Manager, DevOps
Description
What does it take to protect and maintain the most sensitive data for over 220 million people and 25 million businesses? What does it take to meet daunting challenges and shape solutions that pioneer industries and improve lives? At Experian, we are the trusted power behind data and the leading global information services company, providing everything from fraud and identity protection, to data analytics and credit scores. Our products help decision-making for consumers and businesses alike.
With operations stretching globally, Experian is 17,000 people strong, supporting clients and operations in more than 80 countries. Generating nearly $5 billion in revenue annually, Experian is primed for growth and searching for the most talented and innovative people to join our family and take us to new heights.
Experian’s Consumer Services (ECS) group is defining the next Big Data thing for consumers.
What could be more exciting – personally and professionally – than being part of a disruptive business? Consider starting your career with the industry’s best by joining the Leader that continues to disrupt the competition. As the market leader, we pride ourselves on building new markets and leading the pack through continuous evolution and innovation. It’s a position ECS has enjoyed for more than a decade and we aren’t looking to stop now.
Experian’s Technology team is seeking a talented DevOps Manager. The DevOps Manager is a technical leadership position responsible for driving the migration to a DevOps culture for our partner solutions business unit. This role will be leading the DevOps & System Engineering team responsible for the infrastructure and deployment pipelines in a high traffic e-commerce environment. A successful candidate will have a passion for the elimination of repetitive work; automation & self-service are terms this person will live and breathe every day. If you are a technical leader who embodies DevOps (communication, collaboration, integration, infrastructure as code and automation) and can drive a technology transformation, this role is for you!
Responsibilities:
• Provide leadership of the DevOps & IT Systems team.
• Drive the migration of legacy platforms into a true DevOps pipeline. Enable software teams to “self-service”, deploying from the code repository, enable automated testing, and production roll outs – thinking continuous delivery.
• Build a strong organization made up of dev ops engineers that embody the concept “Infrastructure as Code”.
• Manage day to day operations for the system engineering functions including project management and project coordination with customers.
• Technical mentor to the team.
• Works closely with peers across software engineering and governance teams to ensure process optimization.
• Integrate tools with cloud platform such as AWS for end to end automation.
• Work with other DevOps leaders across Experian Consumer Services to ensure consistency with IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services.
• Manager all 3rd party vendor relationships including managed service partners.
• Ensure highest levels of security & monitoring capabilities for all e-commerce platforms, both on premise and cloud solutions.
Qualifications
Qualifications and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar field from an accredited four-year university preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in a hand on engineering role with at least 5 years leading / managing a team of DevOps or System Engineering teams.
• Background of creating high performance DevOps teams focusing on a 24x7 e-commerce environment that drive automation to increase speed to market and enhance self-service capabilities.
• Deployed application in Amazon AWS, Google, or Azure public cloud.
• ITIL certification is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of the Dev Ops tool chain on Linux/windows platforms; Jenkins, Python/C++/Java, Ansible, Puppet, Confluence, git/tfs, jasmine, chocolaty, cloud formation, etc.
• Deploying automation solutions in a public cloud environment such as AWS.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across the enterprise.
• History building a DevOps capability from the ground up.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, e-commerce environment
• Understanding of Linux / Windows system administration for an e-commerce business.
• Strong understanding of Agile concepts.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• Has a passion for change and doing things different, with an innovative mindset.
• Strong project management skills.
• Able to work on pressure in a fast paced environment.
• Able to support multiple geographic business regions (US & UK).
Job:Information Technology & Systems
Primary Location:United States-Texas-Austin
Schedule:Full-time
Job Posting:08/23/2017, 6:01:58 PM
Organization:CSID
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