Cloud DevOps Engineer

IsoMetrix, is a leading integrated risk and compliance management software company with offices in the USA, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom and South Africa. We provide state-of-the-art solutions for EHS, ESG, and Sustainability Risk and Compliance management.

Backed by the leading private equity firm Carlyle, an investment firm with $300bn+ of assets under management, IsoMetrix run a SaaS-oriented business model, and have been providing positive change to organizations via our Safety and Sustainability software solutions and services for over 25 years.

We are looking for a candidate with suitable qualifications and experience to join our dynamic and passionate team in an IT development environment.

Main purpose of Job:

As a Cloud DevOps Engineer, you will design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure solutions to support both internal teams and external clients. You will provide strategic technical guidance and support for cloud architecture, automation, and deployment pipelines, enabling rapid development, continuous integration, and seamless delivery of software. Your expertise will ensure optimal performance, security, and availability of cloud services while fostering a culture of automation, innovation, and operational excellence.

Primary responsibilities:

DevOps

• 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 analysing 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.

IT and Technical Support

• Support and installation on all versions of IsoMetrix including:
  • IIS Administration and Troubleshooting
  • SQL Administration and troubleshooting
  • Installation including patches and service packs
  • Incident response and remediation
• Manage, design, plan, implement and support physical and virtual environments including Azure tenants for best performance and security through DevOps practices
• 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 the company.

IT Strategy

• ISO 27 001 accreditation support, including ongoing compliance
• Adoption of Cloud and Cybersecurity strategy
• Adoption and execution of DevOps strategy
• 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

Minimum qualification and experience:

• 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\SQL Server
  • Cosmos DB
  • Azure Application Services
    
  • Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, monitoring, observability and reporting tools
  • Scripting tools e.g., PowerShell, Bash, az cli
    
  • Kubernetes, Helm, Azure Kubernetes Service, Containerisation technologies
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (ARM, Terraform etc.)
  • Configuration Automation (Chef, Ansible, PowerShell etc.)
  • Azure Front Door, Application Gateway, Load Balancers, Networking and routing
  • Identity and Authentication, SSO/Federation, AD/Azure AD, Azure Key Vault, Certificate management experience
  • Azure Networking and Firewall infrastructure experience
  • 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, PowerShell 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
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
• Optional certification and experience
  • Azure Certified Developer Associate and or Azure Certified Administrator Associate

Personal attributes:

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

The IsoMetrix DNA encompasses the following core values and behaviours:

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