Job Description

:Role Proficiency:Understands customer requirements streamline DevOps practices and translate them into reference architecture for DevOps (CI/CD) and automation components by managing multiple scrum teams.Outcomes: * Interprets the DevOps Tool/feature/component design to develop/support the same in accordance with specifications

• Adapts existing DevOps solutions and creates own DevOps solutions for new contexts
• Codes debugs tests documents and communicates DevOps development stages/status of DevOps support issues
• Selects appropriate technical options for development such as reusing improving or reconfiguration of existing components
• Optimises efficiency cost and quality of DevOps process tools and technology development
• Validates results with user representatives; integrates and commissions the overall solution
• Assesses current state of DevOps maturity and advises clients on improving maturity and DevOps roadmap
• Assess readiness of clients to adopt DevOps practices advising clients on appropriate change approaches and technology choices
• Looks for patterns of struggle and experiments with new designs and new ways of applying existing designs to solve problems
• Guides DevOps leads and engineers and observe how the processes are working in practice
• Works towards reducing variations in practice by challenging status quo and tweaking processes and tools
• Resolve architecture issues and deliver / own architecture of application solutions spanning across multiple technologies for projects of the following nature - high revenue projects / complex projects / large strategic maintenance projects
• Manage multiple stakeholders and handle their expectations
• Contribute to business development and organizational activities
• Support Architect/Sr. Architect in drafting recommendations based on findings of Proof of Concept

Measures of Outcomes: * Quality of Deliverables

• Defect injection at various stages of lifecycle
• SLA/KPI for onboarding projects or applications
• Percentage achievement of specification/completeness/on-time delivery
• # of reusable components / processes developed
• Delivery efficiency (Adherence to UST defined principles)
• Contribution to technology capability development (e.g. Training Webinars Blogs)
• Customer feedback on overall technical quality (zero technology related escalations)
• # of white papers/document assets contributed to
• Feedback from Project Team/Program Management on project support
• Error rate/completion rate at various stages of SDLC/PDLC
• Uptime/System reliability metrics (if the design is not meeting with agreed SLAs)
• # of domain certification/ product certification obtained
• Adoption rates of CI/CD tools DevOps practices (efficiency improvement rate)

Outputs Expected:Automated components : * Deliver components that automat parts to install components/configure of software/tools in on premises and on cloud

• Deliver components that automate parts of the build/deploy for applications

Configured components: * Configure tools and automation framework into the overall DevOps designScripts: * Supervise/Develop automation scripts (like Powershell/Shell/Python scripts) that automate installation/configuration/build/deployment tasksTraining/SOPs : * Create Training plans/SOPs to help DevOps Engineers with DevOps activities and to onboard users

• Create Training plans/SOPs to help technical deal with already existing CI/CD Pipelines and components; onboarding users

Measure Process Efficiency/Effectiveness: * Deployment frequencyinnovation and technology changesOperations: * Change lead time/volume

• Failed deployments
• Defect volume and escape rate
• Meantime to detection and recovery

Solution Definition & Design: * Define Architecture for the small/mid-sized type of project

• Design the technical framework and implement the same
• Identify and conduct design of complex sub-components /module in collaboration with project team

architects and client SME * Present the detailed design documents to relevant stakeholders and seek feedback

• Undertake project specific Proof of Concepts activities to validate technical feasibility with guidance from the Application Architect
• Implement best optimized solution and resolve performance issues
• Support the team in the design of functional modules and review the deliverables
• Conduct code reviews

Project Estimation: * Provide support for project estimations on business proposals and support sprint level / component level estimates

• Articulate estimation methodology

module level estimations for more standard projects with focus on estimation effort aloneMeasure Process Efficiently/Effectiveness: * Measure and pay attention to efficiency/effectiveness of current process and make changes to make them more efficient/effective

• Facilitate development processes and operations
• Architecting overall comprehensive DevOps practice effectiveness

Skill Examples: * Design branching and merging strategies

• Defining DevOps tool stack
• Designing build/release plans
• Defining monitoring strategy/service provisions/middleware configuration
• Integrate with code quality analysis tools like SONAR
• Scripting skills (Javascript Python Linux PowerShell)
• Infrastructure automation skill (ansible/terraform)
• Quality automation skills(selenium)
• Experience of build deploy pipeline for polygot tools Database automation Java Python Perl
• Creating build plan in Bamboo/Jenkins/GITLAB and necessary scripting to implement build Setting and managing Jira projects and Git/Bitbucket repositories
• Skilled in Automated Build and Deployment and tools like Maven Ant.etc
• Skilled in Automated Monitoring(Splunk)
• Skilled in containerization tools like Docker
• Monitoring reviewing and managing technical operations

Knowledge Examples:

• Knowledge of Config/Build/Deploy processes and tools
• Knowledge of infrastructure planning testing and development
• Knowledge of IAAS - Cloud providers (AWS Azure Google etc.) and their tool sets
• Knowledge of the application development lifecycle
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance processes
• Knowledge of Quality Automation processes and tools
• Knowledge of multiple tool stacks not just one
• Knowledge of Branching/Merging strategies
• Knowledge about microservices and containerization
• Understanding of rapid technology changes and concepts
• Knowledge of software security compliance (GDPR/OWASP) and tools (Blackduck/ veracode/ checkmarxs)

Additional Comments:DevOps SME should be expert in applying various DevOps practices and should have proven experience with implementing DevOps Practices particularly CI-CD. High level of skills mastery as a software developer in career Essential hands-on working knowledge and expertise on Azure DevOp, GitHub and Jenkins tools. The role requires ability to streamline CI-CD Pipelines, Release Management, Versioning and Branching approaches with hands-on solution based experience. The person should have working knowledge of Agile ways of working and practices. . The person should have prior experience working with international clients preferably US.Skills:Devops,Devops Tools,Microsoft Azure,GithubAbout Company:UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the worlds best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impact touching billions of lives in the process.

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