As a DevOps Principal youll step into a hands-on management position where youll guide our team within a major Irish business through its evolving cloud journey. Its a dual-focus role; spearheading technical initiatives while fostering the growth of a skilled team that demands expertise and 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 companys technical prowess and team excellence.
Please note that this is a hybrid role so the successful candidate will be expected to attend the office in Dublin at least once a week.
Key responsibilities & duties include:
- Monitor and optimise cloud resources to ensure they deliver peak performance cost-efficiently. 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