DevOps / Senior DevOps Engineer - R&D Platform Engineering

  • Full-time
  • IFS Referral Bonus Code: SH21
  • Job location: On site

Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 5000+ employees on all continents. We deliver award-winning enterprise software solutions throughthe use of embedded digital innovation and a single cloud-based platform to help businesses be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™.

At IFS, we're flexible, we're innovative, and we're focused not only on how we can engage with our customers,but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society's greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and accept that there are so many different perspectives in this world. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be partof a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We're looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs.

If you want to change the status quo, we'll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

Job Description

DevOps engineers are the ones that ensure that what we develop at IFS R&D can also run effectively in production and at the same time drive automation of processes spanning from framework development to customer deployment.

A DevOps Engineer will take the lead in designing, developing, deploying and maintaining new and existing tooling/automation solutions to enable IFS to further drive the reliability and efficiency of its operation platforms. A DevOps Engineer at IFS is a driver of further automation in the area in which the person is working and ensures continued robustness of the team’s daily operations. This work is focused on ensuring that continuous integration, testing, and deployment is facilitated through the use of industry DevOps best-practices and tools.

A DevOps Engineer uses their technical know-how to support the entire IFS organization to develop services in such a way that they always can be deployed and tested with a high degree of automation. They demonstrate a strong commitment to the service and process quality and take proactive action to prevent issues from arising and resolve them quickly and effective when they still do occur.

Duties and Accountabilities

  • Identify opportunities for new or enhanced automations to drive efficiencies within the organization, producing designs and plans to address those opportunities
  • 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 in activities related to market research and competitive analysis

Required competence  

  • Source code management skills - Git/Bitbucket
  • Automation server knowledge (Jenkins, Bamboo, etc.)
  • Automation server job creation and orchestration
  • CI/CD pipeline skills in general
  • Knowledge in one of the major tool sets (Azure pipelines, Bitbucket, Gitlab, etc.)
  • Knowledge of docker and containerization 
  • Container orchestration and associated tooling (K8s, helm, terraform, etc.)
  • Test data management skills
  • Knowledgeable in Linux/Unix/Windows
  • Quality assurance skills
  • Should be a good communicator, competent to effectively communicate with all technical and nontechnical teams.
  • Good understanding of scripting (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, Go, Ansible) and automation skills.
  • Learn new technologies and theories and apply them when necessary.
  • Should be a good team player.
  • Willingness to accept challenges and show high level of enthusiasm
     

 

    Qualifications

    Qualifications

    Essential:

    • A University degree, or equivalent professional qualifications, in software/system engineering or IT operations is essential
    • At least 4 years of experience building and managing large distributed systems – ideally in an agile environment
    • Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure in AWS or Azure or Google Cloud
    • Work with a geographically dispersed team to ensure continuity of support and expertise
    • Effective communication and colaoration skills

    Desirable:

    • Demonstrated experience in managing operations and projects with multiple models of delivery (in-house, managed service, outsourced)

    Additional Information

    Interviews and selections are being made continuously. If you are interested, apply as soon as possible. 

    As a step in our recruitment process, all final candidates will undergo a background check, to get us an understanding of our future employees.

    We respectfully decline all offers of recruitment and/or advertising assistance.

    IFS Fact
    IFS develops and delivers enterprise software for customers around the world who manufacture and distribute goods, build and maintain assets, and manage service-focused operations. The industry expertise of our people and solutions, together with a commitment to delivering value to every one of our customers, has made IFS a recognized leader and the most recommended supplier in our sector. Our team of 4,000 employees and growing ecosystem of partners support more than 10,000 customers around the world challenge the status quo and realize their competitive advantage. Learn more about how our enterprise software solutions can help your business today at ifs.com.

     

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