DevOps Architect

Location Dublin
Contact name: Michael Brennan

Contact email: mbrennan@softwareplacements.ie
Job ref: 1188
Published: about 1 year ago
Client 

Our client is a global technology services company.

Role and Responsibilities:

Our client wants to deliver faster for our customers. We see Dev/Ops as critical to the process of delivering their customers business needs faster, more economically and with greater agility. We assist our customers to test new business ideas as quickly as possible, to identify those ideas which have merit and to fail fast when necessary.
Our client operates an agile culture focused on continuous, high-quality delivery. The Dev/Ops team will give you the opportunity to be part of a multidisciplinary team that shares common ideas, practices, and tools.

Requirements
  • You are a large-scale problem solver.
  • You are not siloed in your thinking and are comfortable in both development and operations.
  • You background will be in applications development.
  • You value and understand the business benefits that Dev/Ops brings to your customers.
  • You are an excellent communicator (verbal/written) and can consult with both technical teams and business teams as necessary.
  • You understand the common challenges when it comes to organisations adopting Dev/Ops including the cultural issues, working on a continuous improvement loop – rather than a pre-approved, up-front plan, accepting that failure is a key component, and that one size does not fit all.
  • You can consult and collaborate with customers to drive business benefit via Dev/Ops
  • You will provide trusted advisor services to our customers and participate in Bid Teams to secure new business in this area.  You will engage with customers to provide consultancy and advice and will leverage services available to solve our customers’ needs.
  • You will have 7+ years of experience in applications architecture.
Technically:
  • You have an in-depth understanding of development, configuration, and release management.
  • You will be familiar with, understand and have produced outcomes based upon Dev/Ops common processes and tooling (some examples) :
  • Version Control Tools: Git (GitLab, GitHub, Bitbucket) or Similar
  • Build Tools: Maven, MS Power Platform or Similar
  • Continuous Integration Tool: Jenkins or Similar
  • Configuration Management Tool: Chef, Puppet, Ansible
  • Container Platforms: Docker, Kubernetes
  • Communication and Collaboration: Slack or Similar
  • Cloud Computing and Storage
    • AWS Cloud Computing and Storage in DevOps
    • Azure Cloud Computing and Storage in DevOps
  • Monitoring, Alerting, and Incident Response Tools: SignalFx,  Raygun, Splunk, Nagios or similar
  • Testing Tool: Selenium, Gremlin
  • IT Ticketing: ServiceNow

The Rewards:
As a reward for your commitment to this role you will receive an excellent salary and a competitive benefits package.

Contact:
Please contact Michael Brennan at Software Placements on +353 (0)1 525 4641 or email your C.V in Word/pdf format to mbrennan@softwareplacements.ie.