Job Description

The responsibilities include API design, strategic direction, collaboration with development teams, cloud platform expertise, security and compliance adherence, DevOps implementation, automation solution design, troubleshooting, project guidance, quality assurance, continuous improvement, KPI development, and effective influencing and conflict resolution skills.

Responsibilities:

• Design and prototype API specifications for provisioning cloud infrastructure, automating controls, and ensuring consistent and secure delivery of cloud platform services.
• Provide strategic direction and thought leadership for cloud platform solutions.
• Collaborate with business-led development teams to understand their application lifecycle challenges and design cloud platform solutions to automate and streamline processes.
• Participate in planning and workshops with the cloud platform development team to meet software development expectations and milestones.
• Possess a deep understanding of IaaS and PaaS services across different cloud platforms and leverage them to build complex solutions.
• Ensure that all cloud platform solutions adhere to security and compliance controls.
• Foster and actively participate in the DevOps culture by understanding and implementing relevant tools, processes, and mindset.
• Review and establish the right tooling and processes for a stable and fully automated build/release pipeline for cloud platform development teams.
• Serve as a trusted advisor for automation and tooling initiatives, providing practical insights and advice.
• Collaborate with business, development, and operations teams to design and prototype practical automation solutions and custom modules.
• Troubleshoot automation issues and find timely solutions to keep projects progressing.
• Plan, organize, and guide multiple responsibilities to successfully achieve project objectives.
• Ensure deliverables are completed within set timeframes and maintain high-quality standards.
• Drive continuous improvement in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) processes and tools.
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure performance against expected business outcomes.
• Demonstrate excellent influencing and reasoning skills, with the ability to resolve conflicts and build consensus among stakeholders.

Vast network of offices and professionals across more than 150 countries|Attractive Salary & Benefits

Requirements:

• Advanced proficiency in cloud infrastructure architecture and relevant certifications, with a focus on AWS (Azure or Google Cloud certifications preferred as well).
• Advanced proficiency in Agile development methodology, specifically experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Advanced proficiency in Agile planning tools such as Azure DevOps and Jira.
• Advanced proficiency in continuous integration tools like Azure DevOps and Jenkins.
• Advanced proficiency in code management tools like GitHub and BitBucket.
• Intermediate proficiency in backend API design and development, including knowledge of OpenAPI Spec, Swagger, C# .NET, and Python.
• Intermediate proficiency in configuration management tools such as Puppet, Chef, and Ansible.
• Advanced proficiency in scripting languages like PowerShell, Perl, and Bash.
• Intermediate proficiency in enterprise application, server, software, and networking architecture and troubleshooting.
• Intermediate proficiency in Windows Server administration.
• Intermediate proficiency in Linux/Unix administration.
• Intermediate proficiency in database operations and queries, including experience with MS SQL Server, T-SQL, MySQL, and MongoDB.
• Familiarity with cloud security and compliance standards such as ISO 27001, CIS, and NIST.
• Familiarity with datacenter infrastructure components like DNS, LDAP, and email relays.
• Familiarity with virtualization technologies like Hyper-V, VMware, and OpenStack.
• Knowledge of best practices for IT operations in an always-on, always-available service model.

In short, the requirements include expertise in cloud infrastructure, Agile development, planning and collaboration tools, continuous integration and code management tools, API design and development, configuration management, scripting languages, enterprise architecture and troubleshooting, server administration, database operations, cloud security and compliance, datacenter infrastructure, virtualization, and knowledge of best practices for IT operations.Preferred:

• Public Cloud certifications (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• SAFe, Agile, or Scrum certifications

Education:

• Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science, Business Information Systems or similar

Our client is a leading global provider of audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax, and related services. Our network of member firms in more than 150 countries and territories serves four out of five Fortune Global 500\xc2\xae companies.

Our client offer a unique and exceptional career experience to inspire and empower talents like you to make an impact that matters for our clients, people and community. Whatever your aspirations, Our client offers you a highly inclusive, collaborative workplace and unrivalled opportunities to realize your full potential. We are always looking for people with the relentless energy to push themselves further, and to find new avenues and unique ways to reach our shared goals.

Michael Page