Senior DevOps Engineer

PERSOL; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

PERSOL Singapore is seeking an experienced DevOps/Automation Lead to manage and automate infrastructure across non-production and production platforms. You will guide DevOps engineers, deploy automation playbooks, and ensure robust IaC practices using Ansible, Terraform, and GitLab.

The role requires hands-on experience with Linux/Windows administration, scripting, and database management, with a focus on delivering scalable automation solutions within IT Managed Services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Diploma in related field
• Hands-on experience with Ansible Automation Platform
• Hands-on experience with Terraform Enterprise
• Hands-on experience with GitLab
• Hands-on experience in automation development, platform build, and platform management
• Managing IaC (Ansible, Terraform, GitLab) in day-to-day operations
• Hands-on experience in cloud DevOps is advantageous
• Strong background in Linux/Unix/Windows administration
• Experience in automation, configuration, and compliance management using Puppet, Chef, or Ansible
• Ability to use a wide variety of open-source technologies and scripting languages
• Strong experience in PostgreSQL, MS SQL, and MySQL
• Sound hands-on experience with scripting languages (Python, Ansible, JavaScript, Perl, Groovy)
• Experience with source code and version control
• Knowledge in developing a playbook using an RPA tool

Responsibilities

• Setup, configure, and manage non-production and production automation platforms.
• Lead development and coordinate with Ops Leads to enable automation; collect requests and guide DevOps/Automation Engineers.
• Migrate and deploy playbooks to operationalize automation use cases to improve productivity.
• Lead design and implementation of DevOps and automation solutions for projects.
• Understand automation specifics in day-to-day IT Managed Services operations.
• Build and maintain an automation playbook using Ansible, Terraform, GitLab and other scripting languages.
• Operationalize automation development to improve productivity.
• Code automated tests and run testing procedures in testing and production environments.
• Code control and versioning of IaC playbooks.
• Manage the setup of the DevOps platform and deployment of automation use cases.
• Manage and operate platforms (Ansible, Terraform, GitLab) and maintain SLA.
• Lead DevOps engineers to develop automation use cases with these platforms.
• Integrate with ITSM tools where applicable.
• Provide presales solution support for automation development.
• Demonstrate problem-solving skills and strong passion for programming and automation.
• Show understanding of systems, networking, and development tools.
• Familiarity with the software development lifecycle.
• Self-motivated with attention to detail.
• 24x7 standby required.

Skills

DevOps

Automation

Python scripting

Ansible

Terraform

GitLab

Linux administration

Windows administration

Databases (PostgreSQL, MS SQL, MySQL)

Education

Bachelor/Diploma in related field

Tools

Ansible

Terraform Enterprise

GitLab

Puppet

Chef

Python

PowerShell

Job description

Job Description:

• Responsible for the setup, configuration, and management of non-production and production platforms for automation.

• Lead the development and coordinate with other Ops Leads to enable Automation. Collect automation requests and guide DevOps and Automation Engineers to develop the automation playbook according to the proper coding standard.

• Migration and deployment of the playbook to operationalize automation use cases to improve productivity.

• Lead the design and implementation of DevOps and automation solutions for the project.

• Understand the automation specifics and concept in day-to-day service delivery and operations in IT Managed Services.

• Build and maintain an automation playbook using some of these automation technologies, such as Ansible, Python, PowerShell, Chef (Ruby) and Terraform (HCL), Groovy, JavaScript, and other scripting languages.

• Operationalize automation development to improve productivity.

• Code or script for automated testing, as well as carry out automated testing procedures in testing and production environments.

• Code control and versioning of Infra-as-code (IaC) playbook.

• Manage the setup of the DevOps platform and deployment of the automation use cases.

• Manage and operate the Platforms [Ansible, Terraform, and Gitlab] and maintain operational SLA.

• Lead DevOps engineer to develop automation use cases using any of these platforms (Ansible, Chef, and Terraform).

• Good to know integration with tools such as ITSM and so on.

• Provide presales solution support for the development of an automation solution.

• Good problem-solving skills.

• Passion for programming and automation and actively look for opportunities to develop tools to streamline and simplify the development and delivery process.

• Good understanding of systems, networking, and development tools.

• Familiarity with the software development lifecycle.

• Self-motivated and have attention to detail.

• 24x7 Standby required.

Requirements:

• Bachelor/Diploma in related field

• Hands-on Experience in Ansible Automation Platform

• Hands-on experience in the Terraform Enterprise platform

• Hands-on experience in GitLab

• Hands-on experience in automation development, platform build, and platform management

• Managing IaC [Ansible, Terraform, GitLab] platform and playbook in day-to-day operations

• Hands-on experience in cloud DevOps is advantageous

• Strong background in Linux/Unix/Windows Administration

• Experience in automation, configuration, and compliance management using either Puppet, Chef, or Ansible

• Ability to use a wide variety of open-source technologies and scripting languages

• Strong experience in PostgreSQL, MS SQL, and MySQL

• In particular, sound and hands-on experience with some of the scripting languages (Python, Ansible, JavaScript, Perl, and/or Groovy)

• Experience with source code and version control

• Some knowledge in developing a playbook using the RPA tool