DevOps Engineer Manager

Main Purpose

Build, test and maintain the infrastructure and tools to allow for quick development and release of software.

Dev Ops

• 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 analyzing 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
• Strong focus on automation and platform engineering

IT Support

• Manage, design, plan and support physical and virtual environments including Azure tenants for best performance and security through Dev Ops practices
• Dev Ops 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.

• 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:
• Azure SQL
• Cosmos DB
• Azure Application Services
• Monitoring, Application Insights, and reporting
• Kubernetes, AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) and container orchestration platforms and applications
• Azure Power Shell
• Azure Front Door and load balancers
• Identity and Authentication, SSO/Federation, AD/Azure AD, Azure Key Vault
• Azure Storage
• Azure Redis Cache
• Previous experience with software development (C#, Web development, JavaScript), infrastructure development, or development and operations.
• Experience of working with distributed microservices application architectures, patterns and deployment frameworks/topologies.
• Experience maturing site reliability, observability and reducing MTTD, MTTR, RPO, RTO etc.
• Experience with Windows Server infrastructures, IIS, Azure App Service MS SQL, CI/CD tools, scripting such as JavaScript, Power Shell 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.

Additional Requirements

• Azure Certified Developer Associate.
• Azure Certified Administrator Associate.

• Excellent team working and communication skills.
• Knowledge of programming languages.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Good attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, and the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time.
• Solid command of Dev Ops and Agile principles.

• Own It!
• Do the right thing
• Embrace Ideas
• Win together
• Think Beyond