This is a remote position.
We are looking for a candidate with suitable qualifications and experience to join our dynamic and passionate team in an IT development environment.
Main purpose of Job:
Build test and maintain the infrastructure and tools to allow for quick development and release of software.
Primary responsibilities:
- Building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure.
- Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers.
- Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes.
- Testing and examining code written by others and analysing results.
- Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and fixes.
- Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended.
- Planning out projects and being involved in project management decisions.
Requirements
IT Support
- Manage design plan and support physical and virtual environments including Azure tenants for best performance and security through DevOps practices
- DevOps architectural practices including Infrastructure as a code management and deployment.
- Brainstorm new ideas and ways to improve automated infrastructure implementations.
- IT procurement and sustainable asset management.
- Customer engagements and RFP document population.
- Follow all best practices and procedures as established by company.
IT Strategy
- ISO 27 001 accreditation support including ongoing compliance.
- Adequate disaster recovery strategy including backup strategy and successful execution.
- Stay current with Microsoft Partner requirements and liaise with Microsoft Account Manager maintaining sustainable relationships.
- Partner certification requirements are met and communicated to management.
- Information Systems adoption strategy.
Minimum education experience:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science engineering software engineering or related field.
- Microsoft Azure Certification AZ400.
- Five years previous experience in development and operations or related IT computer or operations field.
- Three years previous experience with the following Microsoft Azure infrastructure services:
o Azure SQL
o Cosmos DB
o Azure Application Services
o Monitoring Application Insights and reporting
o Kubernetes AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) and container orchestration platforms and applications
o PowerShell
o Azure Front Door and load balancers
o Identity and Authentication SSO/Federation AD/Azure AD Azure Key Vault
o Azure Storage
o Azure Redis Cache
- Previous experience with software development (C# Web development JavaScript) infrastructure development or development and operations.
- Experience of working with distributed microservices application architectures patterns and deployment frameworks/topologies.
- Experience maturing site reliability observability and reducing MTTD MTTR RPO RTO etc.
- Experience with Windows Server infrastructures IIS Azure App Service MS SQL CI/CD tools scripting such as JavaScript PowerShell and Agile workflow methodologies.
- Up to date on latest industry trends able to articulate trends and potential clearly and confidently.
- Good interpersonal skills and communication with all levels of management.
- Able to multitask prioritise and manage time efficiently.
Additional requirements:
- Azure Certified Developer Associate.
- Azure Certified Administrator Associate.
Personal attributes:
- Excellent team working and communication skills.
- Knowledge of programming languages.
- Strong problemsolving skills.
- Good attention to detail.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills and the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Solid command of DevOps and Agile principles.
Benefits
- Work Location: Remote
- 5 Days working
7+ years of professional experience in DevOps, with a strong focus on AWS. Expertise in AWS services and solutions, including EC2, S3, RDS, and VPC. Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation. Strong knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes). Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Travis CI, or GitLab CI/CD. Networking and security architecture experience within AWS. Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana) and automation frameworks. Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (Master's preferred).