Senior Devops Engineer

InsightSoftware; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software solutions provider in Greater London is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to enhance the software development life cycle. This role involves optimizing CI/CD processes and collaborating with agile teams for high-quality delivery. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud environments, application monitoring tools, and scripting. Excellent leadership skills are a plus as you'll mentor a DevOps team. This is a full-time position and not eligible for sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Proficient in CI/CD pipeline architecture.
• Experience in cloud environments like AWS and Azure.
• Strong knowledge of monitoring tools to reflect product health.

Responsibilities

• Streamline the software development life cycle.
• Optimize CI/CD processes for agile teams.
• Automate processes to reduce human error.

Skills

Software Development Life Cycle

Cloud environments (AWS, Azure)

CI/CD implementation (Azure DevOps, Jenkins)

Application Monitoring tools (Dynatrace, DataDog)

Environment maintenance (Dev, Staging, Production)

Orchestration tools (Ansible, Terraform)

Version control (Git)

Scripting (Python, PowerShell)

Windows/Linux administration

Containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Leadership and mentoring

Database technologies

Education

6 to 8 years relevant experience in DevOps

Job description

Job Description

As a DevOps Engineer on our team, you’ll use your development experience to streamline our software development life cycle from requirements to monitoring in production.

The Senior DevOps engineer is one with a strong affinity for optimizing CI/CD processes using proven infra and software technology.

He/she is very keen on delivering high quality services to the other agile teams, preventing impediments through a robust development platform and eliminating them quickly when they occur.

The senior DevOps engineer has a strong inclination to automate everything, thereby eliminating the impact of human error as much as possible.

As a craftsman, he or she is constantly aware of the importance of consistent quality.

Must have skills:

• Deep understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle, including CI and CD pipeline architecture and processes.
• Proven work experience as a DevOps engineer for On-premises, Cloud (AWS, Azure) and Hybrid environments
• Proven work experience with implementing CI/CD in Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Bamboo or similar for Enterprise web / desktop software
• Proven work experience with Application Monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, DataDog, Splunk, newRelic and enabling operations and engineering with data that reflects the product’s health in real time
• Proven work experience with Building and Maintaining Dev, Staging and Production environments
• Proven work experience with orchestration tools such as Ansible, Terraform and similar IaC technologies
• Proven work experience with Git and other SCM tools
• Proven work experience with Python, PowerShell, and/or any other scripting technologies, automated software installs and upgrades
• Proven work experience with Windows / Linux administration, scripting
• Proven work experience with Desktop and Web Technologies, Service APIs
• Proven work experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerization technologies
• Proven work experience leading and mentoring a DevOps team
• Proven work experience with Database technologies

Qualifications

• Ensuring a robust and efficient Development Platform (software & infrastructure used for building, testing and deployment) with 6 to 8 year relevant experience in DevOps
• Eliminating waste in the day-to-day work of the other development teams by streamlining the delivery process
• Building and maintaining internal tooling
• Supporting the development teams in such a way that they can focus on developing the applications/products as much as possible
• Document and actively share knowledge about the Development Platform and its processes
• Challenges development teams on best practices concerning CI/CD, CT and CM
• Gather feedback from Development, CloudOps, Support\Operations teams to incorporate the inputs back to automated code.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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At this time insightsoftware is not able to offer sponsorship to candidates who are not eligible to work in the country where the position is located.

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