Lead DevOps EngineerSenior Lead DevOps Engineer Platform (R&D)

We are on the lookout for dynamic experienced technology enthusiasts to join our growing R&D Base Technology Team.

DevOps Engineers play a key role in ensuring that the solutions developed at IFS R&D can be reliably deployed operated and scaled in production while driving automation across the software delivery lifecycle.

A DevOps Engineer will design develop deploy and maintain platform capabilities cloud-native services and automation solutions that improve the reliability scalability security and efficiency of IFS platforms. The role combines hands-on engineering with solution design and service architecture responsibilities requiring close collaboration with development teams architects and stakeholders.

In addition to adopting DevOps and GitOps best practices the role contributes to the design of modern cloud-native applications distributed systems and platform services ensuring they are observable resilient and operationally efficient. The successful candidate will leverage their technical expertise to build highly automated scalable solutions while proactively driving continuous improvement across platforms services and engineering processes.

Duties and Accountabilities

• Identify opportunities for new or enhanced automations to drive efficiencies within the organization producing designs and plans to address those opportunities
• Implementing GitOps / DevOps based automation to the IFS shared multi-tenant cloud-platform supporting new application deployments and rollouts.
• Drive the maintenance and expansion of existing automations and related processes in the organization.
• Create documentation presentation and training material
• Engage with relevant stakeholders
• Share knowledge guide and train colleagues
• Contribute to activities related to market research and competitive analysis

Qualifications :

• Demonstrable enterprise level experience in these areas:
  • Building large globally deployed multi-tenant cloud systems for high-availability and scalability
  • Designing and building DevOps / GitOps automation to support platform/application using tools such as ArgoCD and Crossplane or equivalents
• 4-8 years of demonstrable enterprise level knowledge in
  • CICD Experience (e.g. GitLab Bitbucket GitHub Actions ADO Jenkins Bamboo or similar)
  • Container orchestration (K8s helm)
  • Infra as Code / Config. Mgmt (terraform ansible)
  • Containerization (Docker)
  • Scripting (Bash PowerShell Python GoLang)
  • Working with cloud-based infrastructure in Azure (specifically AKS) AWS or GCP
    • Azure sepcific areas (or equivalent): AKS Azure Networking Azure Firewalls Azure Front Door Azure Container Registry Azure Managed Identities Azure Storage Azure AI Services
• 5 years of knowledge in Linux/Unix/Windows
• GitOps practices with tools such as ArgoCD and CrossPlane.
• Other relevant technical experience:
  • Full-stack experience across databases application/web tier networking/proxies/firewalls etc
  • MongoDB (Atlas)
  • Kafka (Confluent Kafka)
• Service Architecture and Solution Design
• Distributed Systems Concepts
• API Design and Integration Patterns
• Observability platforms (OpenTelemetry Prometheus Grafana Azure Monitor or equivalent)
• Messaging and Event Streaming Technologies (Kafka NATS Event Hub or equivalent)
• Willingness to accept challenges and show high level of enthusiasm.
• A University degree or equivalent professional qualifications in software/system engineering is essential.

Additional Information :

We embrace flexibility and hybrid work opportunities to support diverse needs and lifestyles while also valuing inclusive workplace experiences. By fostering a sense of community we drive innovation strengthen connections and nurture belonging. Our commitment ensures you can work in a way that suits you best while also engaging with colleagues to share ideas and build meaningful relationships.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time