Role Title: DevSecOps EngineerAlbany Beck are seeking an experienced and driven DevSecOps Engineer, to work as a part of a cross-functional, self-organising team which will build DevSecOps solutions. As well as analysing and identifying process and automation improvements within the organisation’s software development lifecycle. The DevSecOps Engineer will also be responsible for implementing, and maintaining the global technology infrastructure and platform services that support the businesses operations. This role focuses on the technical aspects of managing and optimizing various platforms and systems, ensuring their stability, scalability, performance and security. Role ResponsibilitiesAssist/support/contribute and provide thought leadership in developing standardised, automated build processes across the organisation’s projects and continuous improvement initiatives.Take a hands-on DevSecOps and automation role on products, designing, coding, testing and implementing new functionality and supporting existing services, embracing a continuous delivery mind-set.Specialist knowledge of provisioning of environments via an automated method to Cloud computing platforms.Platform Management and Administration: Monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot platform infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and reliability. Implement best practices for system configuration, security, and maintenanceGuidance and strategy for product teams on automation of software builds and releasesEvaluation of DevSecOps tooling and guidance for implementation and adoption.Provide consultancy to the Squads in Group Technology and project teams in the business on database and application automation strategy to improve the service offering and optimise load times. Strategic implementation of monitoring solutions for application and infrastructure performance inclusive of metric reporting and escalation of alertsWorking with developers to provide standards around builds and CI/CD pipelines to allow for continuous software delivery practices to be establishedManaging the Configuration of environments, to allow for automation of environment deploymentsContinuous Improvement: Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends related to platform engineering. Evaluate and recommend new tools, technologies, and methodologies to enhance platform capabilities, performance, and security.Key Skills RequiredSubstantive problem-solving skills, including the ability to apply creative and innovative thinking, challenge the status quo and drive beneficial process improvementsAbility to facilitate workshops and effective solution identificationDeploying software/infrastructure using Azure DevOps pipelines or alternative CI/CD tooling.Branching and merging strategies within Azure DevOps/GitExperience with using Infrastructure-as-code technologies to deploy compute in Microsoft Azure/AWS/GCP.Excellent relationship management skills, including the ability to negotiate, agree and then manage the scope of activitiesAn ability to architect, define, defend, and drive technical infrastructure and application decisions and initiativesGood understanding of continuous integration, continuous delivery and test automation and its application Excellent interpersonal skills, written/oral communication and presentation skills. KnowledgeCustomer-centric approach to delivering appropriate business solutionsApplication lifecycle management and project delivery, using Agile methodologies such as SCRUM and KanbanMicrosoft Azure ecosystemAzure DevOpsMicrosoft SQL server deploymentsDevSecOps concepts, e.g. Continuous integration, automated testing, infrastructure-as-code, container deployments, cloud technologiesWindows ServerPowerShell scripting language knowledgeFamiliarity with network protocols, routing, and load balancing.Working with cloud platforms and cloud automation tools (e.g. Terraform/Chef/Puppet/Azure ARM/Bicep templates)PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)Working with software containers (e.g. Docker) and continuous integration toolsPerformance monitoring of underlying infrastructure and application technologies