DevOps Engineer

IsoMetrix, is a leading integrated risk management software company with offices in the USA, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom and South Africa. We provide state-of-the-art solutions for ESG, EHS and GRC management.

Backed by the leading private equity firm Carlyle, an investment firm with $293bn of assets under management, SaaS-oriented business model. Crucial to the future success of the business.

We are looking for a candidate with suitable qualifications and experience to join our dynamic and passionate team in an IT development environment.

Main purpose of Job:

Build, test and maintain the infrastructure and tools to allow for quick development and release of software. This is a four (4) month contract position only.

Primary responsibilities:

DevOps

• Building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure.
• Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers.
• Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes.
• Testing and examining code written by others and analysing results.
• Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and ‘fixes'.
• Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended.
• Planning out projects and being involved in project management decisions.

IT Support

• Manage, design, plan and support physical and virtual environments including Azure tenants for best performance and security through DevOps practices
• DevOps architectural practices including Infrastructure as a code management and deployment.
• Brainstorm new ideas and ways to improve automated infrastructure implementations.
• IT procurement and sustainable asset management.
• Customer engagements and RFP document population.
• Follow all best practices and procedures as established by company.

IT Strategy

• ISO 27 001 accreditation support, including ongoing compliance.
• Adequate disaster recovery strategy, including backup strategy and successful execution.
• Stay current with Microsoft Partner requirements and liaise with Microsoft Account Manager maintaining sustainable relationships.
• Partner certification requirements are met and communicated to management.
• Information Systems adoption strategy.

Minimum education experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, engineering, software engineering, or related field.
• Microsoft Azure Certification – AZ-400.
• Five years previous experience in development and operations, or related IT, computer, or operations field.
• Three years previous experience with the following Microsoft Azure infrastructure services:

           o  Azure SQL
           o  Cosmos DB
           o  Azure Application Services
           o  Monitoring, Application Insights, and reporting
           o  Kubernetes, AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) and container orchestration platforms and applications
           o  PowerShell
           o  Azure Front Door and load balancers
           o  Identity and Authentication, SSO/Federation, AD/Azure AD, Azure Key Vault
           o  Azure Storage
           o  Azure Redis Cache

• Previous experience with software development (C#, Web development, JavaScript), infrastructure development, or development and operations.
• Experience of working with distributed microservices application architectures, patterns and deployment frameworks/topologies.
• Experience maturing site reliability, observability and reducing MTTD, MTTR, RPO, RTO etc.
• Experience with Windows Server infrastructures, IIS, Azure App Service MS SQL, CI/CD tools, scripting such as JavaScript, PowerShell and Agile workflow methodologies.
• Up to date on latest industry trends, able to articulate trends and potential clearly and confidently.
• Good interpersonal skills and communication with all levels of management.
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently.

Additional requirements:

• Azure Certified Developer Associate.
• Azure Certified Administrator Associate.

Personal attributes:

• Excellent teamworking and communication skills.
• Knowledge of programming languages.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Good attention to detail.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, and the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time.
• Solid command of DevOps and Agile principles.

The IsoMetrix DNA encompasses the following core values and behaviours:

• Own It!
• Do the right thing
• Embrace Ideas
• Win together
•  Think Beyond