Job Description

Who we are:

Our story might surprise you. We’re the world’s largest restaurant company—encompassing KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell—but there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes than just frying chicken, baking pizzas, and serving up tacos. We put this delicious food in the hands of customers through apps, websites, kiosks, POS, and other digital dining experiences – and we are only getting started. Here in Chicago, we’re building out a bold team of hackers to help Yum! Brands deliver the next generation of software to 49,000 restaurants in more than 145 countries. That’s a huge responsibility, which is why we’re on a mission to find the most fearless engineers to join our software startup within Yum!.

Yum!'s vision for the future is simple: a world with more Yum!: with our iconic brands in more places, and more ways for consumers to access them. The key and not-so-secret ingredient in our recipe for growth is our unrivaled talent and culture, which fuels our results. And like all companies who win consistently, our brands, employees, and franchisees will need to continually adjust to stay relevant now and in the future. The software we’re building does just that: it serves people in new ways to make team members more productive and customers happier.

What we need:

Yum Brands! is seeking AWS container engineers to support our cloud infrastructure projects and work directly with clients to migrate existing cloud environments, modernize software deployments, and establish operational excellence. 

You will:

• Provision and configure infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Build and configure Kubernetes-based infrastructure, networking policies, LBs, and cluster security
• Automate the build of containerized systems with CI/CD tooling, Helm charts, and more
• Manage deployments and rollbacks of applications
• Implement monitoring and metrics with Prometheus, and integrate with ElasticSearch
• Troubleshoot and optimize containerized workload deployments for clients
• Automate operational tasks and assist in the transition to service ownership models
• Collaborate across project teams to simplify and improve software lifecycle processes

You have:

• Three or more years of cloud deployments, DevOps, and infrastructure engineering.
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or similar experience
• Strong interpersonal and client-facing skills
• Expert level AWS EKS and Kubernetes engineering skills
• Docker and Linux containers skills
• AWS services - RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, DocumentDB skills
• AWS CodePipeline/CodeDeploy, GitHub, and CircleCI skills
• Network and storage engineering skills
• Python and Bash scripting skills

A few of our perks:

·      4 weeks of vacation PLUS holidays

·      5 sick days

·      2 paid volunteer days

·      401k matching

·      Medical, dental, vision

·      Life insurance

·      Half day Fridays

·      Generous parental leave

·      A world-famous recognition culture

This position is open in:

• Chicago (ideal location, but not required)
• Irvine, CA
• Louisville, KY
• Plano, TX

About Us

Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has over 45,000 restaurants in more than 135 countries and territories and is one of the Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders in North America. In 2018, Yum! Brands was recognized as part of the inaugural Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index. In 2017, Yum! Brands was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index and ranked among the top 100 Best Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility Magazine. The company’s restaurant brands – KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell – are global leaders of the chicken, pizza and Mexican-style food categories. Worldwide, the Yum! Brands system opens over seven new restaurants per day on average, making it a leader in global retail development.

Since our spin-off from PepsiCo in 1997, Yum! Brands has become a truly global company going from approximately 20 percent of profits coming from outside the U.S. to approximately 50 percent in 2016. We’re proud to be the worldwide leader in emerging markets with over 17,000 restaurants, nearly twice as many as the nearest competition. With less than 3 restaurants per million people in the top 10 emerging markets, compared to approximately 57 restaurants per million in the U.S., we are on the ground floor of global growth.

Our mission is to build the world’s most loved, trusted and fastest growing restaurant brands. We are evolving KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell into iconic, distinctive and relevant global brands.

Importantly, we’re extremely proud of our 1.5 million employees around the globe and the unique culture we’ve built, one that’s filled with energy, opportunity, and fun. We believe in our people, trust in their positive intentions, encourage ideas from everyone, and have actively developed a workforce that is diverse in style and background. Yum! Brands is great place to be yourself, grow and make a difference. We have Grow Yourself Week which is devoted to your personal development.

Check out some of our great benefits:

•    4 weeks of vacation per year plus holidays
•    2 paid days off per year to volunteer
•    Onsite childcare through Bright Horizons
•    Onsite dining center (yes, you can eat KFC, Taco Bell or Pizza hut every day!)
•    Onsite dry cleaning, laundry services, concierge
•    Onsite gym with fitness classes and personal trainer sessions
•    Tuition reimbursement, education benefits and scholarship opportunities
•    Discounts for life’s adventures (ex: theme parks, wireless plans, etc.)
•    Generous parental leave for all new parents and adoption assistance program
•    401(k) with a 6% matching contribution from Yum! Brands with immediate vesting
•    Comprehensive medical, vision and dental including prescription drug benefits and 100% preventive care
•    Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
•    Recognition based culture and unique, fun events year round
•    Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
•    Recognition based culture and unique, fun events year round
•    Company paid life insurance
•    Grow Yourself Week which is devoted to your personal development