Lead DevOps Engineer

Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery. Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits. Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts, and software architects to plan, design, and develop the CI/CD process for applications. Partner with developers and testers to create software deployment plans. Build tools for automated deployment. Design and develop in accordance with established standards. Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code. Package and support deployment of releases. Prepare and deploy new modules and upgrades. Complete fixes within the production environment. Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications. Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties. Responsible for compliance with company engineering standards, policies, and procedures. Maintain relationships with peers, team, and other organizations and vendors. Be part of an effective front-line leadership team and assist with developing their direct team members to drive a high-performance culture and environment. Collaborate with developers and infrastructure teams to install or upgrade third party software. Specialist in system performance and reliability, solving design problems, and developing specialized skill sets. Articulate recommendations for enhancing performance via gap analysis, identifying the most practical alternative solution, and assisting with modifications. Provide documentation support as necessary. Maintain objectivity while adjusting to iterative changes and the evolving technology landscape. Design, code, develop, and test applications in Java and J2EE. Design and develop Shell scripts for the application automation process. Design and develop Groovy scripts for the continuous integration and automation process. Develop Ansible scripts to deploy applications and infrastructure configuration management. Design, code, develop, and test applications using Python.