DevOps Platform Engineer II

Job Description

Honeywell changes the way the world works. When you join Honeywell, you become a member of our global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers and doers who make the things that make the future. That means changing the way we fly, fueling jets in an eco-friendly way, keeping buildings intelligent and safe and even making it possible to breathe on Mars.

At Honeywell, we believe in the power of our engineering community. Whether we're turning mustard seeds into fuel, creating quantum algorithms or making taxis fly, our software engineering team is home to the world's leading technological talent.

The Honeywell Smart Grid Solutions (SGS) business unit focuses on providing innovative solutions and technologies to enhance energy management and optimize the performance of electrical grids. Honeywell's SGS business unit represents a significant commitment to advancing energy technology and promoting sustainable practices within the energy sector. The focus on innovative technologies and smart solutions places Honeywell at the forefront of the ongoing evolution of energy management and grid optimization.

Location: Hybrid/Remote

As a Dev Ops Engineer here at Honeywell Smart Energy Solutions, you will play an integral role in supporting and enhancing the DRAS (Demand Response Automation Server) SaaS platform used by utility customers to orchestrate Demand Response (DR) and Distributed Energy Resource Management (DERMS) events. The platform is built around the OpenADR protocol and delivered on Microsoft Azure using an IaaS model.

The individual in this position will be responsible for deploying and supporting Azure-hosted environments, managing customer implementations, and ensuring reliability and performance of the overall application stack.

• Manage and support Azure IaaS environments hosting the DRAS SaaS application, including provisioning and configuration of new customer instances.
• Configure and administer Apache web servers on Linux, including complex  setups for load-balanced connections to Wild Fly / JBoss application servers.
• Administer and tune Linux operating systems for performance, reliability, and security in a multi-tenant SaaS environment.
• Optimize and troubleshoot Wild Fly / JBoss application servers and associated JVM (JDK) configurations.
• Deploy application updates, patches, and configuration changes to ensure high availability and fault tolerance.
• Collaborate with developers and QA teams to ensure continuous integration and smooth delivery pipelines across environments.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and performance-tuning strategies within Azure.
• Provide guidance and automation improvements using Azure tools and scripting (Power Shell, Bash, or ARM templates).
• Support mobile application integration workflows (iOS and Android) including backend configuration and environment ties.

• Experience in infrastructure or Dev Ops roles supporting enterprise or SaaS applications.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Familiarity with application monitoring and log aggregation tools within Azure (e.g., Azure Monitor, Log Analytics).
• Solid troubleshooting and performance analysis skills across the full stack (OS, network, web tier, application tier).

• Experience in Microsoft Azure (IaaS model) - provisioning, networking, and resource management.
• Proficiency with Linux (CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu) in production environments.
• Hands‑on experience configuring and tuning Apache web servers, specifically  with Wild Fly / JBoss.
• Understanding of JVM configuration, tuning, and debugging.
• Experience delivering or supporting Java‑based SaaS applications.
• Exposure to OpenADR protocol or utility/DERMS systems.
• Familiarity with Azure Automation, ARM templates, and Infrastructure-as-Code approaches (Terraform, Bicep, etc.).
• Background in mobile application delivery or integration (iOS and Android).
• Knowledge of SSL/TLS certificate management, load balancers, and reverse…