Lead Devops Engineer

• Set up CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployment of resources to Cloud environments, all at medium to high level of complexity
• This is a hands-on role that develops and supports build and release automation pipelines. You will be part of the team that will deploy a highly available full software stack in public/ private clouds
• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines. Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment.
• Implement security best practices and ensure compliance.
• Mentor and guide junior DevOps engineers.
• Proactively identifies system and process risks and recommend/implement process improvements
• Remediate gaps and support the automation requirements of continuous integration and continuous deployment
• Identify and develop metrics and dashboards to monitor adoption and maturity of DevOps
• Expertise in Docker/Containerization and Kubernetes
• Ability to contribute to architecture discussions around technology controls and their implementation in a DevOps/Cloud environment
• Work collaboratively with architecture, security and other engineers to estimate, design, code, deploy and support working software / technology components
• Foster the adoption of DevSecOps culture and capabilities across Agile product delivery teams
• Work in an Agile/Scrum environment; planning, estimating, and completing tasks on
• Liaison with Agile Delivery Process teams to support necessary configurations/setup in Azure DevOps (ADO) for Agile ceremonies
• Participate in various technology Center of Excellence and evenagelise DevSecOps methodologies.
• Work with development and support teams to design improved deployment, provisioning and integration workflows, ensure environments stability and identify areas and plans for improvement
• Contribute to new technology, vendor package and tool road mapping, evaluation and introduction
• Ensure compliance with Performance, Security, Availability, Recoverability standards and policies and provide Monitoring recommendations for tasks of low to medium level of complexity

Skillset/Qualifications:

• 7+ years of demonstrable software engineering and DevOps experience
• 7+ years working in SCRUM/Agile software development environment
• Experience deploying and administering Continuous integration tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, TeamCity, Octopus or Bamboo
• Expertise with Infrastructure cloud tools such as Terraform, Docker, Podman, Helm etc.
• Expertise with integrating Static Application Security Testing (SAST) using Checkmarx and other tools
• Expertise with Code quality scans using Sonarqube and others
• Expertise with automated testing solutions for unit testing, integration and system testing
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience. Computer Science or related field preferred.
• Strong cloud engineering experience primarily with Azure and AWS.
• Expertise in working with Terraform, Ansible, and/or Chef for infrastructure automation and configuration
• Expertise with Docker and Kubernetes on platforms such as AWS ECS and AWS EKS
• Expertise with programming languages such as Python, C++ is a must
• Expertise with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools such as Datadog and others
• Expertise with SQL databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, NoSQL databases like AWS Dynamo DB and MongoDB, graph DB such as Neo4J, AWS Neptune.
• Expertise with project management and workflow tools and concepts such as Jira, Agile, Scrum/Kanban, etc.
• Proficiency in cross-platform scripting language and build tools (Python,ANT,Artifactory,Groovy, MS Build,NuGet)
• Proficiency in OOP software development using C# or similar languages
• Ability to define scalable and secure CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding of deployment strategies using Docker for containerization
• Experience with pair programming using GitHub Copilot
• Strong communication/presentation skills and ability to explain protocol, processes, and cloud architecture with team and management