Datamatics - DevOps Manager - Docker/Kubernetes (12-15 yrs)

Job Summary :

- Minimum of 12 years of experience with minimum of 8 years of experience in DevOps & Release and Config manager role.

- Provide support, guidance, and governance to ensure Bupa release standards and practices are followed.

- Ensure release planning activities adhere to standards, policies, and best practices.

- Schedule coordinate and manage successful implementation of releases into production including managing the pipeline of releases.

- Conduct Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews.

- Maintain central repository for release artefacts and release calendar.

- Work closely with Change Management for Release and Deployment to ensure smooth operation of Release Planning activities.

- Raise changes, represent in TCAB and CAB to ensure changes are reviewed and approved.

- Ensure relevant release information is communicated timely and disseminated to stakeholders.

- Understand and manage cross dependencies within the platform releases/cross platform releases to enable scheduling.

- Participate in all Release cutover activities including the dress rehearsals.

- Craft implementation plan, walkthrough of plan with all stakeholders including business.

- Lead and co-ordinate the Go-Live activities.

- Develop and Maintain stakeholder escalation matrix for use during cutover.

- Escalate and arrive at decisions by engaging the stakeholders during the cutover.

- Maintain and track post implementation issues with impact analysis and remediation follow-up.

- Manage risks maintaining Risk register with identified risks and mitigation plan.

- Maintain any lessons learned and strive for continuous improvement of releases.

- Proficient in building and deploying .NET web apps/apis to Azure Cloud.

- CI/CD Continuous Integration, Delivery and DevOps experience in - Microsoft Technologies.

- Proficient in Build and release pipelines in Azure DevOps (Mandatory).

- Hands-on experience with Container technology like Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, Helm charts (Mandatory), must be proficient in containers.

- In depth knowledge of C# and .Net Framework, RESTful APIs, Strong PowerShell scripting.

- Experience in deploying PaaS solutions, API's and Infrastructure as Code (desirable) to Azure.

- Experience in code base management tools (Git, TFSV).

- Experience in Azure Boards setup.

- Experience in Environment provision and refresh processes.