DevOps Architect

• Automate build, deployment, and other aspects of the software development life cycle.
• Evaluate, Design, Implement, and streamline best practices architecture for Cloud and DevOps Solutions
• Implement microservice / container-based architectures.
• Conduct technical workshops with the customers and find automated solutions to problems that disrupt the availability, performance, and stability of customer systems.
• Work with the customer development, QA, security, and operations teams to understand requirements for functionality, performance, and security of applications.
• Explore and maintain an understanding of the internal architecture and client requirements of our applications.
• Manage the processes of deployments using a blue-green deployment pattern whenever possible.
• Implement the observability tools for infrastructure and applications.
• Ensure proper failover and backup architectures are implemented.
• Audit the customer environment, perform Gap Analysis, and propose remediation plans to address the gaps using Automation tools.
• Suggest FinOps practices for resource and cost optimization.
• Investigate and develop skills in new technologies (Data and AI) and collaborate across the company.

Experience

Total minimum professional working experience of 10 years in IT domain.

• Minimum 8 years of experience in managing operations of the virtualized platform.
• Minimum of 5 years of Public Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) deployment and management experience
• 10 years of application integration and deployment experience with a minimum of 5 years of good hands-on experience with cloud services related to computing, network, storage, content delivery, security, deployment, and implementing Cloud and DevOps best practices.
• Extensive knowledge of various Cloud services at the SDK Level
• Experience hosting an application on the Public Cloud using Cloud services with IAAS offerings.
• Expertise in Infrastructure capacity sizing and costing of Cloud services to drive optimized solution architecture, leading to optimal infrastructure investment vs performance and scale.
• Experience with software and product development lifecycle (incl. coding, coding standards and reviews, source control, testing, debugging, build, deployment, and operations)
• Good experience in automating manual activities using a scripting language.
• Expert-level experience in writing infrastructure as code templates
• Experience in Cloud Native DevSecOps CI/CD components
• Hands-on experience using version control systems, build, and deployment tools.
• Good knowledge of Microservices Design and Architecture
• Provide hands-on technical support for business applications and processes.
• Balance of strategic and tactical skills and the ability to work on cross-functional teams.
• Ability to review deployment and delivery pipelines i.e., implement initiatives to minimize chances of failure, identify bottlenecks, and troubleshoot issues.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Deep knowledge and experience in complex and large-scale projects
• Deep understanding of Application, Infrastructure, and security architecture and non-functional aspects like Performance, Scalability, Reliability, Availability, etc

Technical skills:

• Extensive hands-on experience using AWS/Azure/GCP Cloud services: Networking, Windows/Linux virtual machines, Container, Storage, LB, Auto Scaling, Serverless Architecture, Managed DB services, DW, Data Factory, and Analytics Services.
• Must have expert-level hands-on experience in writing Infrastructure As Code templates using Terraform, CloudFormation/Azure Resource Manager templates/ GCP deployment manager.
• Must possess excellent knowledge of Configuration Management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Must have strong expertise in operating Linux/Unix environments and scripting languages like Python, Perl, Bash, and PowerShell.
• Expert in architecting and maintaining containerization and virtualization platforms like Docker, Kubernetes, AWS EKS, Azure AKS, GCP GKE, or OpenShift
• Experience with Version control systems like GitHub, AWS Code Commit, and Azure Repos
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab, Bamboo, Circle CI, GitHub Actions, and Argo CD
• Experience with Cloud Native CI/CD tools: AWS Code Build/Pipeline/Deploy and Azure DevOps
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools like AppDynamics, Dynatrace, DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, and NewRelic
• Familiar with Quality and Security Management tools like SonarQube, Snyk, Aqua Security, Fortify, CheckMarx, Selenium, JUnit, Qualys, Tenable and OWASP ZAP
• Strong understanding of one or more development platforms DotNet technologies, (C#), Java / JavaScript
• Familiarity with REST API/ Webservices/ Postman
• Familiarity with Data Ingestion, Analytics, and AI technologies
• Knowledge of integration techniques (System & network configuration)
• Knowledge of Databases (Mysql, MS SQL, MongoDB) would be a plus.

Consulting & Pre-Sales

• Assist the sales, and pre-sales team in prospecting with relevant technical pitches and market Orange business-specific data.
• Support and organize technical responses to RFP / RFIs
• Assist sales teams in responses to RFPs and technical requirements documents.
• Propose the Level Of Effort based on the Sales team-provided Scope Of Work for the implementation.
• Conduct detailed technical workshops with customers to define the to-be architecture and plan the migration roadmap together.
• Strong executive speaking and presentation skills - Formal presentations, whiteboarding, large and small group presentations.

Soft skills:

• Demonstrate strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills by leveraging the latest trends in technologies.
• Handle ambiguity and be able to move forward with imperfect information and get things done in a rapidly changing environment.
• Must be comfortable working in an environment where ideas are challenged.
• Should possess good product instinct and excellent project management skills to push projects over the finish line with sound planning and persistent execution.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and conflict resolution skills
• Astute in aligning effort & resources to achieve desired results.

Education and certifications:

• Bachelors degree, Software Engineering, or equivalent work experience
• Professional Cloud Certifications ( AWS/Azure/GCP)
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional preferred
• Azure DevOps Engineer Certification preferred.
• Docket/Kubernetes certification preferred