Automation Engineer

The Senior Engineer – DevOps Automation is a highly experienced professional responsible for optimizing and automating the engineering environment within a medium to large-scale technical setup. The role focuses on identifying technical shortcomings, implementing automation solutions, and managing complex projects with a significant impact on the business. This individual is expected to be a key technical expert who mentors junior engineers, leads critical troubleshooting efforts, and drives improvements in system observability and monitoring.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and Implement Automation Scripts: Utilize scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell to automate repetitive tasks, reducing manual intervention and increasing efficiency.
• Design and Maintain CI/CD Pipelines: Architect and sustain Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate software build, test, and deployment processes, ensuring rapid and reliable releases.
• Manage Containerization and Orchestration: Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker and orchestrate with Kubernetes to improve application scalability and portability.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Write and manage infrastructure code using Terraform or CloudFormation for consistent, scalable, and efficient infrastructure provisioning.
• Monitor and Troubleshoot Systems: Implement effective monitoring solutions and log management tools for proactive issue detection. Troubleshoot and resolve issues promptly to maintain system performance and reliability.
• Ensure Security Best Practices: Apply security best practices throughout the DevOps process, including code scanning, vulnerability assessments, and access controls, to protect software and systems.

Technical Skills:

• Proficient in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, Bash for automation and task repetition reduction. Familiar with configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef.
• Expert in designing and implementing Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Ansible-Tower, CI/CD, ADO.
• Hands-on experience with containerization platforms like Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes, Docker Swarm for efficient application management.
• Skilled in writing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation for efficient infrastructure management and provisioning.
• Strong understanding of version control systems like Git, with best practices for branching, merging, and collaboration.
• Aware of security best practices in DevOps, including code scanning, vulnerability assessments, and access controls.
• Experienced with public cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and leveraging their services for scalable and resilient solutions.

Professional Experience:

• Implemented and maintained Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate software build, test, and deployment processes.
• Collaborated with development teams to integrate DevOps practices into the software development lifecycle, enhancing efficiency and productivity.
• Designed and managed infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles, ensuring scalability, reliability, and consistency across environments.
• Deployed and orchestrated containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes, improving scalability and portability of applications.
• Automated routine tasks, deployments, and system configurations using scripting languages, reducing manual intervention and minimizing errors.

Behaviors

• Works confidently with other domains (e.g. Design, Legal, Data, Risk) to help them understand the work the engineer’s team is doing.
• Regularly mentors' other engineers, particularly those less experienced than themselves. Able to onboard new engineers into their team.
• Effectively escalates problems that have a wider scope than their team or work, supporting to bring it to a successful conclusion.
• Can be relied on to consistently deliver work, able to solve project or feature-level problems themselves but escalates and seeks help quickly when unexpected challenges or blockers
• Having already demonstrated an ability to work with non-functional concepts, additionally promotes good practices in areas such as accessibility, performance, and security to help other engineers deepen their knowledge.
• Works confidently and effectively and persists when faced with uncertainty or ambiguity. Pulls in support from around the company where needed.
• Proactively contributes to the observability of systems.
• Effectively identifies gaps in alerts and run books and proactively improves the stability of our systems.

Business Expertise

• Technical Knowledge: Deep expertise in technology domains, programming languages, and DevOps tools.
• Cloud Environments: Experienced in IaaS and PaaS solutions, particularly in Azure and GCP.
• Agile Methodologies: Extensive experience with agile practices and cloud-native environments.

Problem Solving

• Manages complex, distributed global systems and leads in solutioning highly intricate and unique problems.
• Requires deep technological expertise and innovative thinking to resolve complex issues.

Nature & Area of Impact

• Partners with product managers, solution architects, and various organizational leaders.
• Implements strategies set by other teams and ensures regulatory compliance within Haleon’s technical control framework.

Interactions / Interpersonal Skills

• Collaborates with CTO leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrates effective communication and collaboration skills across different functional areas.

Job Requirements and Qualifications

• Minimum Education: University Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Preferred Education: BE/BTech/MCA Degree.
• Minimum Experience:
  • 7 to 12 years in architecture, programming, or systems engineering.
  • Experience with DevOps platform management.
  • Proven experience in managing technical teams with a history of handling change responsibilities.
• Preferred Experience:
  • Functional and technical expertise relevant to Haleon's scale.
  • Demonstrable leadership in engineering management.
• Required Certifications: Relevant technical certifications as needed.

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