DevOps Engineer

SUMMARY:

DevOps Engineer Main purpose of job: Build, test and maintain the infrastructure and tools to allow for quick development and release of software

POSITION INFO:

Primary responsibilities:

DevOps

·        Building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure

·        Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers

·        Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes

·        Testing and examining code written by others and analysing results

·        Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and ‘fixes’

·        Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended

·        Planning out projects and being involved in project management decisions.

IT Support

·        Manage, design, plan and support physical and virtual environments including Azure tenants for best

·        performance and security through DevOps practices

·        DevOps architectural practices including Infrastructure as a code management and deployment

·        Brainstorm new ideas and ways to improve automated infrastructure implementations

·        IT procurement and sustainable asset management

·        Customer engagements and RFP document population

·        Follow all best practices and procedures as established by company

IT Strategy

·        ISO 27 001 accreditation support, including ongoing compliance

·        Adequate disaster recovery strategy, including backup strategy and successful execution

·        Stay current with Microsoft Partner requirements and liaise with Microsoft Account Manager maintaining sustainable relationships

·        Partner certification requirements are met and communicated to management

·        Information Systems adoption strategy

Minimum qualification and experience:

·        Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, engineering, software engineering, or related field

·        Microsoft Azure Certification – AZ-400

·        Five years previous experience in development and operations, or related IT, computer, or operations field

·        Three years previous experience with the following Microsoft Azure infrastructure services:

o   Azure SQL

o   Cosmos DB

o   Azure Application Services

o   Monitoring, Application Insights, and reporting

o   Azure PowerShell

o   Azure Front Door and load balancers

o   Identity and Authentication, SSO/Federation, AD/Azure AD, Azure KeyVault

o   Azure Storage

o   Azure Redis Cache

·        Previous experience with software development (C#, Web development, JavaScript), infrastructure

·        development, or development and operations

·        Experience with Windows Server infrastructures, IIS, Azure Web Apps, MS SQL, CI/CD tools, scripting such as JavaScript, PowerShell, and Agile workflow methodologies

·        Up to date on latest industry trends; able to articulate trends and potential clearly and confidently

·        Good interpersonal skills and communication with all levels of management

·        Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently

Personal attributes:

·        Excellent teamworking and communication skills

·        Knowledge of programming languages

·        Strong problem-solving skills

·        Good attention to detail

·        Excellent organisational and time management skills, and the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time

·        Solid command of DevOps and Agile principles.

Core values and behaviours:

·        Own It!

·        Do the right thing

·        Embrace Ideas

·        Win together

·        Think Beyond

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