Lead DevSecOps Engineer

Summary

Join our team as a Lead DevSecOps Engineer and play a pivotal role in designing, securing, and delivering cloud landing zones across multiple environments. You will lead a team, mentor junior engineers, and ensure the delivery of a cloud-agnostic ecosystem of tooling and operational processes. Responsibilities include building and securing the AWS Landing Zone using AWS Organizations & Control Tower, implementing CI/CD best practices, and utilizing IaC tools like Terraform and Ansible. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensuring secure and efficient software and infrastructure delivery. This role requires strong technical leadership, expertise in DevSecOps, and proficiency in various cloud platforms and tools.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience of lead Engineering or technical leadership role(s)
• Demonstrable experience of DevSecOps practices and the promotion thereof
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and practices
• Strong understanding of AWS Landing Zone best practices
• Strong understanding of cloud computing platforms (primarily AWS, but Azure &/or Google Cloud is beneficial) and on-premises environments
• Proficiency in IaC tools and scripting languages (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Python, etc.)
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

• Work alongside the Principle DevOps Engineer design, secure & deliver Cloud Landing Zone(s) across multiple environments and geographies, primarily on AWS followed by Azure & GCP
• The delivery of a Cloud agnostic ecosystem of tooling and operational processes, based on DevSecOps, CICD & FinOps best practices, to deliver and maintain Landing Zone(s) including automated Account vending & inflation
• Be the driving technical force behind the delivery & operation of Landing Zone(s) and supporting automation following DevSecOps practices to be secure-by-design
• Work closely with the QA Team to ensure both the Landing Zone(s) and application services are delivered securely & consistently
• Support the Lead DevOps Engineer & team as they build Kubernetes based microservices on the Landing Zone(s) and supporting tooling &/or pipelines that you will deliver
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams & personnel, where design inputs & requirements are expected to be fluid & changeable
• Lead team of DevSecOps Engineer(s) (including recruitment)
• Mentor junior members of the wider team & organisation as/when required
• Deputise for the Principle DevOps Engineer as/when required
• Build and secure the AWS Landing Zone using AWS Organisations & Control Tower, enabling Account vending & management via Account Factory for Terraform (AFT)
• Ensure secure & effective testing and deployment of Landing Zone(s) using CI/CD best practices to enable efficient, secure software & infrastructure delivery
• Deliver services using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) code and templates to test, provision, configure, and manage infrastructure components using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar
• Be the drivering force for the automation of infrastructure provisioning and orchestration to streamline deployment processes, ensuring consistency and reliability across multiple environments & regions
• Working closely with the Security Architect & Principle DevOps Engineer, you will ensure security of the Platform / Landing Zone(s), including remote access
• Ensure effective documentation to ensure a clean handover of Cloud environments to Ops & SRE teams
• Ensure the effective monitoring of infrastructure components to ensure optimal performance, scalability, and reliability. This will include self-healing capabilities
• Collaborate with development and QA teams to provide guidance and support in building automated testing and deployment pipelines
• Identify opportunities for infrastructure optimization, cost reduction, and performance improvement
• Maintain detailed documentation of infrastructure configurations and deployment processes

Preferred Qualifications

Terraform cloud / HCP Terraform knowledge

Benefits

Centric Software provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status or genetic information