DevOps Engineer - Hybrid - Ref: 03122411-DOP

About IP

IP (Information Providers Ltd), is an Information Technology Managed Services Outsourcing and IT Contract Staff Resource Augmentation consultancy. The company was established in 1998 and has corporate clients based primarily in the Greater Dublin and Midlands areas. Our IT Managed Services Outsourcing business is designed to allow us to design, control, operate, and fully handle and manage specific IT functions or clients' entire Information Systems (IS). This includes Software Development, DevOps, IT Operations, IT Maintenance, and Support. This provides our clients the opportunity to focus on their own core business competencies, reduce their IT costs, and improve IT efficiencies.

Separately, IP's IT Staff Augmentation business provides long-term contract staff on fixed-term contracts for large multinational companies. Clients find it challenging to recruit specialised IT staff. Costs of recruiting, retaining, and benefits for staff is very significant. Training alone cost an average of €2000 per year, per employee. Integrating new employees to the point of being productive takes over six months. We provide talented staff on demand. We encompass a huge range of the latest leading-edge IT skills; Cybersecurity, Compliance, Cloud Computing, Data Analytics & Science, Networking, AI, Machine Learning, project management, Software Engineers, DevOps, Systems Engineers, etc.

This Role

We currently have an excellent opportunity for DevOps Engineers. It is a really interesting role in a leading-edge high-tech fast-paced environment, with training and development of staff a key benefit.

We invest in your life and career. If you are interested in advancing your career, IP offers a complete and competitive package of benefits that demonstrates how much we care for employees and their families through every stage of life.

Tomorrow’s strongest companies are those that have both the skill sets and agility to navigate the constant state of rapid change in business and technology. We believe the best way to ensure these qualities is by hiring very competent skill sets with a desire to advance careers and technical solutions.

Job Duties:

• Develop and maintain CI pipelines hosted on GitLab, ensuring they are optimized for speed, reliability, and scalability.
• Create and configure pipeline stages, including Linting, Security Scanning, Build, Containerization, Deployment, and Security Post-Deployment checks.
• Integrate tools for source code security scanning, such as SonarQube or other similar tools, within the pipeline to ensure secure and clean code.
• Set up Docker and Kubernetes configurations for building and deploying containerized applications.
• Ensure application deployment is automated and scaled efficiently within Kubernetes environments.
• Implement security scans on source code, container images, and dependencies within the CI/CD pipeline.
• Run tools to assess security vulnerabilities in generated container images and ensure compliance with best practices in security.
• Collaborate with FOSS team to scan open-source licenses and potential vulnerabilities in application
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and security teams, to define requirements and deliver high-quality software.
• Drive the adoption of new tools and practices to improve pipeline efficiency and application quality.

Fundamental Skills:

• At least 5 years of industry experience working with DevOps
• At least 2 years of industry experience working with Gitlab CI
• CI/CD Pipeline Development using GitLab CI, Docker and Jenkins
• Expertise in containerization (Docker)
• Strong knowledge of Python3

Beneficial Skills:

• CI/CD Pipeline Development using Kubernetes and Helm
• Expertise in orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Strong knowledge of NPM for script automation, testing, and managing dependencies
• Familiarity with security scanning tools for code and container images (e.g., SonarQube, Trivy, etc.)
• Experience with open-source software management and handling FOSS vulnerabilities
• Proficiency in source code linting and integration into CI pipelines
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices, automation, and infrastructure as code.

Soft Skills:

• Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to mentor junior engineers.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities, especially in a containerized environment.
• Effective communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Proactive in identifying and resolving bottlenecks in the pipeline or deployment processes

Other Employment Benefits:

We reward performance and hard work with best-in-class compensation:

• Health plan options
• Training & Development
• Flexible working
• Generous time off
• English language training
• Employee wellbeing
• Free Gym
• Free parking
• Pension
• Bike-to-Work scheme
• and much more …