Company Overview
At Spire, we believe energy exists to help people. To enrich their lives, grow their businesses, advance their communities. It’s a simple idea, but one that’s at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to understanding the needs of the homes and businesses we serve. That's why we're always looking for driven, collaborative people to join our team. Because we believe that offering our customers the best service means bringing together the best people.
And we find the best by hiring those who share our values of drive, safety, inclusion and integrity, and demonstrate our four essential behaviors that bring the Spire vision, mission and culture to life :
- We make it happen : We are a company of go-getters, acting on every opportunity to help our company advance
- We collaborate : We put teamwork first, bringing in everyone’s ideas, because our collective energy makes us stronger
- We seek out perspective : We challenge ourselves to be open to different ways of doing things, because learning from each other leads to breakthroughs
- We care : We treat people how we want to be treated, listening closely and doing what’s right, even when it’s hard
By living our values and behaviors every day, we strive to create an environment where every employee feels welcome, respected and valued.
Summary
Spire is seeking a Team Lead, DevOps Engineer to oversee Spire’s evolution in the DevOps journey. This role will be primarily responsible for providing oversight and guidance within a team of specialized DevOps Engineers to enhance, mature, and support a wide range of applications that enable Spire’s critical business processes.
Duties and Responsibilities
Understands and supports critical applications in Enterprise landscape - including but not limited to Oracle EBS, Customer Care & Billing, Maximo, Powerplan, Hyperion, Endur, and ClickLeads and oversee migration standards within shared services group, partnering with leadership and Architects to execute on visionLeads team in release management, and application migrations within specialized areaOversee and influence built-in quality, partnering with Quality Assurance, as it pertains to unit / developer testingResponsible for monitoring performance issues, identifying and executing on long-term solutionsResponds, when required, to triage production issues related to integrations or scheduling operations and follow Service Level Agreement set forthFully imbedded in development team, and participates in all ceremonies and planning, focused on acceptance criteria that is clear, precise, and testableAccepts work into the team backlog and owns the commitment related to what has been laid out to be completed each PI.Partner with architects to understand technical landscape, as well as future roadmap to support middleware operationsAccountable for development and updating of technical documentationEnsure execution of overall ITS solution strategy, standards, and practicesEffectively collaborate within your specific team, as well as across agile teams to ensure alignment in dependencies, and how each team’s work impacts your ownResponsible for monitoring performance issues, identifying and executing on long-term solutions to improve up-timeResponsible for optimizing, enhancing, and supporting cybersecurity protocols as it relates to the shared service application suiteAccountable for application health and version control across all non-prod environmentsEssential Characteristics and Competencies
Demonstrate servant leader mindsetAbility to teach and mentor, fostering an environment of continuous learning and progressExcellent understanding of software development life cyclesStrong analytical, planning, and organizational skillsStrong written and verbal communication skillsBelieves in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, and trust across the ARTAbility to recognize problems and respond, systematically gather information, sort through complex issues, understand consequences of decisions, provides recommendation, and seeks input from leadershipSupervisory Responsibilities
This position will have supervisory responsibilities. The Lead has technical and general supervision of specialized application engineers.Required Education (certifications, licenses)
Bachelor’s degree - Computer Science, Information Technology, or Technical Engineering requiredSAFe certification(s) a plusRequired knowledge, skill and abilities
7 years of Weblogic and / or Websphere experience preferred5 years of related work experience playing an active leadership role in technology delivery and business analysisUnderstanding of enterprise applications, functionality, and end to end processes, preferred but not required, in specialized application support stream (i.e Customer Facing or Internal Core Apps)Experience with multi-tier JEE environmentsOracle Web Center Content experience is preferredStrong knowledge in Oracle fundamentalsExperience in Oracle RACExperience with Linux and Windows Operation SystemsPrior people leadership experience a plus, but not requiredExperience developing in an agile environment a plusPhysical demands, environment and schedule
Hybrid Remote / Office environmentWork performed primarily during business hours, with off-hours support required at timesSome travel may be required as ITS and teams are disparate across locations (primarily St. Louis and Birmingham)Posting Requirements
Spire accepts online applications through our career site at jobs.spireenergy.com
Posting requirements : The above posting description is intended to describe the general nature of the level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Spire, Inc., and its subsidiaries are Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all areas, including but not necessarily limited to, recruitment, selection, training, education, compensation, benefits, promotion, job transfer, upgrading, separation and recall regardless of the individual’s race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, and / or other protected categories under all Federal, State, and local laws. For more information, please view our Integrity and Inclusion pages of our career site.
