Snr DevOps Engineer

Azure DevOps, Artifacts, Boards, CI/CD pipelines (YAML), Repositories

hackajob is collaborating with Next Ltd to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.

About The Role

Next Technology is looking for Senior DevOps Engineers with extensive CI/CD Pipeline development to be aligned to great teams of developers in our tech domains.

We require an individual who has vast experience with Cloud, Ideally Microsoft Azure, and containerisation technologies (Using Docker and Kubernetes) to drive innovation and adoption of new cloud services.

About The Team

We work closely with our Development Domains and Business users to ensure they have the right tools to get our Products to the market as quickly and efficiently as possible, allowing the business growth NEXT has seen over the last few years.

We never standstill, we are constantly looking to evolve our technology, our applications and the services we offer our stakeholders. We really are a group of people who love technology, pushing boundaries and answering the what-ifs!

Working with us would mean exposure to new technologies and ways of working, getting involved in forcing through change and ultimately providing our customers with a better service. Like all departments, we also have challenges with some legacy applications and ‘older’ code languages but who doesn’t love a good challenge?

We can promise an environment that is never dull with the freedom and support to express yourself to come up with new initiatives. If you want to suggest a new way of working, an improvement to an application or try a new technology…go for it!

We run a lean operation in a quick paced environment, so we need our people to be able to work efficiently, accurately and well under pressure. We expect the right individual to have excellent communication skills, being able to work in a team, be involved in open discussion, communicate ideas, inclusion and diversity. Having strong analytical and problem-solving skills will be advantageous especially as the person in this role will be driving forward the new technologies and approach in Next Technology.

Responsibilities

Automate the creation & deployment of Development, Test, PreProduction and Production environments via Infrastructure-as-Code

Create and modify infrastructure code to provision and configure cloud resources in line with IaaS, SaaS and PaaS solutions

Automate testing of applications/services and integrate with build process

Manage CI/CD pipelines (YAML) - configure automated infrastructure and software build/deployment/release processes, using Git for version control and code management

Maintain and govern all test environments to ensure consistency of software and codebase.

Management of application Source Code, including ensuring that branching strategies are followed

Create and maintain data refresh processes and scripts ensuring that sensitive data is kept secure and anonymised

Use monitoring tools for Applications, Servers & Services diagnostics

Assist Dev teams with performance and volume testing

Setting up nuget/npm repositories and web servers (IIS, Node.js)

Identify departmental processes that where possible can be streamlined or automated

Create and maintain documentation detailing high level and low cloud solutions

Provide knowledge on Cloud IaaS or Paas infrastructure and configurations, in addition to guiding the Project teams in developing in the most efficient manner and in line with best practices

Ensure use of DevSecOps principles and work alongside both internal and external Auditing and Security teams in order to maintain security of all environments and data

Coordinate and liaise with development project teams (Developers, QA Analyst, Project Managers) on requirements, planning and status updates

Contribute in requirement scoping calls with our business customers and work closely with the Cloud Architects on creating cloud solutions accordingly

Identify and contribute to internal Continuous Improvement solutions for the wider DevOps teams

Mentor more junior DevOps Engineers, providing support and guidance on best practices

Participate in on-call rotations to support critical infrastructure incidents.

About You

Technical Requirements

IaC (Terraform)

Azure DevOps, Artifacts, Boards, CI/CD pipelines (YAML), Repositories

Expert knowledge in DevOps concepts, best practices and Agile principles

Experience of working with the 3 main CSP’s - Azure being preferred

Knowledge of on premise to cloud offering migrations

Microsoft .NET Framework, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, C#, Node.js, REACT

PowerShell and Bash scripting

Networking skills/fundamentals?

SQL Server / NoSQL databases

Windows & Linux servers

Source Control Management (Git)

Docker containers

Kubernetes

Microservices

Monitoring tool - Dynatrace, OTel, Grafana

Docker Compose / Helm charts

DevSecOps Tooling - SonarCloud / PrismaCloud / CrowdStrike

Benefits

25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)

Company performance based bonus

Sharesave scheme

On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas

10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty

Early VIP access to sale stock

Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops

Restaurants with great food at amazing prices

Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services

Free on-site parking

Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing

Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification

Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store

Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other

Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more

Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.

We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email [email protected] (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.

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