DevOps Engineer Lead

Our Client is a large IT Company, actively seeking a Dev Ops Engineer Lead to To provide automated operational engineering / DevOps solutions for large and complex projects.  Ideal candidate will be a software engineer with a passion for building, configuring, and supporting the tooling and processes needed across a large organisation with numerous applications and provide thought leadership and inspire change to enable the development of DevOps cultures

Responsibilities:

• ·         Provide technical though leadership and consultancy to guide environment/operation and development teams in the automation of operational processes.


• ·         Guide engineers and configuration analysts to execute on a defined method to satisfy the customisation of all components in commercial enterprise environments. 


• ·         Design, build, document and execute automation functions including provisioning, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and deployment of platform components into the target environment/s. 


• ·         Ensure all components are built to provide quality, security, scalability, stability, efficiency and reliability, ensuring compliance with client processes and governing standards. 


• ·         Recommend and implement DevOps practices which are sustainable and considered the best fit for the client’s need.


• ·         May provide estimates and project planning for projects.


• ·         Manage, monitor and report on documented technical risks and issues associated with components of project/s.


• ·         Provide expertise and technical consulting to client projects in a way that builds and maintains professional relationships.


• ·         Deliver to agreed client expectations and project plans and ensure appropriate escalation of issues/ risks, etc.


• ·         Undertaken internal and external thought leadership activity to promote DevOps.


• ·         May undertake people leadership and management.

Skills Needed

• ·         Proven senior level experience as a senior Build/ Operations or DevOps Engineer focusing on bridging the gap between developers and operations for large complex clients.


• ·         Expert in the usage of automation tools such as Puppet and Chef.


• ·         Understand fundamental infrastructure/operational principles and have some experience in development.


• ·         Extensive experience installing and configuring virtualisation, cloud, network, storage, backup, DR, database and security technologies.


• ·         Demonstrated experience in risk and issue management utilising a standard project management and reporting framework.


• ·         Extensive experience working with and supporting Linux (eg. RHEL, SUSE, zLinux, Centos), AIX, Solaris


• ·         Experience working with and supporting Windows, MacOS.


• ·         Practical application of infrastructure management in complex environments.


• ·         Deep understanding in environment management and configuration.


• ·         Significant experience in the application of Amazon Web Services (AWS).


• ·         Experience in scripting languages, such as: Bash, Perl, Python, Powershell.


• ·         Experience in installing and configuring middleware and application servers such as: WebLogic, Tomcat, JBoss.


• ·         Experience in use of management tools such as Nagios, Splunk, SolarWinds.


• ·         Strong understanding of software development lifecycle in traditional and agile practices.


• ·         In depth understanding of technology stacks that make up functioning applications (eg. Web Tier, Application Tier and Database Tier).


• ·         Proven thought leadership activity in internal and external environments.