Senior DevOps Engineer

Experience Level Required:

It is a mandatory requirement that the Resource proposed has the equivalent of:

Senior level experience (i.e. has >7 years’ experience) directly relevant DevOps-related experience.

Minimum of 7 years’ work experience using:

• Linux based operating systems, including installing, configuring, and maintaining Linux systems.
• Automation and scripting technologies.
• Code repository management.

Minimum of 3 years’ work experience using:

• Telemetry systems (e.g. ELK stack), including installing, configuring, and maintaining universal log monitoring systems.
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) practices, including implementation and maintenance of CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.

Qualification/s:

It is a mandatory requirement, that the Resource proposed hold the following qualifications or equivalents::

• A qualification at Level 8 on the NFQ major award (i.e. honours degree), or higher, in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics or other relevant field.

Key Deliverable:

The following non-exhaustive list of Key Deliverables, are applicable to this Role.

• Responsible for the design and implementation of LOB application build, release, deployment and configuration of production systems.
• Introducing best practice design patterns for pipeline management, including Test Driven Development (TTD) techniques and automation.
• Responsible for the design and implementation of universal log monitoring.
• Performing quality reviews to ensure adoption and adherence across the team to DevOps practices.
• Performing training and knowledge transfer as part of introducing/changing DevOps practices.
• Engaging collaboratively with existing internal and external stakeholders as part of existing systems management and new business systems initiatives.

Key Experience/Competencies/Skillsets:

The following Experience/Competencies/Skillsets are applicable to this Role.

1. Core scripting and tooling:

• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, Ansible, etc.
• Strong competencies in code repository management, including branch strategy.
• Experience in configuration management and automation tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.

2. DevOps tooling and microservices:

• CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc. Including pipeline strategy and implementation, and incorporation of test-driven development (TDD) or equivalent practices.
• Experience working with contemporary telemetry systems (e.g. ELK stack), including installing, configuring, and maintaining universal log monitoring systems.
• Some experience working with microservices design patterns, specifically event streaming architectures (e.g. RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc).