Senior Engineer - DevOps

£32,805 to £48,751 per annum
As one of Coventry's biggest employers, we offer some pretty impressive benefits including an excellent pension scheme and generous holiday allowances.

Coventry University Enterprise Limited (CUEL)

Coventry University’s transformation into one of the world’s leading educational establishments is being matched by an ambitious IT Transformation. This Transformation will deliver technology with a global reach that supports the growing needs of students, staff and stakeholders. Process automation, distance learning, developments in digital and student care will see new IT capabilities support the contemporary needs of our staff and students. To deliver this transformation the University needs people with real passion, the ability to think innovatively and with an energy that will create change at pace and push boundaries to create better futures.

As a DevOps Senior Engineer, you will provide expert technical support, development and delivery across all application products and services deployed on behalf of the University Group. You will collaborate with other specialists to ensure advice is appropriate to the needs of the University Group and to ensure the successful resolution of incidents and requests.

Actively maintain knowledge across all applications, with a strong motivation to improve expertise and to upskill those around you. Provide and maintain technical documentation for new and existing solutions as a resource for colleagues within IT Services. There will be opportunities to engage in more strategic project work to meet the Universities digital vision.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide an expert level of support for systems actively assisting in the resolution of incidents and problems.

Provide and maintain technical documentation for new and existing solutions as a resource for colleagues within IT Services

Build, test and maintain the infrastructure and tools to allow for the speedy development and release of software (CI/CD)

Working on ways to improve and automate development and support processes.

Responsible for developing and building IT solutions.

Testing and examining code written by others and analysing results.

Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats.

Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and ‘fixes’

Working with other software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended

KEY SKILLS:

Strong problem solving skills providing innovative, creative and sustainable solutions.

Disciplined programmer with understanding of test-driven development and clean code principles with experience in .Net C#.

High Proficiency in at least one scripting language such as; JavaScript, Bash, PowerShell, Python.

Experience of CI/CD Implementations i.e. Azure DevOps, Jenkins

Fluency in Azure CLI and Azure Cloud Shell/Azure Power Shell Experience of monitoring and supporting deployed systems, infrastructure and Azure Cloud components.

Experience of building automated CI/CD pipelines with tools such as; SonarQube, Fortify, Selenium, etc.

Excellent team working and communication skills.

Good attention to detail

Excellent organisational and time management skills, and the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time.

BENEFITS:
As one of Coventry's biggest employers, we offer some impressive benefits including an excellent pension scheme and generous holiday allowances. As a member of staff you can see the benefits from a huge range of products and services, including supermarket shopping, restaurants and visitor attractions. We also offer childcare vouchers, discounted rates on healthcare plans and advice on healthy living.

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