• Test automation with Unit Tests for including in pipeline.
• Proven leadership abilities in an engineering environment in driving operational precision and best practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across remote teams and a global organization.

Additional information At McDonalds we are People from all Walks of Life...

People are at the heart of everything we do , and they make the McDonalds experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers. We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees, and suppliers gives us strength.

We do not tolerate inequality, injustice, or discrimination of any kind. These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.

We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities, helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonalds or elsewhere.