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Transguard Workforce Solutions is the UAE’s leading provider of unique and innovative HR solutions. With a decade of experience in the region and a team that possesses extensive knowledge of the market, we provide a fully integrated HR solution.

We are currently recruiting for an Lead Devops Architect for our client to be based out of their Dubai office.

Job Description:

The primary purpose of this role is to oversee and manage the development and implementation of DevOps strategies that align with the organization's goals. This involves setting up guidelines for the DevOps practice, supervising teams of engineers in multiple projects, ensuring effective project management, and collaborating with key stakeholders to drive continuous integration and delivery initiatives. Additionally, the role ensures that all projects adhere to established guidelines and best practices, providing leadership and guidance throughout the project lifecycle.

• Provide technical mentorship to Virtual Architects on DevOps-specific architecture patterns and tools.
• Translate enterprise DevOps guidelines into actionable, project-level practices.
• Assess DevOps-related HLDs and business architecture deliverables for technical accuracy and feasibility.
• Validate EA artefacts in ADOIT and ADONIS for compliance with established standards.
• Serve as the DevOps Architecture point of contact in cross-functional strategic projects.
• Collaborate with project teams to architect DevOps solutions aligned with enterprise direction.
• Ensure DevOps artefacts in EA tools (ADOIT, ADONIS) and collaboration platforms (Confluence, Azure DevOps) are accurate and up to date.
• Govern technical documentation for consistency and alignment with defined standards.
• Identify technical gaps or inefficiencies in current DevOps implementations.
• Propose targeted improvements to architecture leads and system owners for remediation.

Requirements

• Relevant Experience (Years): 5-7 Years
• Experience in setting up a new DevOps capability and manage its evolution and operation and governance. Experience in selecting DevOps technologies and onboarding programs of work dependent on this capability

Certifications such as:

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
• Google Professional DevOps Engineer
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Skills:

• Excellent communication and collaboration
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Project management and organizational skills
• Expertise in CI/CD practices
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Scripting and programming languages (e.g., Python, Bash, Go)

Tools:

• Jenkins
• Git/GitHub/GitLab
• Ansible, Puppet, Chef
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• Prometheus, Grafana

Systems:

• Knowledge of AWS, Azure and Google Cloud ecosystems
• Excellent skills in Azure DevOps
• Excellent skills in OpenShift
• Linux/Unix operating systems
• Monitoring and logging systems (e.g., ELK Stack, Splunk)
• Version control systems (e.g., SVN)