ETIC, DevOps Lead Architect

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Strategy: Lead and inspire the DevOps Architecture team - driving architectural strategy, strategic improvements, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

• Architect and Design: Create and implement robust software deployment lifecycles using agile methodologies. Architect solutions for complex cloud and DevOps challenges.

• Evangelist and Enforcer: Inspire and encourage adoption of the new practices amongst the DevOps BAU team, and ensure ongoing compliance.

• Best Practices: Implement and advocate for industry best practices in Cloud and DevOps, adapting tools and processes to meet business needs.

• Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior and senior team members, fostering professional growth and development.

• Global Collaboration: Coordinate with teams across various regions including the UK, US, and more, ensuring effective project delivery on scope, time, quality, and budget.

• Troubleshooting: Lead efforts in diagnosing system and service faults, conducting problem analysis, and formulating effective solutions.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Experience: Minimum of 8+ years in DevOps roles with substantial experience in leading technical teams and architecting complex development environments. Proven track record in designing, implementing, and optimizing comprehensive DevOps lifecycle projects.

• Software Engineering: Strong background in software development with hands-on experience in Java (preferred) and microservices development.

• Branching and Deployment Strategies: Expertise in defining and implementing effective branching strategies (e.g., GitFlow, trunk-based development) and deployment strategies (e.g., blue-green deployments, canary releases).

• CI/CD Pipelines: Experience in designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions.

• Build Tools: Experience with Gradle and other build tools.

• Configuration Management: Familiarity with configuration management tools.

• Cloud Platforms: Expertise in Cloud technologies, with a preference for Azure.

• Platform Engineering: Hands-on experience with platform engineering and Azure DevOps and GitHub.

• Containerization and Orchestration: Proficient with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm charts.

• Monitoring and Observability: Experience with APM tools such as Datadog.

• Infrastructure as Code: Skilled in Terraform, ARM, or CloudFormation.

• Leadership Skills: Proven experience in leading technical teams and projects, with the ability to inspire and guide team members.

• Scripting Languages: Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Java.

• Agile Methodologies: Experience working within Agile frameworks and methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban).

• Nice to haves:

  • Certifications: Cloud/DevOps Certifications.

  • DevOps Security(DevSecOps): Strong understanding of security best practices and principles in the DevSecOps lifecycle, including secure coding practices, container security, vulnerability management, and compliance.

  • Databases: Knowledgeable in PostgreSQL, and other databases.

  • Elasticsearch (ECK): Proficiency with Elasticsearch (ECK) as a database technology.

  • Message Queue Management: Experience with message queuing technologies (e.g., RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka, AWS SQS).

  • Testing: Experience with Selenium or similar testing frameworks.

Essential skills & attributes:

• Ability to prioritize and use initiative

• Problem solving and analytical skills

• Communication and presentation skills at all levels

• Attention to detail and accuracy

• Leadership skills