Lead DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote

Position Type: Permanent

Key Responsibilities:

As the Lead DevOps Engineer, your primary responsibilities will be:

• Work alongside the Principle DevOps Engineer design, secure & deliver Cloud services across multiple environments and geographies, primarily on AWS followed by Azure & GCP.
• Be the driving technical force behind the delivery & operation of Cloud services to support the functions/capabilties of the business.
• The delivery of a Cloud agnostic ecosystem of tooling and operational processes based on DevOps, CICD & FinOps best practices, to support business capabilities/services.
• Support the Lead DevSecOps Engineer & team as they build the Landing Zone(s) that you will build capabilities/services on top of.

You will be collaborating closely with cross-functional teams & personnel, where design inputs & requirements are expected to be fluid & changeable.

In addition to technical leadership skills, you will be expected to:

• Lead team of DevOps Engineer(s) (including recruitment).
• Mentor junior members of the wider team & organisation as/when required.
• Deputise for the Principle DevOps Engineer as/when required.

Position Overview:

• Cloud Services: Build and secure applications/services in support of the business functions of Centric, primarily based around Kubernetes hosted microservices.
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Ensure secure & effective testing and deployment of services using CI/CD best practices to enable efficient, secure software & infrastructure delivery.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Deliver services using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) code and templates to test, provision, configure, and manage infrastructure components using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
• Automation: Be the drivering force for the automation of infrastructure provisioning and orchestration to streamline deployment processes, ensuring consistency and reliability across multiple environments & regions. This includes consistency of developer UX between pipelines & desktop.
• Security: Working closely with the Security Architect & Principle DevOps Engineer, you will ensure security of the services deployed.
• Documentation: Ensure effective documentation to ensure a clean handover of Cloud environments to Ops & SRE teams.
• Infrastructure Maintenance: Ensure the effective monitoring of infrastructure components to ensure optimal performance, scalability, and reliability. This will include self-healing capabilities.
• Support for Developers and QA: Collaborate with development and QA teams to provide guidance and support in building automated testing and deployment pipelines.
• Infrastructure Optimization: Identify opportunities for infrastructure optimization, cost reduction, and performance improvement.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrable experience of lead Engineering or technical leadership role(s).
• Demonstrable experience of DevOps practices and the promotion thereof.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and practices.
• Strong understanding of cloud computing platforms (primarily AWS, but Azure &/or Google Cloud is beneficial) and on-premises environments.
• Proficiency in IaC tools and scripting languages (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Python, etc.).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.

Key Technical Skills:

• Terraform
• GitHub & GitHub Actions
• AWS Organisations
• AWS Control Tower (including Account Factory for Terraform - AFT)
• Python (including curating Python packages)