Principle DevOps Engineer

Dublin
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago
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As a DevOps Principal, you'll step into a hands-on management position where you'll guide our team within a major Irish business through its evolving cloud journey. It's a dual-focus role; spearheading technical initiatives while fostering the growth of a skilled team, that demands expertise and a clear vision and dedication to mentoring others. You will be at the heart of transformation, blending strategic oversight with real-world execution, all aimed at elevating the company's technical prowess and team excellence.Please note that this is a hybrid role, so the successful candidate will be expected to attend the office in Dublin at least once a week.Key responsibilities & duties include:

Monitor and optimise cloud resources to ensure they deliver peak performance cost-efficiently. Automate the provisioning and scaling of cloud infrastructure to streamline processes
Design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines to support seamless software releases. Facilitate continuous feedback loops to ensure collaboration between development and operations teams
Coordinate and manage a team across different functions to ensure unified software delivery efforts. Set a precedent by adopting new technologies and practices within the DevOps domain to lead the team by example
Establish and enforce best practices for system maintenance and swift troubleshooting. Oversee capacity planning, ensuring the system scales skillfully and meets performance requirements

Required Skills & Experience:

AWS Certified and extensive AWS experience
Principal-level experience with cloud infrastructure management
Extensive experience in DevOps
Proficiency in automation tools like Terraform and one coding language e.g. Python, Java or other
Experience with containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
Ability to optimise cloud resource usage for cost and performance
Demonstrated management in managing technical teams
Experience with overseeing diverse, cross-functional project teams
Past success in establishing and facilitating the adoption of best practices in DevOps

Elwood Roberts