Lead, Platform Engineering

Job Description

Department overview: PVR DevOps is a global team that provides specialised technical builds across a suite of products. DevOps members work closely with the Development, Testing and Client Services teams to build and develop applications using the latest technologies to ensure the highest availability and resilience of all services. Our work helps ensure that PVR continues to provide high quality service and maintain client satisfaction. Position summary S&P Global is seeking a highly motivated engineer to join our PVR DevOps team in Noida. DevOps is a rapidly growing team at the heart of ensuring the availability and correct operation of our valuations, market and trade data applications. The team prides itself on its flexibility and technical diversity to maintain service availability and contribute improvements through design and development. Duties & accountabilities The role of Principal DevOps Engineer is primarily focused on building functional systems that improve our customer experience. Responsibilities include: Creating infrastructure and environments to support our platforms and applications using Terraform and related technologies to ensure all our environments are controlled and consistent. Playing a leading role in implementing DevOps technologies and processes e.g. Containerisation, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, metrics, monitoring etc. Automating always Supporting, monitoring, maintaining and improving our infrastructure and the live running of our applications Maintaining the health of cloud accounts for security, cost and best practices Acting as a mentor for junior team members Providing assistance to other functional areas such as development, test and Client services Knowledge, Skills & Experience: Required: Strong background in Linux/Unix Administration in IaaS PaaS SaaS models Deployment, maintenance and support of enterprise applications into AWS including (but not limited to) Route53, ELB, VPC, EC2, S3, ECS, SQS Deep understanding of Terraform and similar Infrastructure as Code technologies Good understanding of cloud security models and best practices Good understanding of modern CI/CD methods and approaches Strong experience with SQL and NoSQL databases such MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB/2, MongoDB, DynamoDB Experience with automation/configuration management using toolsets such as Chef, Puppet or equivalent Experience of enterprise systems deployed as micro-services through code pipelines utilizing containerisation (Docker) Ability to use a wide variety of open source technologies and tools Working knowledge, understanding and ability to write scripts using languages including Bash, Python and an ability to understand Java, JavaScript and PHP Working knowledge of development Languages Java (preferred) Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service Experience with systems and IT operations operating within an ISO27001 environment Can manage regular system patching, including critical security upgrades and will seek strategies to automate these process Can work with and manage key suppliers in the production environments (security suppliers, suppliers providing infrastructure monitoring and others) Expertise in system monitoring and alerting strategies and can draw on their experience to drive improvements in system monitoring with automation, third party tools and frameworks and validating external suppliers Personal competencies Personal Impact Confident individual able to represent the team at various levels Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision Ability to prioritise and multi-task balancing technical, business and other drivers Highly organized with very good attention to detail Methodical, organized problem solving skills analytical nature Takes ownership of issues and drives through the resolution. Flexible and willing to adapt to changing situations in a fast moving environment Communication Demonstrates a global mindset, respects cultural differences and is open to new ideas and approaches Able to build relationships with all teams, identifying and focusing on their needs Ability to communicate effectively at business and technical level is essential. Experience working in a global-team Teamwork An effective team player and strong collaborator across technology and all relevant areas of the business. Enthusiastic with a drive to succeed. Thrives in a pressurized environment with a can do attitude Must be able to work under own initiative