Description
NEXT is looking for a DevOps Engineer to join their DevOps - HR Technology team. The successful candidate will have experience with CI/CD Pipeline, Cloud, ideally Microsoft Azure, and containerisation technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
The role involves creating and modifying infrastructure code to provision and configure cloud resources, automating the creation and deployment of environments via Infrastructure-as-Code, managing CI/CD pipelines, and maintaining and governing all environments.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Microsoft Azure and container orchestration, experience with DevOps concepts, best practices, and Agile principles, and knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform.
Responsibilities:
- Create and modify infrastructure code to provision and configure cloud resources
- Automate the creation and deployment of Development, Test, PreProduction and Production environments via Infrastructure-as-Code
- Manage CI/CD pipelines, configure automated infrastructure and software build/deployment/release processes
- Maintain and govern all environments to ensure consistency of software
- Management of application Source Code, including ensuring that branching strategies are followed
- Use monitoring tools for Applications, Servers & Services diagnostics
- Assist Development teams with performance and volume testing, and troubleshooting build and deployment issues
- Identify departmental processes that can be streamlined or automated
- Create and maintain technical documentation detailing High Level and Low Level Cloud solutions
- Provide Cloud expertise to guide Project teams to develop in the most efficient manner and in line with best practices
- Ensure use of DevSecOps principles and work alongside internal and external Auditing and Security teams
- Work in tandem with agile principles, participating in sprint ceremonies and effectively managing own workload
- Coordinate and liaise with development project teams on requirements, planning and status updates
Requirements:
- Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
- Strong background in Microsoft Azure and container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Azure DevOps, Artifacts, Boards, CI/CD pipelines (YAML), Repositories
- Knowledge in DevOps concepts, best practices and Agile principles
- Experience of working with the 3 main Cloud Providers - Azure being preferred
- Microsoft .NET Framework, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, C#
- PowerShell, Bash scripting
- SQL Server / NoSQL databases / CosmosDB
- Windows & Linux servers
- Source Control Management (Git)
Benefits:
- 25% off most NEXT, MADE, Lipsy, Gap and Victoria's Secret products
- Company performance based bonus
- Sharesave scheme
- On-site Nursery available
- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Early VIP access to sale stock
- Access to fantastic discounts at Staff Shops
- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
- Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
- Free on-site parking
- Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance financial wellbeing
- Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
- Direct to Work - Discount online and instore
- Support Networks - Access to Network Groups
- Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships