ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Implement tooling and process to manage migration of all systems changes (code, configuration, and mass data updates) through various environments (dev sandbox, UAT sandbox, PROD, etc.) for InControl.
- Implement tooling and process to manage regular execution of tests in various environments; initial focus will be on testing back-end logic, but we eventually want to include front-end testing as well.
- Manage ongoing maintenance activities such as certificate renewals, outage communications, and sandbox environment refreshes.
- Contribute to development of core team deliverables such as integrations, portal modules, business process automation, and bug fixes
- Establish an automated DevOps release management pipeline which delivers tooling for next generation application development efforts (the Dev) and on-going production operations (the Ops). Cultivate a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery mind set.
- Ensure development teams are provided a full set of DevOps ALM tools by leading the establishment of the right
- tooling and processes that will result in a fully automated release management pipeline to include: the Automated build process, environment setups, testing scripts, deployments, and production operational metrics/debugging information (to target developers).
- May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned
MANAGEMENT & SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Typically reports to Management.
- Job is NOT directly responsible for managing other employees (e.g., hiring/termination and/or pay decisions, performance management).
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS
- Demonstrated strategic and systems thinking skills
- Ability to develop credibility and rapport at all levels in the organization
- Ability to communicate complex information and implications in interactions with senior leaders, utilizing ‘storytelling techniques’ to communicate a clear, compelling and cohesive story.
- Ability to lead and manage large, complex projects to successful completion
- Research skills, demonstrated ability in building rigorous analytical frameworks using both quantitative and qualitative tools
- Must be a conceptual/creative thinker, highly articulate, working well with ambiguity driving towards solutions/ practical applications
- Requires a solid understanding of the organization's business operations, strategic direction and business environment to conduct operations analyses and develop and execute the organization's strategic plan.
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong proficiency in determining requirements to enable company’s business goals and objectives with ability to devise and implement strategy to achieve targets.
- Strong analytical ability. Proficiency in managing business analytics to determine optimum company outcomes.
- Proven track record of successful change management accomplishments, implementing and management continuous productivity and cost reduction programs.
- Proficiency in use of personal computers, Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and e-mail skills required.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Management Information Technology
- 8 years of experience in a relevant IT position
- Or an equivalent combination of education, training or experience.
- Experience using at least two different platforms for managing deployment/migration
- Experience using at least two types of automated testing frameworks
- Experience working with at least one system used for data backups
- Understanding of relational databases and related languages such as SQL
- Experience coding in both object-oriented and scripting languages
- Experience working with AWS or other cloud platform
- Or an equivalent combination of education, training or experience.
Preferred Requirements
- 3+ years of experience with CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps/VSTS (preferred), Jenkins, Octopus, Codedeploy and deep understanding of CI/CD principles
- Experience using configuration management tools like Cloudformation, Ansible, Terraform
- Experience in designing and maintaining cloud-based DevOps solution with AWS
- Understanding when and why to use admin vs. dev solutions
- Strong background in Linux/Unix administration and writing Bash scripts
- Experience in Infrastructure planning and Security planning
- Expert understanding of CDNs, load balancing, DNS, proxying and networking (ELB/ALB,
- S3, Route53, VPCs, EC2, Cloudfront, Cloudwatch, and other AWS services)
- Basic understanding of AWS services like API Gateway, Secret Manager, RDS, and etc
- Understanding of test class techniques
- Prior experience as a Java dev, web dev, or dev on other technologies
- Experience using related web technologies (HTML/CSS, JavaScript, frameworks such as AngularJS, libraries such as jQuery)
- Experience in end-to-end ownership of applications, from inception through post-deployment support and iterative enhancement
- Familiarity with agile development practices, particularly sprint planning and estimation
- Strong Excel skills