Specialist I

9 - 12 Years

3 Openings

Trivandrum

Role Proficiency:

Understands customer requirements streamline DevOps practices and translate them into reference architecture for DevOps (CI/CD) and automation components by managing multiple scrum teams.

Outcomes:

• Interprets the DevOps Tool/feature/component design to develop/support the same in accordance with specifications

• Adapts existing DevOps solutions and creates own DevOps solutions for new contexts

• Codes debugs tests documents and communicates DevOps development stages/status of DevOps support issues

• Selects appropriate technical options for development such as reusing improving or reconfiguration of existing components

• Optimises efficiency cost and quality of DevOps process tools and technology development

• Validates results with user representatives; integrates and commissions the overall solution

• Assesses current state of DevOps maturity and advises clients on improving maturity and DevOps roadmap

• Assess readiness of clients to adopt DevOps practices advising clients on appropriate change approaches and technology choices

• Looks for patterns of struggle and experiments with new designs and new ways of applying existing designs to solve problems

• Guides DevOps leads and engineers and observe how the processes are working in practice

• Works towards reducing variations in practice by challenging status quo and tweaking processes and tools

• Resolve architecture issues and deliver / own architecture of application solutions spanning across multiple technologies for projects of the following nature - high revenue projects / complex projects / large strategic maintenance projects

• Manage multiple stakeholders and handle their expectations

• Contribute to business development and organizational activities

• Support Architect/Sr. Architect in drafting recommendations based on findings of Proof of Concept

Measures of Outcomes:

• Quality of Deliverables

• Defect injection at various stages of lifecycle

• SLA/KPI for onboarding projects or applications

• Percentage achievement of specification/completeness/on-time delivery

• of reusable components / processes developed
  

• Delivery efficiency (Adherence to UST defined principles)

• Contribution to technology capability development (e.g. Training Webinars Blogs)

• Customer feedback on overall technical quality (zero technology related escalations)

• of white papers/document assets contributed to
  

• Feedback from Project Team/Program Management on project support

• Error rate/completion rate at various stages of SDLC/PDLC

• Uptime/System reliability metrics (if the design is not meeting with agreed SLA's)

• of domain certification/ product certification obtained
  

• Adoption rates of CI/CD tools DevOps practices (efficiency improvement rate)

Outputs Expected:

Automated components :

• Deliver components that automat parts to install components/configure of software/tools in on premises and on cloud

• Deliver components that automate parts of the build/deploy for applications

Configured components:

• Configure tools and automation framework into the overall DevOps design

Scripts:

• Supervise/Develop automation scripts (like Powershell/Shell/Python scripts) that automate installation/configuration/build/deployment tasks

Training/SOPs :

• Create Training plans/SOPs to help DevOps Engineers with DevOps activities and to onboard users

• Create Training plans/SOPs to help technical deal with already existing CI/CD Pipelines and components; onboarding users

Measure Process Efficiency/Effectiveness:

• Deployment frequency
  
  innovation and technology changes

Operations:

• Change lead time/volume

• Failed deployments

• Defect volume and escape rate

• Meantime to detection and recovery

Solution Definition & Design:

• Define Architecture for the small/mid-sized type of project

• Design the technical framework and implement the same

• Identify and conduct design of complex sub-components /module in collaboration with project team
  
  architects and client SME

• Present the detailed design documents to relevant stakeholders and seek feedback

• Undertake project specific Proof of Concepts activities to validate technical feasibility with guidance from the Application Architect

• Implement best optimized solution and resolve performance issues

• Support the team in the design of functional modules and review the deliverables

• Conduct code reviews

Project Estimation:

• Provide support for project estimations on business proposals and support sprint level / component level estimates

• Articulate estimation methodology
  
  module level estimations for more standard projects with focus on estimation effort alone

Measure Process Efficiently/Effectiveness:

• Measure and pay attention to efficiency/effectiveness of current process and make changes to make them more efficient/effective

• Facilitate development processes and operations

• Architecting overall comprehensive DevOps practice effectiveness

Skill Examples:

• Design branching and merging strategies

• Defining DevOps tool stack

• Designing build/release plans

• Defining monitoring strategy/service provisions/middleware configuration

• Integrate with code quality analysis tools like SONAR

• Scripting skills (Javascript Python Linux PowerShell)

• Infrastructure automation skill (ansible/terraform)

• Quality automation skills(selenium)

• Experience of build deploy pipeline for polygot tools Database automation Java Python Perl

• Creating build plan in Bamboo/Jenkins/GITLAB and necessary scripting to implement build Setting and managing Jira projects and Git/Bitbucket repositories

• Skilled in Automated Build and Deployment and tools like Maven

• Skilled in Automated Monitoring(Splunk)

• Skilled in containerization tools like Docker

• Monitoring reviewing and managing technical operations

Knowledge Examples:

• Knowledge of Config/Build/Deploy processes and tools

• Knowledge of infrastructure planning testing and development

• Knowledge of IAAS - Cloud providers (AWS Azure Google etc.) and their tool sets
• Knowledge of the application development lifecycle
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance processes
• Knowledge of Quality Automation processes and tools
• Knowledge of multiple tool stacks not just one
• Knowledge of Branching/Merging strategies
• Knowledge about microservices and containerization
• Understanding of rapid technology changes and concepts
• Knowledge of software security compliance (GDPR/OWASP) and tools (Blackduck/ veracode/ checkmarxs)

Additional Comments:

Cutover Manager Activities:
• Create & maintain project/programme cutover plans
• Manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams at different locations
• Plan detailed execution (resources, environments, integration, data etc)
• Execute in real time cutover plan in all test environments and production in line with release schedule
• Execute exceptions as agreed by Enterprise Release Lead
• Lead Release Readiness reviews, Milestone reviews, Business Go/No-go reviews and CAB meetings
• Lead and coordinate the Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment Plans and checklists. Skills needed:
• Proven test environment, testing and cutover management experience
• Experience of working with extensive technical architectures (inc SAP) across complex environments.
• Proven ability to deliver changes on time and to budget
• Knowledge of waterfall and agile software development lifecycles and methodologies
• Good communication, collaboration, influencing and leadership skills. Tech Skills
• Knowledge in Planning – Jira
• Independently working on Collaboration – MS Teams, MS Office, Confluence, Miro, Powerpoint, Sharepoint
• Service Now
• Independently able to do Analysis – Excel
• Knowledge in Portfolio Management
• Knowledge in Reporting – Power BI

JIRA,Portfolio management,Test environment

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