Job Description

As a member of McDonald’s Global Data & Analytics Platform - Architecture Team, this individual will perform Cloud Architecture for strategic and customer-driven initiatives. We need a collaborative and self-directed individual who, in partnership with other Domain Architects and project teams, will engage customers and stakeholders to clarify expectations, apply relevant standards and best-practices, and drive the delivery of cloud solutions. The successful candidate knows how to balance a strong results-orientation with continuous improvement providing a reliable and stable cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across multiple teams to research, architect, engineer, and configure complex cloud solutions to specified requirements in support of global, business critical systems
• Strong knowledge of AWS services including EC2, Lambda, S3, EFS, RDS, Redshift, Route 53, CodeCommit, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Kinesis, Athena, EMR, IAM Roles, Data Pipeline, DynamoDB, NoSQL, VPC
• Project engagements will include migration of existing applications and development of new applications using AWS Cloud services and potentially Azure cloud services
• Continuously improve system and database performance, automation, operations and processes
• Embrace and focus on emerging technology and evangelize to the rest of the team

Minimum Requirements

REQUIRED SKILLS:

 

For this position, McDonald’s will not be offering immigration sponsorship for this role

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant business or technical field IS REQUIRED.
• 5+ years of total IT professional experience
• 2+ years of professional experience architecting solutions in AWS with a majority of the following: AWS, Atlassian Suite products including Jira/BitBucket, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Python or Lambda
• 2+ years of professional experience with AWS including: Amazon Redshift, EC2, EMR, Spark, S3, Kinesis and RDS Databases
• 2+ years of professional experience of Agile, ETL (Talend preferred), data preparation and reporting
• 1+ years of professional experience in implementing big data solutions using AWS services (such as Hortonworks, Cloudera, etc.)

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Able to recommend appropriate recommendations on multiple AWS stacks including: Object Storage S3, EBS instances, Security, Encryption and Governance framework on AWS
• Understanding of other cloud architectures including Azure & Google cloud
• Experience in AWS Athena and Glue
• Excellent written, verbal, and meeting facilitation skills
• AWS Solutions Architect – Associate Certification

 McDonald’s is proud to be one of the most recognized brands in the world, with restaurants in over 100 countries and billions of customers served each year.  As the global leader in the food service industry, we have a legacy of innovation and hard work that continues to drive us to build an even better McDonald's.  Today, we are growing with velocity and are focused on modernizing experiences while delivering incredible value and quality in the food we serve.

McDonald's is a people business just as much as it is a restaurant business.  We strive to be the most inclusive brand on the planet by building diverse teams who create delicious, feel good moments that are easy for everyone to enjoy.

The Quick Service Industry requires quick thinking: our work culture is flexible and dynamic to ensure we are executing with pace and sharing our latest ideas.  Our new, state-of-the art headquarters is located in the booming West Loop area in the heart of downtown Chicago. It is set up to be a global hub that fosters collaboration and innovation: take a class at Hamburger University, sample future menu items in our Test Kitchen, grab a McCafe on any floor or utilize the latest technology to connect to your team around the globe.  With an onsite café and our 8000 square foot gym (and a McDonald's, of course!), our office helps us connect with each other like never before.  

At McDonald's, we are dedicated to using our scale for good: good for people, our industry and the planet.  From bold recycling initiatives and advancing our industry on sustainable sourcing to youth employability initiatives and our partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities, we see every day as a chance to have a genuine impact on our customers, our people and our partners. We will continue to take on big, global initiatives while remaining great neighbors and supporters of our local communities. 

We are moving fast and are adding to our world-class team.  Joining McDonald's means thinking big on a daily basis and preparing for a career that can have impact around the world.  We are customer obsessed, committed to being leaders in our industry and believe we are better when we work together.  Over the last year, we have launched home delivery, radically enhanced the digital experiences of our restaurants, introduced mobile pay and have so much more to come.  With all the new projects and initiatives, it is an exciting time to be on the team that is helping to make a Better McDonald's!