Senior DevOps Engineer

Job description

Our GenAI platforms provide mission-critical insight for our clients, enabling them to identify and seize opportunities to grow their brands. We are seeking a talented Senior DevOps Engineer to enrich our Central DevOps practice, to provide thought leadership in driving the future of our DevOps centre of excellence. Responsible for designing, building, and optimising the automation processes for provisioning infrastructure and applications – via infrastructure-as-code (IaC) Standardise and streamline build and release pipelines – CICD Configure and administer platforms and services Support operational activities by ensuring platforms and infrastructure for pipelines are optimal, recoverable, and easily scalable to meet the capacity demands Provide incident management oversight – root cause analysis, stakeholder communications, post-mortems, and manage preventative measures and resolutions Actively involved in regular deployments of platform and pipeline artefacts to ensure frequent and incremental value delivery while avoiding unnecessary accumulation of technical or operational debt Ensure security, high availability, and disaster recovery are always front of mind Continuous monitoring of cost and risk – to reduce and mitigate Ensure production and non-production environments stay in sync through the alignment of stable standards, code, and configurations Identify relevant emerging trends and build compelling cases for adoption, e.g., tool selection Involved in PoCs, prototypes, and innovation spikes to seek directional outcomes Engage with peer reviews of your code, and peer review other engineers’ code Help define and champion strategies and best practices to support best-in-class engineering practices and operational efficiency for all services Mentor and support other engineers, helping to grow our collaborative environment Identify and assess risk, reliability, and/or uncertainty in the design, system, or process, including the impact of change 6+ years of experience in a similar role is essential Proficient with CICD toolchains (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git, Artefactory, etc.) Proficient in one or more scripting languages for automation (e.g., Linux Bash, PowerShell, Python) Proficient in provisioning platforms via IaC techniques (e.g., Terraform, YAML, Azure Resource Manager (ARM)) Working experience configuring, securing, and administering platforms in Azure; knowledge in Cloud infrastructure and networking principles (e.g., Azure PaaS, IaaS) Demonstrable knowledge of working with distributed data platforms (e.g., Azure ADLS, Data Lakes) Experience working with vulnerability management and code-inspection tooling (e.g., Snyk, SonarQube) Possess an “automation-first” mindset when building solutions; considerations for self-healing and fault-tolerant methods to minimize manual intervention and downtime Ability to work autonomously in an environment of constant change. Experience building/maintaining an API-led event-driven architecture, e.g., using Azure Event Grid, Azure Functions, is desirable Cluster image container management (e.g., Azure Container Registry) is desirable Good understanding of network configuration – DNS, Routing, VPN, Firewalls, Endpoint management is desirable Experience in including vulnerability management within the deployment pipelines, for package dependencies and containers, is desirable Experience in implementing custom Data Observability, capturing telemetry to understand the health of data and pipelines better, is desirable Familiarity with Microsoft Azure DevOps is desirable Preferred Skills Familiarity with AWS Lambda (Node.js/TypeScript preferred) and API Gateway or equivalent serverless platforms, knowledge of API design principles and working with RESTful or GraphQL endpoints. Exposure to React-based frontend architecture and the implications of backend data delivery on UI/UX performance – including end-to-end telemetry to measure performance and accuracy for the end-user experience. Experience with A/B testing, experiment and inference logging and analytics. We are a multinational technology consulting firm. We help companies and corporations scale their operations, achieve technology innovation, elevate their brand and transform their business model. We are here to challenge the status quo, flip the script, and blur all the lines in order to create customized end-to-end tech solutions, from software to hardware. We are a team of over 500 engineers from around the world with one shared goal: to leverage and crisscross technology, creative thinking, and industry-specific expertise to help our customers become and remain high performers in their industries. Basically, we take care of it all from A to Z. Our expert engineers have contributed to 8 US patents and developed award-winning innovative tech solutions, serving 80M+ users for over 100 clients worldwide, including top US Fortune 500 companies.