Job Description

Job: DevOps Lead

Location: North Dublin (1-2 days a week)

Type: Contract

Salary: 550-600 per day

We are looking for a talented Principal DevOps Engineer, who will step into a hands-on management position where you'll guide our team (7-10 people) within a major Irish business through its evolving cloud journey. It's a dual-focus role; spearheading technical initiatives while fostering the growth of a skilled team, that demands not just expertise, but also a clear vision and dedication to mentoring others. You will be at the heart of transformation, blending strategic oversight with real-world execution, all aimed at elevating the company's technical prowess and team excellence.

Key responsibilities & duties include:

• Monitor and optimise cloud resources to ensure they deliver peak performance in a cost-efficient manner. Automate the provisioning and scaling of cloud infrastructure to streamline processes
• Design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines to support seamless software releases. Facilitate continuous feedback loops to ensure collaboration between development and operations teams
• Coordinate and manage a team across different functions to ensure unified software delivery efforts. Set a precedent by adopting new technologies and practices within the DevOps domain to lead the team by example
• Establish and enforce best practices for system maintenance and swift troubleshooting. Oversee capacity planning, ensuring the system scales skillfully and meets performance requirements

Required Skills & Experience:

• AWS Certified and extensive AWS experience
• Principal-level experience with cloud infrastructure management
• Extensive experience in DevOps
• Proficiency in automation tools like Terraform and one coding language e.g. Python, Java or other
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
• Ability to optimise cloud resource usage for cost and performance
• Demonstrated management in managing technical teams
• Experience with overseeing diverse, cross-functional project teams
• Past success in establishing and facilitating the adoption of best practices in DevOps

This is an exciting job that will give you an expanding role that will test your abilities with a leading Irish business with a large international presence. If you would like to apply for the role, please send your CV to the link provided now for immediate consideration.