Associate DevOps Architect - Flutter Group

As part of the group Strategic Platforms function, the Associate DevOps Architect will be part of the team accountable for the gbp and CPP platform adoption process. Reporting to the Implementation Manager, they will have an initial focus on CPP.  The Implementation team supply the required level of oversight, support and guidance providing the vision and direction for effective platform adoption, consulting Group Divisions on: 

• Adoption process best practices, standards, tooling, and automation 

• Structured adoption planning 

• Structured resource planning 

• The integration process of the gbp and CPP capabilities 

As an Associate DevOps Architect, you will be supporting adopting divisions on the optimal strategies for platform capability service hosting, continuous integration, continuous deployment, metric collection and tooling. All the above is done having into consideration divisional specific requirements. 

What you’ll be doing… 

• Establish relationships with key divisional stakeholders 

• Support divisional platform adoption and maintenance projects helping to identify and mitigate known risks 

• Support platform teams with divisional platform adoption and maintenance projects statuses 

• Work with divisional technical teams to document deployment models, tooling and patterns 

• Refine deployment documentation into reusable blueprints 

• Provide support and guidance on blueprints and adoption process 

• Support the shared development process in terms of operability needs by breaking down complex divisional requirements related to scalability, performance, stability and tooling of the supported platforms 

• Support divisional specific integration of software components into a fully functional software system 

• Support ongoing maintenance and software life-cycle upgrades  

• Write well-designed, testable and efficient code 

• Support the implementation team’s internal technical needs by developing automation and solutions to simplify administrative work 

We’d love to see… 

• Proven experience in DevOps methodologies 

• Understanding of SRE methodologies and best practices 

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, etc 

• Experience with CI/CD solution design and implementation preferably in Jenkins, GoCD and GitHub Actions 

• Proven experience in organisational adoption processes of complex software systems based on service-oriented architectures from an Operational perspective is preferential; 

• Linux systems administration; 

• Scripting experience including bash, python or ruby scripting 

• Configuration management experience, preferably ansible or chef 

• Understanding of message queueing systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ and etc 

• Knowledge of Scala, Memcached, Apache Storm, Apache Cassandra, ZooKeeper 

• Experience in using established operational and software design patterns 

• Awareness and experience in using agile methodologies 

• Technical experience in managing highly available and highly scalable cloud environments 

• Hands-on knowledge of container technologies, such as Docker, and container orchestration such as Kubernetes 

• Strong desire to automate and simplify your way out of technical challenges 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English 

What we’re looking for… 

• Building Support: Capable of establishing close relationships with our stakeholders, underpinned by trust, integrity, and respect. Able to build awareness, understanding and positive momentum behind the Group technology strategy, often without being in a position to assert authority 

• Objective: Is impartial and unbiased, ensuring equal treatment for all and that decisions taken are based on objective criteria 

• Collaboration: Work effectively and in partnership with our stakeholders on group shared goals that align towards the achievement of the Group technology strategy. Fosters a collaborative environment and assumes the role of leader 

• Adaptable: Understand and appreciate different and opposing perspectives on an issue and can adapt our approach to achieving a successful outcome. 

• Strategic Thinking: Think about the big picture and use that perspective to support our Divisions to achieve competitive advantage through greater agility, faster time to market and a better customer experience. 

• Strategic Communication: Proactive and considered in your approach to stakeholder communications. You actively listen, provide constructive feedback and help others to consider new perspectives.