Lead DevOps/CICD Engineer -Azure

Client’s Cybersecurity Sciences and Analytics (CS&A) team seeks a Lead DevOps/CICD Engineer to design, build & manage our devops tooling.

The scope of the work covers the full CICD pipeline, including source code repository, configuration management processes, code scanning & security testing, and automated build & deployment.

The environment is Microsoft Azure, and we will need to support teams developing in Databricks, Power BI, Azure Data Factory, containers & serverless architectures, and more.

We currently use Azure DevOps with Terraform, Ansible and Powershell & Python scripts.

Responsibilities will include

• · Stakeholder management, from requirements gathering to ongoing support

• · Gathering requirements from development teams and other relevant stakeholders

• · Researching and evaluating products to meet the requirements, including proof-of-concept testing

• · Designing the full CICD pipeline and associated processes (e.g. git branching strategy)

• · Documenting the proposed approach and reviewing that documentation with necessary stakeholders

• · Delivery of the selected tools

• · Documentation of user guides & processes

• · Migration to the designed solution, providing training & support for developers

• · Integration with operational tools & processes (monitoring, backup etc)

• · Integration with collaboration & workflow tools (e.g. Jira, ADO)

• · Managing and resolving issues with the DevOps tooling

• · Development of self-service capabilities, template deployments etc over the long term

Skills

• · Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with demonstrable experience in technical requirements gathering

• · Strong DevOps culture, with knowledge of good practices and patterns, and understanding of how code can be delivered rapidly and securely in a modern environment

• · Experience of working in Agile teams, using Scrum or similar frameworks is a plus.

• · Experience working in teams which are spread across different geographies, time zones and cultures

• · Experience working in big data analytics, cybersecurity and/or banking is an advantage

• Technical Skills

• · Must have experience in designing and building Terraform IAC in Azure

• · Must have experience in designing and deploying CI/CD pipelines for application code, ideally in the big data analytics space

• · Experience with DevOps for Azure Databricks is an advantage

• · Fluent in at least one scripting language, and willing to pick up others

• · Good understanding of Azure technology, including IaaS & PaaS services, virtual networks, availability zones and regions, etc

• · Familiarity with static & dynamic application security testing tools (e.g. Sonarqube or similar products) is also an advantage.

• Job type: Contract Division: eTeam Workforce Limited Reference: 22-01082