Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer, Cloud Security

AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.

Position: Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer, Cloud Security

Location: Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland (Hybrid)

Employment type: Full-time

The job 

As part of the Research and Development function, the global Cloud DevOps team combines software development and cloud operations to provide continuous integration and delivery of cloud-enabled products and solutions. Responsible for deployment and continuous monitoring to ensure various cloud-specific customer requirements/SLAs are met.

As a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer, you will utilise your experience to continually improve the security posture of AVEVA’s Cloud solutions, as well as lead and implement improvements to the deployment process and our monitoring and reporting capabilities. You will also support and guide development teams and create best-practice templates and processes. Working closely with your development and portfolio colleagues, together you will bring new solutions to the cloud following a standard framework to ensure they are operationally secure, stable and scalable.

The global, 24x7 nature of the team means there may be a requirement for occasional work outside of the standard day and to be on call as part of a shared team rota.

Key responsibilities

• Provide timely and effective response to incidents, particularly security incidents, to minimise the impact on our customers and keep colleagues updated as required.
• Work with development teams to advise and contribute to security improvements, cloud architecture, operational stability, cost management and reporting requirements for our cloud solutions.
• Independently learn, gain expertise and then lead implementations of new capabilities and tools supporting security and infrastructure governance and monitoring.
• Continually develop and improve DevOps processes, adding value through optimization, automation and effective reporting.
• Proactively manage cloud environment security to minimize service impacting issues.
• Ensure new services meet required security and operational readiness standards before being accepted into operations.
• Ensure on-going compliance to security practices and policies.
• Provide subject matter expertise to business stakeholders as required.
• Stay current on security industry trends, tools and best practices.

Essential requirements

The following list applies to Azure and/or AWS Platforms.

• Hands-on in cloud infrastructure as code development, with the ability to lead architecture and technology evaluations and decisions.
• Willingness to learn cloud security principles, practices and tools.
• Strong enterprise software development experience preferably with e.g. C# .NET.
• Expertise in PowerShell, Bash and/or Node.js scripting.
• Knowledge of API development, REST, microservices and serverless architectures.
• Knowledge and experience of operational support, software development and deployment methodologies and principles.
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills, able to convey information clearly and concisely to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Attention to detail, diligent and tenacious.
• Excellent analysis and dissemination skills.
• High degree of personal motivation and ability to self-manage.
• Maintains and develops relevant industry and technology knowledge.

Desired skills and competencies

• Web application development.
• Experience/expertise in authentication and authorisation protocols such as OpenID Connect.
• Experience/expertise in DNS, TLS and network architectures.
• Experience in web application security principles and practices, or penetration testing.
• Certifications in Azure and/or AWS.
• Hands-on experience working within an Information Security accredited framework e.g. ISO27001, 27017/18.
• Experience working in Agile software development such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

UK Benefits include:  

Flexible benefits fund, emergency leave days, adoption leave, 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension, life cover, private medical insurance, parental leave, education assistance program.

It’s possible we’re hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive.

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Hybrid working

By default, employees are expected to be in their local AVEVA office three days a week, but some positions are fully office-based. Roles supporting particular customers or markets are sometimes remote.

Hiring process

Interested? Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV through our application portal. AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance if you need reasonable support during your application process.

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About AVEVA

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals – safely, efficiently, and more sustainably.

We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations, our culture, and our core business strategy. Learn more about how we are progressing against our ambitious 2030 targets: sustainability-report.aveva.com/

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AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check.  Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third-party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.  AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.