• Manage and maintain the infrastructure of our applications, including cloud-based services (Microsoft Azure & some AWS), servers, databases, and networks.
• Design, implement, and manage software development processes, including continuous integration and continuous development (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Collaborate with the development and support teams to monitor the security, performance and reliability of the environments. Take proactive steps to demonstrably improve performance and availability.
• Ensure the security and compliance of our systems by implementing best practices and standards – including ensuring that security and reliability system patches are tested and deployed in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with the development teams to identify and resolve issues and implement new features and enhancements.
• Develop and maintain documentation of the systems and processes
• Stay current with industry trends and technologies and recommend new tools and methodologies that can improve our software delivery process.
• Own the release guidelines including scheduling release windows and related activies
• Ensure the timely and smooth deployment of projects in line with timelines, budget, and requirements
• Own risk management of the environments and deployment processes by providing input and guidance into risks that may affect the release scope, then measure and monitor progress to mitigate risks
• Participate in technology and design discussions
• Always seek to identify and champion any opportunities to automate build, pipeline and deployment processes.
• Provide technical support for all of our testing, staging and production environments

Technical Expertise:

• Expert in the development, deployment and management CI / CD pipelines and proven expertise in the use of tools such as GitHub, Jira, etc.
• Excellent knowledge of core networking technologies including routing, firewalls, DMZ & encryption and VPN.
• Ability to create technical plans and provide accurate work estimates while completing multiple tasks and projects with detail.
• Experience and expert-level knowledge of source code management, configuration management, CI / CD, Continuous Testing / Automation, and continuous monitoring.
• Polished communication skills: face-to-face, verbally, and in writing – must be able to listen carefully to other teams and guide them towards the optimal solution.
• Familiarity with development- likely to have previously been a developer knowledge of scripting and automation tools (ex. Bash, Python, PowerShell).
• Good database administration understanding – Microsoft SQL Server and / or MYSQL.

Qualification Required:

• Bachelor / Master’s degree in computer science / Information Technology / Systems Analysis or a related study
• Experience managing a team of DevOps engineers and driving process improvements alongside their career development
• Strong technical background in operations, including expertise in cloud platforms and infrastructure – Azure (preferred) of AWS.

Experience Required: 2 years

Salary: £39000 (Per Annum)

Job Location: Reading, United Kingdom

If you feel that you are suitable person, Please send your profile to careers@ncsglb.com, once of our team will contact you soon.