Farnell
Farnell, an Avnet company, is a global high-service distributor of technology products, services and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair.
Job Summary:
This role works directly with the DevOps Manager for element14 Community, the #1 global community website for electrical engineers. The site is fully hosted in Azure and makes use of Azure DevOps, SQL Server, Logic Apps, Function Apps, Terraform, and Data Factory. They’ll be responsible for providing application support, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of all our environments. Ensures site stability, performance, and uptime, which drive key metrics including visits, registrations, participation, referrals and sales. Supports the technical aspects of code deployment across multiple environments throughout the development
Principal Responsibilities:
- Manage all technical and operational aspects of Community production and pre-production environments at an application/configuration level.
- Manage and maintain all code build and deployment activities and processes across all environments, including scheduling and securing resources, creating, and maintaining release notes and documentation, and serving as release manager for deployments - troubleshooting issues and initiating roll-back procedures when necessary.
- Coordinate global IS teams, development, and vendor support to troubleshoot and provide timely resolution of application, performance, and system incidents, in all environments.
- Coordinate post-outage root cause analysis and recommend changes for continuous improvement in site reliability and stability.
- Gather and monitor metrics from multiple sources (application performance monitoring, file systems, application logs, etc.) for production stability assessment.
- Manage all technical aspects of analytics and reporting capabilities, as well as provide ad-hoc and automated reports as necessary.
- Communicate clearly with stakeholders across the organization to manage expectations and accountabilities.
- Provide and maintain all application support, environment, and technical documentation.
Job Level Specifications:Essential
- Strong experience supporting high-availability websites.
- Proficiency with UNIX/LINUX operating systems
- Experience administering windows servers and VMs
- Significant experience with databases – MS SQL preferred
- Expert scripting skills (Bash, PowerShell, etc)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working with infrastructure based in the cloud (Azure, AWS)
- Demonstrable history of learning new technology
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
Desirable
- Experience working with community platforms (Jive, Verint, Khoros)
- Experience working within Agile development methodologies
- Experience with edge caching (Akamai)
- Experience with server monitoring tools (Dynatrace)
- Experience with Terraform (or similar)
- Experience with PowerShell/Bash scripting
- Experience with Azure
- Experience with analytics tools (Omniture)
- Ability to work with distributed teams
Work Experience:
- Typically 6+ years with bachelor's or equivalent.
Education and Certification(s):
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience from which comparable knowledge and job skills can be obtained.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills.
Skills Required
- Strong experience supporting high-availability websites
- Proficiency with UNIX or Linux operating systems
- Experience administering Windows servers and virtual machines
- Significant database experience, preferably with Microsoft SQL Server
- Expert scripting skills, including Bash or PowerShell
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, such as Azure or AWS
- Demonstrable history of learning new technology
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Six or more years of work experience with a bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Experience with community platforms such as Jive, Verint, or Khoros
- Experience with Agile development methodologies
- Experience with edge caching, such as Akamai
- Experience with server monitoring tools, such as Dynatrace
- Experience with Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools
- Experience with analytics tools, such as Omniture
- Ability to work with distributed teams
Avnet Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Avnet and has not been reviewed or approved by Avnet.
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Retirement Support — A company-funded pension alongside a 401(k) and a discounted employee stock purchase plan establishes strong long-term savings options. Company materials and plan documents underscore active pension funding and tools that help employees model outcomes.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Company resources emphasize paid time off, paid holidays, and flexible or hybrid work where roles allow. Benefits guides also outline leave programs, including paid family leave in the U.S.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — A broad well-being platform (THRIVE), EAP counseling, wellness reimbursements, employee discounts, and on-site health offerings extend support beyond core insurance. Development and community programs further contribute to a rounded total rewards experience.
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What We Do
Avnet is a global electronic components distributor with extensive design, product, marketing and supply chain expertise for customers and suppliers at every stage of the product lifecycle. For the past 100 years, Avnet has helped its customers and suppliers around the world realize the transformative possibilities of technology. Our culture was founded on new ideas and emerging technology. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Avnet is a leading global technology distributor and solutions provider at the center of the technology value chain. Founded in 1921, we work with suppliers in every major technology segment to serve customers worldwide across a broad range of markets. Whether working on large-scale production or early prototypes, we meet customer needs through individualized, end-to-end service to streamline solutions and improve efficiency for customers worldwide. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, we serve more than 1 million customers in more than 140 countries and partner with global suppliers from almost every technology segment.
