The DevOps Architect will be responsible for designing and implementing efficient development operations strategies and systems to support software deployment processes. This role involves managing CI/CD tools, automating operational processes, and collaborating closely with the software development team to ensure high availability and performance of applications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Design, build, and maintain the CI/CD infrastructure and tools to deliver cloud service solutions
2. Work with IT and development teams to oversee code releases and deployments
3. Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines)
4. Monitor metrics and develop ways to improve application deployment processes
5. Conduct systems tests for security, performance, and availability
6. Develop and maintain design and troubleshooting documentation

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to handle multi-tasking environment and prioritize tasks
• Hands-on experience in troubleshooting distributed systems
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience setting up and maintaining automated code quality tools and systems
• Skills in strategic thinking, problem-solving attitude, good planning, and time management

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or related field
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in the IT field
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years design and implementation of Continuous Delivery and/or DevOps solutions or architecture patterns
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years managing an IT Operations environment
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years' hands on experience with code repository management, code merge and quality checks, continuous integration, and automated deployment & management using tools like Jenkins, SVN, Get, Chef, Ensile, Art factory, Service Now, Sonar, Selenium
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with approaches and tooling for automated build, delivery, and release of software
• Proven experience as a Dev Ops Engineer or similar role
• Experience with Git, Jenkins, Ansible, or Kubernetes
• Strong background in Windows/Azure Administration
• A working understanding of code and script (C, C#, VB, and/or VBA)