Senior DevOps Engineer

We are the leading global information services company, providing data and analytical tools to our clients around the world. We help businesses to manage credit risk, prevent fraud, target marketing offers and automate decision making.

We also help people to check their credit report and credit score, and protect against identity theft. In 2015, we were named by Forbes magazine as one of the ‘World’s Most Innovative Companies’.

We employ approximately 17,000 people in 38 countries and our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland, with operational headquarters in Nottingham, UK; California, US; and São Paulo, Brazil.

You will be primarily involved in the evolution and maintenance of the build infrastructure and tools we use to develop & deliver products from our software range, as well as consulting with our teams on best practice. The products are written primarily in Java and are run across a number of different platforms and environments, our infrastructure is a combination of in-house virtualisation using VMWare along with Amazon Web Services.

You will need to be a proactive engineer with experience working within the software development lifecycle and a good understanding of the build engineering, software release & infrastructure management. Excellent communication and organisational skills are also essential, as is the ability to work both independently and as a team player.

Key Responsibilities:
To be part of a team responsible for management and evolution of continuous delivery systems and their associated infrastructure which are used to facilitate software development.
To contribute towards both maintaining and evolving our build, tools & infrastructure to improve the quality of our products and the efficiency of the teams.
To take responsibility for management of local infrastructure, as well as consulting with the development team to produce software applications which are used by internal and external customers.
To promote and ensure best practices are followed by the software development group.
To act as the liaison between development teams, support and external consultants to facilitate evolution of the software delivery (e.g.release c, security testing, translation etc.)

Requirements:
Basic knowledge and exposure to modern (OO, Agile) Software Development, ideally with knowledge and business experience of Java Based Programming Language(s).
Experience with configuration of automated build & test systems.
Experience with configuration of online collaboration & issue tracking tools.
Strong knowledge of build scripting technologies, ideally Maven.
Software Configuration Management experience and knowledge of industry best practices (Chef)
Knowledge in Server administation (Linux),
Knowledge in Infrastructure systems(VMWare, AWS)
Personal skills
Professional, assertive and confident
Good communication skills
Good team player
Ability to work to deadlines

We offer:
Personal Development - career pathway for professional growth supported by learning and development programs and unlimited access to online educational training courses, learning materials & books
Work environment - excellent work conditions with friendly environment, recognized strong team spirit, and fun and quality recreation time
Social benefit package - life insurance, food vouchers, additional health insurance, corporate discounts, Multisport card, and a Share options scheme
Work-life balance - 25 days paid vacation and 3 additional paid days for participation in Social responsibility events