Junior DevOps Engineer

Job Description

Delivering, maintaining, and optimizing infrastructures, databases, and middleware capabilities.

Design & Implement CI/CD solutions using the most appropriate approved patterns.

Gather & analyse user/business system requirements.

Ensure the solution is functionally complete and compatible with existing or other technology/frameworks.

Design & implement CI/CD solutions for single and multi‑tier architectures.

Understand the steps involved to get CI/CD done.

Perform upgrades and complete fixes within the production environment.

• Design & implement CI/CD solutions using the most appropriate approved patterns.
• Design & implement CI/CD solutions for single and multi‑tier architectures.
• Track monitoring and alerting of downstream operations to identify issues with CI/CD.
• Share successful patterns for building applications/services and deployments across teams and/or products.
• Be actively involved with roll‑back/forward decision making.
• Plan preparation – gather & analyse user/business system requirements.
• Identify all dependencies, including those that may not be immediately apparent.
• Act based on your understanding/findings to reduce the possibility of failure.

Understand the CI/CD requirements for all projects by attending project planning meetings when required or taking all other reasonable steps to:

• Explain and help teams visualise the end‑to‑end flow of software, through Dev Ops.
• Help teams get a better understanding of the steps involved to get CI/CD done, which in turn brings value to the customer.
• Share operational needs and development forecasts to allow for accurate planning of projects in a timely manner.
• Work with project managers and developers to get software and systems up and running in a timely manner and ensuring long‑term scalability for the business.

Implementation of solution:

• Deliver a solution which performs efficiently and can coexist with other solutions without a detrimental impact.
• Ensure the solution is functionally complete, compatible with existing or other technology/frameworks.
• Ensure the solution has a high usability factor, is reliable and maintainable.
• Understand and implement containerisation where the concept of virtualisation mimics the digital configuration of the hardware and the OS.
• Implement testing strategy as part of CI/CD to ensure quality of deployments and security.

Perform monitoring and configuration:

• Ensure accelerated CI/CD with the use of continuous monitoring and configuration management tools.
• Deploy all new applications/solutions/modules.
• Perform upgrades and complete fixes within the production environment.
• Ensure that all modules are ready for production based on specific procedures.
• Ensure that the documentation of knowledge transfer happens.
• Perform ongoing evaluation of existing applications and platforms.
• Recommend solutions to enhance performance by gap analysis.
• Perform monitoring, configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting of the implemented solution(s).

Use tools and technologies:

• Display a thorough understanding of Dev Ops key concepts.
• Display knowledge of various Dev Ops tools and technologies.
• Identify new tools which would improve the overall effectiveness of Dev Ops.
• Use tools to increase the overall development velocity and code quality.

• Collaboration:
  
  Actively engage with cross‑functional teams, including developers, system administrators, and QA professionals.
• Continuous learning:
  Demonstrate a strong commitment to learning and self‑improvement.
• Adaptability:
  Adapt to changing requirements, tools, and technologies.
• Attention to detail:
  Show meticulous attention to detail in complex configurations and automation scripts.
• Problem‑solving:
  Identify and solve technical issues efficiently.
• Communication:
  Articulate technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical team members.
• Ownership and accountability:
  Take ownership of tasks and be accountable for their outcomes.
• Time management:
  Manage time effectively to meet project deadlines.
• Documentation:
  Maintain accurate and comprehensive documentation of processes, configurations, and procedures.
• Resourcefulness:
  Proactively seek solutions and leverage…