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Lead DevOps Engineer, Tech Connect

What a Lead DevOps Engineer does

Lead DevOps Engineers work as part of the enablement function by assisting teams in integrating a DevOps approach by means of technical ability, process and mindset. A Lead DevOps engineer will focus on enabling teams to leverage modern techniques and toolsets to allow for automated processes - such as build, test and deployment by utilising cloud technologies and Infrastructure as Code. They will use their collaborative mindset to understand teams requirements and dynamics and assist in building pipelines to improve consistency and frequency into deployments. They will develop dashboards for use by the team and stakeholders to understand key metrics such as time to market, time to recovery and failure rates. A Lead DevOps engineer will also work proactively across the business unit to look for areas of improvement and drive efficiencies and innovation. They will have deep knowledge of security standards and frameworks and work as key collaborators and influencers in the wider firm’s DevSecOps approach to delivery. Responsible for ensuring that we deliver services into operations and that production systems are operationally reliable, available and secure inline with Information Security Policy Controls Standard and Operations Delivery Processes. Can demonstrate compliance with Information Security Policy Controls Standard and Operations Delivery Processes. Providing necessary evidence to support audit activities as required.

Lead DevOps Engineers help teams within a service by:

• Building and running production systems

• Ensuring teams have consistent, predictable and rapid build and deployment cycles

• Assisting in automation of all aspects of the software development lifecycle

• Working with developers to optimise existing applications and design new ones

• Encouraging everyone (Developers, Agile Delivery Managers, Product Managers) to think about how new applications will be run and maintained

• Assisting in building a ‘security by design’ approach

A Lead DevOps engineer needs specific technical skills. All roles have essential skills, and some have desirable skills. Each skill has one of 3 skill levels associated with it:

• Foundational

• Intermediate

• Advanced

What the skill level means

Development process optimisation

Aware of the importance of considering developing process efficiency and the common ways in which processes are optimised. Supports specific activities to improve development processes. Able to spot or identify obvious deficiencies.

Able to analyse solutions end to end and optimize accordingly. Work alongside a development team to enable quick feedback loops through use of automated testing and deployment.

Modern standards approach

Understands key principles of modern standards approach, how they apply to the work they are undertaking, and will apply under guidance.

Keeps up with the latest trends and techniques within the wider industry and is able to apply them in a relevant context. Ensures the teams are equipped with cutting edge tools and approaches.

Software Engineering

Collaborates with others when necessary to review specifications and uses these agreed specifications to design, code, test and document programs or scripts of medium to high complexity, using the right standards and tools.

Deep understanding of software engineering practices and technical excellence, drives innovation within the teams and solves complex technical problems.

Service Support

Identifies, locates and competently fixes faults.

Deep understanding of the products and related infrastructure, ability to rapidly triage, fix or remediate issues.

Systems Design

Translates logical designs into physical designs. Produces detailed designs, and documents all work using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate. Designs systems characterised by managed levels of risk, manageable business and technical complexity and meaningful impact. Works with well-understood technology and identifies appropriate patterns.

Understand and apply design techniques in relevant fashion. Work with technical architects on appropriate design methodologies and advise accordingly. Understand the approaches required for evolutionary, continuous and incremental design.

Systems Integration

Able to build and test simple interfaces between systems, or can work on more complex integration as part of a wider team.

Ability to script solutions and work on interfaces between products to facilitate quick feedback loops. Adept at developing and managing deployment scripts and good knowledge of testing APIs and working with SDKs.

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