DevOps Architect

Ascensus is the leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America, providing products and expertise that help nearly 16 million people save for a better today and tomorrow.

Section 1:
Position Summary

The Dev Ops Architect roleis positioned between the Program Architect and the Principal Dev Ops Engineer and is responsible for providing technical direction and oversight of the application engineering/Dev Ops practices across scrum teams within a program.

Dev Ops Architect works closely with Program Architects and Application Architects to understand business needs and provides strategic and tactical directions for specific initiatives.

Promotes Dev Ops culture by examining the big picture, applying agile mindset and modern Dev Ops tools to accelerate the overall software deliver, promotesinnovation, alternative solutions, reusability, stability, scalability,and consistency across programs. Provides ongoing technical oversight and mentoringacrossscrum teamsto ensure theyareprogressing in accordance with established architecture direction. Some participation as an individual contributor to assist scrum teams with complex tasks and POC's.Researches new technologies and toolsto remain abreast of current and emerging technologies, and to introduce new opportunities for innovation.

Passionate about quality and continuous delivery.

Section 2:
Job Functions, Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for protecting, securing, and proper handling of all confidential data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access, improper transmission, and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to Ascensus or our clients.
• Our I-Client service philosophy and our Core Values of People Matter, Quality First and Integrity Always® should be visible in your actions on a day to day basis showing your support of our organizational culture.
• Identifies and provides oversight of the technical solutions for Source Control, Build and Deployment automation, Continuous Integration, Environment Monitoring.
• Develops & evangelizes best practices for Dev Ops & CI/CD, API Management, Networking.
• Provides technical direction for scrum teams for specific initiatives and assists with initial proof of concepts and template builds.
• Participates in Technology/Architecture and design discussions and designing automation templates for infrastructure provisioning, configuration & change management, and developing the detailed technical design.
• Leads researching on new tools/ technology solutions/processes, build consensus and plan to introduce cost justifiable technology to improve SDLC pipeline
• Continually finds ways to optimize and build out a comprehensive architecture/strategy for supporting applications in production
• The scope of work includes build, machine configuration, test infrastructure and virtual machine deployment.
• Level-3 support for Production Environment
• Responsible for protecting and securing all client data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access to and/or improper transmission of information that could result in harm to a client.
• The I-Client philosophy and the Core Values of People Matter, Quality First and Integrity Always® should be visible in your actions on a day to day basis showing your support of our organizational culture.
• Assist with other tasks and projects as assigned

Supervision

• Leadership, mentoring, and coaching
• No people management responsibilities

Section 3:
Experience, Skills, Knowledge Requirements

• Minimum of 10+ years of Hands-on experience working as a Dev Ops/Build/Deployment and Engineering & Operations skills
• Passion for leadership, mentoring, and coaching to help others succeed
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills with ability to explain and influence architectural direction
• Excellent technical skills with deep knowledge of development technologies and tools
• Excels in a results focused organization
• Experience with Agile/Scrum, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and related tools
• Hands-on experience in…