Technical Lead(DevOps Technologies)_3188

Job description

**Overall Objectives Of Job** A demanding DevOps Engineer role within Allianz Technology engagements, involving the design, build and operation of CI/CD pipelines and automation across application delivery platforms supporting AGCS OE projects. This role offers the opportunity to own end to end delivery pipelines - from source control through build, test and deployment using ADP toolchain - Jenkins, GitHub, Nexus , while also contributing to IBM i application support and reporting dashboard development, SIM and JIRA automation, API management (Apigee), Kubernetes secrets management and platform automation for IBM i application environments. Skills :- CI/CD Tools (ADP Toolchain : Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube), GitHub Enterprise administration , Kubernetes, Apigee API management , GitHub Actions , IBM i Apache Web Server configuration, IBM i Web Services development, automation scripting (SIM Integration, JMP workflow integration, dashboards), DB2 SQL/Groovy/Shell scripting, SAFe Agile, Confluence, JIRA and SNOW , Python Development (Django Framework) **Duties And Responsibilities** - Design, build and maintain end to end CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub , Nexus, GitHub Actions, ADP Toolchain) for IBM i application builds, deployments and releases. - Understand the technical environment, platforms and their relevant infrastructure as well as other intricate dependencies of the project. - Identify the key stakeholders in the project, establish and maintain excellent working relationship with them throughout the project. - Use efficient methods, tools and techniques to elicit and capture customer requirements and document them. - Convert the customer requirements into effective IT solutions within the context of the business, operational and environment following any organisational standards, guidelines or other assets. - Actively participate in the evolution of tools, policies, processes, procedures and audits to improve the overall efficiency of the tasks and to help realise the company’s objective of operating a mature ITIL framework. - Understand, own, document and execute the technical processes of the system administration and application/software release deployments for various infrastructure components of the supported customer applications. - Lead the administration of housekeeping / maintenance tasks as well as processes designed to ensure effective use of server resources relevant to customer applications. - Own existing auditing processes, work to resolve issues highlighted by these audits and escalate problems where necessary. - Contribute effectively towards ongoing incident resolution in a manner that reduces future incident occurrence wherever possible (solve a problem once and for ever). - Mentor and lead the team members so that efficient and optimised implementation of the proposed support solution is achieved. - Properly assess the technical issues, risks and concerns and escalate them to project manager. - Properly update the progress of the project to the project manager. - Understand and participate in owning, maintaining and extending the prevailing architecture. - Ensure implementing the requirements and controls of the relevant ISO standards within the respective team. - Identify and mitigate the Information Security risks relevant to their areas, design and implement appropriate controls effectively. **ISMS** - All Allianz Technology employees are expected to adhere to the Information Security policies day in and day out. - Report any ISMS events / incidents as per the reporting procedures. - Should be aware of all ISMS principles and guidelines. **Qualification** **Qualification, Experience, Technical and Functional Skills** - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. **Experience** - Minimum 6 years of relevant industry experience, including hands on DevOps CI/CD Tools ; exposure to IBM i platforms is an advantage. **Functional** - Strong Analytical, Logical and Communication Skills (written, oral, one to one, presentation, negotiation, influencing, assertive) and collaboration skills to enable effective liaison with others as necessary to achieve objectives. - Strong ability to apply processes consistently and rigorously. - Effective time management ability. - Analytical and methodical approach to problem solving. - Flexible and pragmatic approach to problem solving without compromising technical integrities. - Professional, innovative, drive for continuous improvement, positive attitude, personality that proactively provides solutions rather than problems and should possess the ability to work with minimal assistance. - Analytical mindset with a top down approach to problem solving prioritizes understanding root causes over quick fixes. - Ability to understand new requirements, perform technical design and development, have good troubleshooting skills and work independently or as part of a team. **Technical** - Strong hands on experience with CI/CD tools: Jenkins (Configuration, Groovy/Shell scripting), Nexus, SonarQube, GitHub. - Experience with basic Kubernetes administration and secrets management. - Development skills including SQL (procedures/functions), DB2 for i database administration, IBM i programming languages (RPGLE, CLLE, DDS), Service Programs, and scripting for SIM Integration and JIRA automation (Shell, Groovy, Python) , Code unit testing. - Knowledge of IBM i architecture, including IBM i Apache Web Server configuration, IBM i Web Services (SOAP/REST), JSON/XML handling . - Experience building or maintaining dashboards (using Django, SVG based reporting) for operational or data metrics reporting, Python Django development experience is desirable. - Knowledge of Apigee (OPDK and Hybrid) API management and GitHub Actions CI/CD to deploy proxies. - Awareness of SDLC process flow, ITIL, SAFe Agile and DevSecOps best practices. - Good command of Visual Studio Code IDE , familiarity with Microsoft Office suite