DevOps or DevSecOps Architect

About Our Client

Our client is an international professional services brand of firms, operating as partnerships under the brand. It is the second-largest professional services network in the world.

Job Description

Roles & Responsibility
Client Engagement: Act as the primary point of contact for internal clients/Application Owners, understanding their unique requirements, and providing expert guidance on ensuring the integration of security measures into the entire DevOps lifecycle, promoting a culture of security, and mitigating risks associated with software development and deployment.
Project Leadership: Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of DevSecOps projects, ensuring alignment with client goals, timelines, and quality standards.
Team Management: Manage and mentor a team of Secure DevOps Consultants, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment. Provide guidance on project delivery, professional development, and skill enhancement.
Technical Oversight: Provide technical expertise in the design and implementation of secure DevOps solutions, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, cloud native implementation, containerization, and automated security controls.
Collaboration with Clients: Collaborate closely with internal clients/Application Owners to understand their business objectives, security requirements, and DevOps processes, ensuring the successful integration of security measures.
Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the DevSecOps practice, staying abreast of industry best practices, emerging technologies, and evolving security threats. Evaluate, cutting-edge DevSecOps tools and technologies.
Training and Development: Develop and deliver training programs for internal teams, keeping them informed about the latest advancements in DevSecOps and and security best practices.
Handle resolution of blockers, escalation to stakeholders, provisioning of resources and change in plans for DevOps/Platform team
Meet with stakeholders and internal teams to communicate and agree on plans and manage notifications when issues arise
Be an Hands-on Architect
Experience required
Experience in designing and implementing collaborated solutions and end-to-end pipelines on DevOps, or, DevSecOps, moving from CI-CD environments
Proven excellence in Automation, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and Agile practices for highly scalable systems in a Distributed Environment
Experience with Container deployment and Service orchestration, especially with micro-services in on-prem/cloud, or hybrid systems
Experience with Blue-Green Deployment to reduce downtime and risk, provide continuous deployment and fast rollback, and hands-on experience in configuration verification, and root-cause/failure analysis.
Experience working in Agile Teams adhering to the Agile Model.
Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
A keen eye for current breakthroughs and propose more efficient approaches through the detailing of a proposed design and ways to implement it, the best practices and emerging concepts in CI-CD landscape.
Overview of application security, security hardening and applicable policies
Proven experience in Application development lifecycle involving devops and containerized workloads
Solid experience in Kubernetes/OpenShift ecosystem- logging, monitoring, Network Fabric (service Mesh), traceability
12+ Yrs Experience in devops and platform engineering rolesCertification - Kubernetes (CKA, CKAD, CKAS)/ OpenShift
Bachelor degree in computer science.

The Successful Applicant

Roles & Responsibility
Client Engagement: Act as the primary point of contact for internal clients/Application Owners, understanding their unique requirements, and providing expert guidance on ensuring the integration of security measures into the entire DevOps lifecycle, promoting a culture of security, and mitigating risks associated with software development and deployment.
Project Leadership: Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of DevSecOps projects, ensuring alignment with client goals, timelines, and quality standards.
Team Management: Manage and mentor a team of Secure DevOps Consultants, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment. Provide guidance on project delivery, professional development, and skill enhancement.
Technical Oversight: Provide technical expertise in the design and implementation of secure DevOps solutions, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, cloud native implementation, containerization, and automated security controls.
Collaboration with Clients: Collaborate closely with internal clients/Application Owners to understand their business objectives, security requirements, and DevOps processes, ensuring the successful integration of security measures.
Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the DevSecOps practice, staying abreast of industry best practices, emerging technologies, and evolving security threats. Evaluate, cutting-edge DevSecOps tools and technologies.
Training and Development: Develop and deliver training programs for internal teams, keeping them informed about the latest advancements in DevSecOps and and security best practices.
Handle resolution of blockers, escalation to stakeholders, provisioning of resources and change in plans for DevOps/Platform team
Meet with stakeholders and internal teams to communicate and agree on plans and manage notifications when issues arise
Be an Hands-on Architect
Experience required
Experience in designing and implementing collaborated solutions and end-to-end pipelines on DevOps, or, DevSecOps, moving from CI-CD environments
Proven excellence in Automation, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and Agile practices for highly scalable systems in a Distributed Environment
Experience with Container deployment and Service orchestration, especially with micro-services in on-prem/cloud, or hybrid systems
Experience with Blue-Green Deployment to reduce downtime and risk, provide continuous deployment and fast rollback, and hands-on experience in configuration verification, and root-cause/failure analysis.
Experience working in Agile Teams adhering to the Agile Model.
Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
A keen eye for current breakthroughs and propose more efficient approaches through the detailing of a proposed design and ways to implement it, the best practices and emerging concepts in CI-CD landscape.
Overview of application security, security hardening and applicable policies
Proven experience in Application development lifecycle involving devops and containerized workloads
Solid experience in Kubernetes/OpenShift ecosystem- logging, monitoring, Network Fabric (service Mesh), traceability
12+ Yrs Experience in devops and platform engineering rolesCertification - Kubernetes (CKA, CKAD, CKAS)/ OpenShift
Bachelor degree in computer science.