Role DevOps Solution Architect
Location Houston TX. Locals
Job Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced DevOps Solution Architect to join our team. In this role you will work across Application Teams Infrastructure Teams and leadership to help define and implement a vision for DevOps and Platform Engineering. You will be instrumental in scaling existing practices and planning for future capabilities. You will collaborate closely with various Software Teams to understand application architecture development testing and observability/supportability requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Software Application Engineering Teams to understand application requirements.
- Define the physical architecture and application infrastructure focusing on security scalability and availability.
- Partner with Infrastructure Platform Engineering and DevOps teams to plan and implement development/testing staging UAT and production environments.
- Manage budgets licensing and project timelines.
- Implement best practices for CI/CD monitoring and automation.
- Develop and maintain documentation related to architecture processes and procedures.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to development and operations teams.
- Stay updated with industry trends and technologies to ensure cuttingedge solutions.
- Vet new technologies for fit security costs support maintenance and vendor reputation.
- Manage and grow the DevOps Platform and Portal for communication collaboration data gathering and analysis.
- Leverage Azure DevOps OnPremise and ensure seamless integration with hybrid solutions.
- Communicate effectively and deliver presentations to executivelevel team members.
- Exhibit strong listening and persuasion skills to influence and align stakeholders.
- Provide value and strong service to all software engineering teams with a customeroriented mindset.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field or equivalent work experience.
- Proven experience as a DevOps Architect or in a similar role.
- Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies.
- Expertise in CI/CD tools (e.g. Azure DevOps (including onpremise) Jenkins GitLab CI Argo CI).
- Proficiency with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Azure Google Cloud).
- Proficiency with hybrid solutions (cloud and onpremise solutions).
- Solid understanding of scripting tools including Bash Python YAML and JSON.
- Familiarity with tools like Ansible Puppet or Chef for automating system configuration.
- Awareness of security best practices and tools (e.g. vulnerability scanning encryption).
- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g. Terraform CloudFormation).
- Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (e.g. Docker Kubernetes).
- Experience with building and customizing Developer Portals (e.g. backstage.io)
- Excellent problemsolving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience working with hybrid solutions (combined cloud and onpremise environments).
- Strong listening and persuasion skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters degree in a related field.
- Certifications in relevant technologies (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Certified Kubernetes Administrator).
- Familiarity with Platform Engineering tools (e.g. Humanitec)