DevOps Engineer - Azure Hybrid Cloud - Full Remote

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Job description

Responsibilities will include:

• Build and manage the clients Azure foundation platform to enable application deploymentst
• Engineer solutions on Azure foundation platform using Infrastructure-as-Code methods (e.g. Terraform)
• Execute the functional pattern lifecycle process (design, document, develop and maintain) code library
• Integrate, configure, deploy and manage centrally provided common cloud services (e.g. IAM, networking, monitoring, Operating systems, Containers.)
• Manage Azure connectivity and networking e.g. Express Route, DNS, IP allocation and traffic routing, NSG's and Azure Firewall
• Consume centrally agreed base clients Hardened OS (Linux and Windows)
• Ensure compliance with centrally defined Security
• Ensure compliancy with Operational risk standards (E.g. Network, Firewall, OS, Logging, Monitoring, Availability, Resiliency)
• Build and support continuous integration (CI), continuous delivery (CD) and continuous testing activities
• Engineering activities to implement patches provided centrally
• Support non-functional testing
• Update support and operational documentation as required
• Fault find and support Applications teams
• Maintain and advance deep technical skills and knowledge, keeping up to date with market trends and competitive insights, and share within the technical community
• Clients standards Business contingency standards
• Develop and promote the reuse of patterns
• Be an Azure Platform evangelist with customers, partners and external communities
• Provide Management reporting to ensure data driven discussions for continuous improvement

Skills and Requirements

• Experience of building a range of Services in Azure
• Expert understanding of DevOps principles and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and techniques
• Proficient understanding and implementation of CI/CD pipeline on multiple technology stacks
• Security and Compliance, e.g. IAM and cloud compliance/auditing/monitoring tools
• Customer/stakeholder focus. Ability to build strong relationships with Application teams, cross functional IT and global/local IT teams
• Good leadership and teamwork skills - Works collaboratively in an agile environment with DevOps application 'pods' to provide Azure specific capability/skills required to deliver the service
• Operational effectiveness - delivers solutions that align to approved design patterns and security standards
• Risk management effectiveness
• Excellent skills in at least one of following: ARM, Powershell and Terraform
• Experience in dealing with multiple support groups that contribute to a service
• A track record of constantly looking for ways to do things better and an excellent understanding of the mechanism necessary to successfully implement change
• Set and achieved challenging short, medium and long term goals which exceeded the standards in their field
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences
• Essential Skills:
• Demonstrable Azure experience - infrastructure build and configurations of a variety of services including Compute, Storage, SDN Managing their own time and prioritising workloads
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipeline on multiple technology stacks
• Experience working with highly available/high-load web infrastructure e.g. web proxies, reverse proxies
• Technical knowledge and breadth of Azure technology services (Identity, Networking, Compute, Storage, Web, Mobile, Containers, Databases, Analytics, AI & Machine learning)
• Have excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
• Demonstrable risk management knowledge
• Keen problem solving skills (Analytical and Creative)
• Experience working within an Agile team environment
• Ability to quickly acquire new skills

Desirable Skills:

• Industry recognised cloud certifications
• Programming experience in the following languages: PowerShell, Terraform, Go, Bash, Windows command prompt and object orientated programming languages
• Demonstrable experience of Linux administration and scripting preferably Red Hat
• Experience operating