We are seeking an innovative DevOps Tech Lead to partner with technical and product teams across business units, understand the unique and common aspects of each, and design, facilitate, and build tooling to accelerate organizational velocity. The successful candidate will be responsible for collaborating with tech teams and stakeholders throughout Aristocrat to develop DevOps practices and solutions as we transform and advance the design, development, and build of social and casino games. The successful candidate will be hands-on and also manage a small team of engineers and participate in the building of solutions personally while overseeing design and execution.
Job Requirements:
- Help build a DevOps and CI/CD team and be part of a high-performance, responsive team of DevOps Engineers.
- Liaise with development teams across technology teams to elevate existent best practices and collaborate to build new solutions that address identified opportunities.
- Liaise with the leadership team and work to bring modernization to the DevOps space while following enterprise guidelines
- Play a critical role in building best practices-based DevOps culture at Aristocrat.
- Build, operate, and advocate DevOps solutions and tooling accelerating Aristocrat's goals for land-based gaming, online real-money gaming, and social gaming.
- Lead, coach, and manage a small team of DevOps engineers while continuing to contribute functionally
- Write performance reviews and grow the talent of direct reports
- Promote a positive culture within Technology with behavior that reflects Aristocrat's Values.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience delivering DevOps functionality both on-premise and Cloud.
- Expert knowledge of building CD/CI tooling and pipelines.
- Proficiency with dev, build, and deploy patterns for .NET, Python, Java, PowerShell, NodeJS.
- 3+ years of experience with SOA, security by design, and/or data architecture practices.
- 3+ years of experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS.)
- 3+ years of experience with IaC tools (Terraform, Cloudformation/CDK, Ansible.)3+ years of experience with cloud-based infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Microsoft Azure.)
- 3+ years of experience with Source Code Management systems (GitHub/git, SVN, TFS, Azure DevOps).
- Experience in the use of Application Release Automation tools is highly desired.
- Knowledge of traditional workflow methodologies, including Scrum, Waterfall, or Kanban.
- Comprehensive understanding of application infrastructure, system architecture, and operating systems (Windows and Linux).
- Self-directed with the ability to work effectively under tight deadlines is highly desired.
- Excellent communication skills.
- 2+ years in a management role
- Ability to lead and coach while staying technical and contributing functionally is critical for this role
- Ability to bridge relationships across management organizations to learn and execute best practices is a must
- 2+ years of experience with Casino Management Systems and Casino Operations is desirable.