Senior DevOps Engineer

General Responsibilities:

• Expected to contribute to the success of the technology department by providing leadership and guidance;
• Recognised as a subject matter expert in areas specific to their discipline/team;
• Able to identify and address previously acknowledged problems, offering innovative solutions and influencing organisational strategy;
• Designs and leads implementation of operational, process, automation and/or streamlines work using industry best practices or incremental ideas, resulting in systemic improvements and/or increased engagement;
• Mentors junior and mid-level team members, actively participates in the hiring process, and contributes to the performance management process, providing valuable insights;

Main Responsibilities:

• Develop, document, and maintain our company's DevOps infrastructure, tools, and processes;
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to identify and prioritize areas for automation, optimization, and improvement;
• Build and maintain continuous integration and delivery pipelines;
• Manage and monitor cloud infrastructure and services, including servers, storage, and network components;
• Implement and maintain security and compliance standards for our systems and applications;
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with infrastructure and applications, and implement measures to prevent recurrence;
• Mentor and coach junior DevOps team members;
• Keep up to date with the latest DevOps tools and technologies, and evaluate their potential to improve our processes and infrastructure;
• Configuration, Maintenance and security updates of computing systems;

Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field;
• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps role, preferably within a web application development environment;
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and services, such as AWS, GCP, and Azure;
• Proficient in scripting and programming languages, such as Python, Bash, and JavaScript;
• Excellent experience with configuration management tools, such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Helm;
• Excellent experience with containerization technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes;
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools, such as Solarwinds, Datadog, Nagios, etc;
• Experience with agile methodologies and working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment;
• Intermediate English language communication and interpersonal skills;