DevOps Consultant (Cape Town) at Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence

Responsibilities

• Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division(Hexagon) is seeking a DevOps Consultant.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to help create reliable and frequent releases for software and updates. This could include, but is not limited to:
• Testing of new features.
• Identifying solutions that may impact the product for cloud deployment.
• Building automation tools.
• Standardizing technologies.
• Improving operations efficiency.
• Design and implement, build, deployment, and configuration management automation.
• Build and test automation tools for infrastructure provisioning.
• Test implemented designs and advise / document the impact for cloud deployment.
• Troubleshoot any issues that arise during testing, catching and solving issues before deployment.
• Handle code deployments in all environments.
• Monitor metrics and develop ways to improve infrastructure and application deployment automation.
• Be an active team member, attending scrum sessions, and contribute towards backlogs and task assignments to build a collectively efficient product development and deployment environment.
• Champion the “Design, Build, Deploy, Own” culture to promote the “we own what we build and deploy” mentality.
• Assist with test automation and ensure quality of deployments is an integrated practice. Including integrating security best practices into the dev/test/deploy process.
• Promote proactive monitoring and performance tuning practices including full-stack service, availability and telemetry data to support operational decisions.
• Provide technical guidance and educate team members and coworkers on deployment, configuration and operation processes.
• Brainstorm for new ideas and ways to improve product delivery.
• Consult with peers for feedback during testing stages.
• Create, maintain, and monitor various standards and processes.
• Maintain day-to-day management and administration of projects.
• Manage CI and CD tools with the team.
• Work with Cloud DevOps team members to share challenges and technology trends to ensure a uniform delivery approach.
• Assist with standards creation for Cloud Architecture and Deployment in conjunction with the Cloud Ops team to ensure those standards are integrated into software development processes.
• Strive to reduce manual efforts by replacing with scalable Cloud-native automation.
• Responsible for “cost to run” software applications in a SaaS environment. Ensure cost and efficiency for managing the deployment and ongoing operations of the application are integrated into all facets of the design and product development.
• Follow all best practices and procedures as established by the company.

Education / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, engineering, software engineering, or related field. 
• Minimum of 4 years overall IT/Technology/Operations/Software experience with a minimum of 2 years’ previous experience in combining development and operations into a DevOps framework and team model .
• Experience with Windows and Linux infrastructures, database SQL (MS SQL), CI/CD tools, scripting such as JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, .NET, Scrum/Kanban/SAFe, Agile workflow methodologies.
• Experience with Puppet ( or Chef, Ansible, or other similar tools).
• Solid hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code concepts and tooling (ARM / Terraform / Cloud Formation) .
• Up-to-date on the latest industry trends; able to articulate trends and potential clearly and confidently.
• Experience in best practices with SecOps and cyber security is a strong plus.
• Experience with Azure DevOps a plus.
• Good interpersonal skills and communication with all levels of an organization.
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently.
• Ability to be on-call and work remotely as needed.
• Ability to travel as needed (not more than 10%).

Desired Skills

• Have good interpersonal skills, and can work effectively on your own or as part of a team.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Have experience working in an agile environment with a CI/CD based development process based on Azure DevOps.
• Experience of Python.
• Experience of Terraform.
• Experience of Puppet.
• Experience of PowerShell.
• Entry-level experience with a public cloud provider (ideally Azure).