DevOps Engineer

Avnet United Kingdom; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology distributor is looking for a DevOps Engineer to modernize their build/release management processes. You will implement Agile and DevOps best practices while driving automation in CI/CD pipelines. Responsibilities include working with Agile Scrum teams, troubleshooting live website issues, and influencing cloud-based technology implementations. The role offers a hybrid setup based in Leeds, fostering personal career development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Pension scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Free onsite parking

Flexible home working

Cycle to work scheme

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Solid technical experience with deployment and building applications.
• In-depth knowledge of Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD best practices.
• Practical experience in Unix/Linux environment including scripting.

Responsibilities

• Modernize existing build/release management toolsets to automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement Agile/DevOps practices throughout the SDLC.
• Monitor and troubleshoot performance issues with live websites.

Skills

Agile methodology

DevOps practices

Cloud-based technologies

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Unix/Linux

Ansible

Terraform

Communication skills

Tools

GitLab CI

IBM WebSphere

Oracle WebLogic

Dynatrace

Node.js

GraphQL

Job description

Farnell

Farnell, an Avnet company, is a global high-service distributor of technology products, services and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair.

Company Overview

Farnell, part of Avnet, is one of the world’s leading brands in high-service electronics components and technology products distribution. We’ve been here for over 80 years and a part of that success is because we put people at heart and centre of everything we do.

Transformation Journey

Earlier this year we embarked on an Agile transformation journey, standing up multiple cross-functional scrum teams who are all committed to building products that our customers will love.

Role Summary

You will play a pivotal role in helping us achieve moving to modern cloud based architecture with a true DevOps mindset to make sure we give a great experience to our suppliers and customers at any moment of the day, because that’s the Farnell way.

Office Location

Office located in Leeds – Our roles are hybrid working 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.

Benefits

• A supportive team environment where everyone really is working toward the same goal.
• A strong open door policy within management
• An environment where you will be given the tools and opportunities to further your career
• Pension scheme
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with option to buy additional holiday
• FREE Onsite Parking
• Flexible home working
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Reward schemes

Candidate Profile

• You are passionate about Agile, DevOps and all things in automation! You’re excited at the prospect of influencing & driving forward our Agile/DevOps transformation and bringing your expertise of cloud-based technologies to the business.

Skills & Experience

• You have solid technical experience of building and deploying applications using tools such as Git, Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, WCBD, Maven and Ant. Ideally, within a Java Enterprise environment.
• You will ideally have experience using Dynatrace
• You have in-depth knowledge of Agile, DevOps and CI/CD best practices
• You have practical experience of working in a Unix/Linux environment including system administration and scripting – bash, python/jython, perl, yaml and awk
• You have deployment/configuration experience with Java application servers both on-prem and in the cloud (Experience on either IBM WebSphere or Oracle WebLogic is highly sought)
• You have knowledge of DevOps, infrastructure as a code and provisioning tools such as Ansible and Terraform
• You love to solve complex technical problems and find solutions that drive business and customer value
• You have great communication skills and are able to use them to build solid relationships with all levels of the business

Responsibilities

• As a DevOps Engineer, you will be a part of our dev ops team who will take our existing build/release management toolset and modernise it to a high performing, automated, CI/CD pipeline(s) as we look to drive quality, stability and performance of our transactional websites while also shortening release cycles and enabling us to deliver better value to our customers more quickly.

Additional Duties

• You will help shape our future tech state and influence how Farnell implements new technologies such as Docker, OpenShift, AKS, Node.js, GraphQL and Ansible to name but a few
• You will work closely with our Agile Scrum teams to implement Agile/DevOps best practices throughout the whole SDLC
• You will work with our SREs to help monitor, troubleshoot and fix any performance and reliability issues with our Live websites
• You will help to rollout the Agile/DevOps way of working to other parts of the stack such as ERP and all associated integrations
• You will help to implement our migration from on-prem to cloud-based (Azure) solutions

Career Development

• A career at Farnell means you will work alongside remarkable people who will help you reach your full potential and have a successful career with us.
• Your unique voice will be heard here and together we can build a better, stronger and more inclusive workplace that will bring us to being the leading B2B eCommerce brand for another 80 years.

Next Steps

Please click on the link to Apply, your CV will be reviewed within 7 days and if successful in the shortlisting process, we will contact you directly to arrange an initial Teams call with our Talent Acquisition team.

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