Lead Software Engineer, DevOps

SUMMARY:

The Lead Software Engineer, DevOps is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline that meets Development, IT Security and Program Governance requirements. This role is responsible for the architecture and design of the DevOps platform. This role is responsible for providing guidance and mentoring to junior team members. This role is also responsible for implementing the infrastructure and processes that enable monitoring and observability for Servers, Application and Network

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate effectively with leadership, technical leads and teams to design and develop an infrastructure that maximizes environment availability throughout the pipeline and ensures configuration consistency
• Lead the design and development of projects that result in the transformation of the business to a DevOps culture.
• Assist other technical staff in resolving problems
• Maintain tools that enable the CI/CD pipeline and analyze requirements from onboarding requests
• Maintain tools that enable continuous monitoring in the UPT ecosystem

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

EXPERIENCE:

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering or IT, with experience in Software Development and an expert understanding of DevOps principles
• Extensive experience with setting up/maintaining a CI/CD pipeline
• Extensive experience with Container technology implementation and system design Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher
• Strong background with Scripting and automation languages such as Ansible, Python, PowerShell
• Possess strong technical and interpersonal leadership skills, with the ability to lead and mentor a strong technical team
• Passion for Continuous Improvement. Experience with Process analysis and improvement.
• Expert ability to debug and troubleshoot applications using logging tools
• Extensive experience with evaluating new technologies and providing objective evaluation of technical options for presentation to Senior Leadership team.
• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands.
• Experience integrating with enterprise applications
• Knowledge of Tools Desired: Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence), GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins
• Knowledge of additional tools including ServiceNow, Elastic APM, Prometheus, Grafana, SolarWinds, SQL is a plus
• Experience with Linux Operating System
• Experience with Windows IIS Servers a plus
• Extensive knowledge of software and systems development and Agile methodologies/processes. Agile Certifications such as Scrum Master a plus.
• Proven experience interacting with all levels of business and technical project stakeholders ; or equivalent combination of education and experience