The main objective of this role is to drive the general adoption of DevOps principles, practices, and methodologies across the organization, cultivating an agile, collaborative, and automated environment for development and deployment.
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Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Work Conditions: On-site, Full-time
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate continuous integration, continuous delivery, and automated testing strategies into development workflows.
- Conduct Agile and DevOps awareness training sessions for teams and the wider DevOps community.
- Develop and execute a comprehensive automation strategy for software development, testing, and infrastructure deployment.
- Identify automation opportunities and implement effective solutions collaboratively with teams.
- Guide the establishment and optimization of CI/CD pipelines for efficient software releases.
- Spearhead the automation of release and deployment processes.
- Design and implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions using tools like Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, or Chef.
- Evaluate and recommend relevant tools and technologies to enhance DevOps and automation efforts.
- Define metrics to gauge the success of DevOps practices and automation initiatives, continuously monitoring performance for improvements.
- Automate security testing and vulnerability assessments in the CI/CD process to integrate security measures throughout the software development lifecycle.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology/Computer Science (3+ years).
- Proven experience as an Agile Coach or DevOps Coach, leading transformations in complex environments.
- Strong background in automation practices, including scripting, configuration management, build and release pipelines, and infrastructure as code.
- Proficiency in tools such as VSO, Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of Agile frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe.
- Experience with administering AWS technologies (EC2, Lambda, RDS, Firewall, Autoscaling, ALB, etc.).
- Excellent coaching, facilitation, and mentoring skills.
- Fluent in English.
Experience Required: 6 - 8 years
Competencies:
- Customer Focus
- Teamwork
- Effective Communication
- Personal Accountability & Commitment
- Resilience & Flexibility
ISR Requirements:
- Compliance with ISR policies and guidelines; diligent reporting of any weaknesses or incidents.
- Completion of required ISR awareness sessions and adherence to associated guidelines in daily operations.
