DevOps Tech Lead, ELEMENT Insurance

• Strong comprehension of DevOps principles
• Proficiency in Terraform
• Knowledge of the Java ecosystem (e.g. JVM, memory settings, etc.) – familiarity with the tools Java Engineers use and know to troubleshoot the process and host a Java process in production
• Strong proficiency with AWS services: Fargate, ECS, Lamda, EC2, API-Gateway and much more with the knowledge of Continuous Delivery in Cloud Systems (ideally AWS)
• You have undertaken the design and implementation of several complex systems and consider yourself to be a "role model" developer
• You are a professional in distributed systems, domain driven design, and event-driven architecture
• Experience with setting up disaster-recovery processes\tools (e.g back-up\restoration, etc.)
• Challenges elate you and you are always eager to learn new things - specifically regarding the scalability and security of large IT systems and you revel in the idea of using cutting edge technology to complete them
• You have proven experience of coaching and/or leading other colleagues and are able to inspire others though actions and motivation to go to the next step
• You are a self-starter, and you can proactively identify areas for system\infra improvements and act as a stakeholder for such changes
• A pragmatic and efficient personality with a proactive approach to problem-solving: delivering high-quality work whilst keeping business value in mind
• Flexibility towards change, responding quickly and effectively to constructive feedback
• You prefer working in an Agile environment and are familiar with Agile Methodologies
• Your written and verbal communication skills are exceptional, and you are able to captivate and clearly convey information to both technical and non-technical audiences

Desirable

• Develop a vision for the DevOps area together with the Principal Engineer
• Drive foundation topics such as: infrastructure, security, internal tools and quality
• Fostering and developing cross-team DevOps community
• Coaching developers in DevOps and AWS areas, enabling developers to operate their own tech services themselves
• Developing knowledge of ELEMENT's architectural skills, domain knowledge and technical agile practices; so you will mentor and develop best practices throughout the various project teams
• Supporting and working closely together with Senior Engineers, Product Managers, Designers and Industry Specialists of numerous product delivery teams
• Applying DevOps/NoOps principles in an immutable infrastructure/infrastructure-as-a-code environment