DevOps Engineer - #2165269

JOB DESCRIPTION

Role: Azure DevOps Engineer

Location: Leeds, UK

Type: Full-time Permanent

Mode: Hybrid

Job Description:

The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for the definition, implementation and ongoing management of all public cloud services. Working with other IT professionals, will shape the future technology deployment of IT services to make use of Microsoft Azure alongside the current on-premise services.

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to;

1. Defining a cloud migration strategy and best practise

2. Working alongside development and engineering teams identify candidate to migration from private to public cloud

3. Create and maintain automation routines, automated remediation and incident response.

4. Define Continuous Integration pipelines

5. Work alongside development teams to deliver cloud solutions

6. Manage and maintain ongoing deployment of services to consume public cloud environments.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities: The main end results required of the role

· Responsible for:

o Assessing, recommending and embedding the most appropriate toolsets to support automation and public cloud adoption

o Defining, documenting and monitoring agreed practises and approached to utilising public cloud services

o Establish the foundations of a new strategic public cloud architecture to best practise

o Implementing policy and control to ensure standards are adhered to

o Implementing public cloud services to meet the business needs and technology objectives of new initiatives

o Cost management and budget controls

o Security score and recommended improvements alongside InfoSec team

o Embed existing PaaS solutions, educating across the wider IT technology teams

· Contribute on:

o New technology initiatives as part of a public-cloud-first approach

o Ongoing strategic discussion with service integrators as the public cloud strategy matures and develops

o Major incidents relating directly or indirectly to public cloud services, including out of office hours

o Work with third party license providers (Microsoft CSP) to optimise costs of public cloud platforms, taking advantage of committed spend, hybrid use policies, etc.