Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed. As proof, Costco ranks seventh in Forbes “World’s Best Employers”.

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

Costco’s Cybersecurity Automation Team (CSAT) is responsible for the design and implementation of solutions that align with business automation goals and objectives. The Software Developer will participate in design sessions; configuring and coding new features for various projects to support information security tools and/or applications. The ideal candidate will work within the Costco development and project management methodologies.

If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies “to work for”, simply apply and let your career be reimagined.

ROLE

Executes against project plans and delivers assignments within scope, schedule, and budget.

Creates, executes, and evaluates unit/integration tests.

Adopts and adapts to newly approved technologies, programming languages, tools, and standards.

Identifies, assesses, and formulates architectural impacts and solutions from business requirements.

Collaborates to ensure application designs utilize appropriate patterns and standards.

Analyzes user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints, including the ability to estimate work needed.

Assesses functional and nonfunctional requirements and creates designs to meet both business and technical needs.

Creates conceptual and detailed technical design documents.

Provides implementation expertise contributing to rollback, post install, data migration, and other artifacts as required, including creation of support plans.

Adheres to security management practices and promotes established security standards.

Identifies and resolves problems, often anticipating issues before they occur or before they grow; develops and evaluates options, and implements solutions.

Develops features for integrating and connecting infosec services.

Designs and implements solutions into existing environments and desigs business workflows to ensure proper application mapping/flow.

Creates conceptual and detailed technical design documents.

Provides accurate and timely estimates (work breakdown schedules).

Documents and executes unit and integration tests.

Defines and implements standards and best practices for software development.

Participates in code review sessions as a coordinator, owner, reader, recorder or observer.

Supports the needs and requirements of other IT departments.

Collaborates with Business Analysts, Solution Architects, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Software Developers in a DevOps model to extend the capabilities of the applications.

Provides 3rd-level application support for applications.

REQUIRED

Minimum 3 years’ experience in information security automation.

Strong understanding of Role Based Access Control (RBAC) design and methodology.

Strong scripting skills (e.g., Java, JavaScript, BeanShell, etc.).

Working knowledge of Web Services, REST, SOAP, and XML technologies.

Proficient working knowledge of code versioning tools.

Experience with product extensions and interfaces to ensure proper functionality and integration with other systems.

Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous deployment concepts and tooling.

Demonstrated ability to collaborate with other technical experts; develop solution and functional design documents to support development of final solutions; and provide project estimates and lead technical teams to consistently meet commitments.

Able to provide project estimates and work-breakdown schedules.

Extremely responsive, able to work under pressure in crisis with a strong sense of urgency.

Responsible, conscientious, organized, self-motivated, and able to work with limited supervision.

Detail-oriented and possess strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze potential future issues.

Strong communication skills, both oral and written, including ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management.

Able to manage priorities and timelines, with a focus on delivery.

High integrity, accountability, a positive attitude, and willingness to do what it takes to make the team successful.

Scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of the business including weekends and holidays.

Recommended

Experience as a development lead on major projects utilizing a formal software development lifecycle.

Familiarity with Identity and Access Management architectures, solutions, and principles.

Strong leadership and team building skills.

Experience delivering complex and scalable business driven solutions.

Knowledge of software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

Able to share technical knowledge and clearly communicate technical concepts.

Experience in Role Based Access Control (RBAC) data mining exercises.

Knowledge of SAP connection methodology, such as BAPI, HANA, UME, etc.

Required Documents

• Cover Letter

• Resume

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Pay Range: $105,000 - $135,000

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.

Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com

If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. Applicants and employees for this position will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.