IT DevOps manager Permanent

DevOps manager

Salary: up to £90,000

An opportunity has arisen for IT DevOps Manager to join our IT team in a rapidly expanding and exciting work environment. To build and manage a central DevOps function within the IT team to support and manage the business software development activities across a multitude of engineering disciplines (Battery Intelligence, Electrical, Mechanical, Motorsport, Formula-E, Vehicle Integration etc).

Job role:

• Identify software development activities across the business and develop a strategy to support these activities through a central DevOps function.
• Identify business resource requirements for development activities (e.g., development environments) and work with Operations & infrastructure, Service Delivery and Applications teams to provide these to software development teams.
• Ensure our Intellectual Property (IP) and Trade Secrets are stored and managed securely.
• Centralise code repositories and manage these within the IT team.
• Ensure software development follows best practice and maintains operational security at all times.
• Produce a robust set of OLAs, KPIs and CSFs to measure the performance of DevOps support.
• Identify support gaps for development activities and provide solutions through the recruitment of internal resource or engagement of 3rd party support providers as required.
• Support and write business cases for new DevOps tools, systems and support needs as required.
• Ensure DevOps & other related licenses are properly maintained and forecast future requirements for IT & business budget cycles.
• Investigate & implement any escrow requirements for developed software or 3rd party components.
• Work with the IT management team and key business stakeholders to develop and maintain the IT roadmap & systems strategy.
• Identify and realise savings for technologies by centralising toolsets, offering rationalisations introducing new IT innovations and removing duplication where possible.
• Act as a point of escalation for customers & stakeholders for issues relating to IT applications support.
• Contribute to the IT Service Catalogue.
• Be a member of the IT Change Advisory Board and IT Incident Management and Response team.
• Willingness to be part of the IT Out Of Hours Incident Management rota (to be defined).
• Work within the ITIL aligned IT management framework as lead by Head of IT
• Own additional IT Processes as identified/required.

You’ll have:

• Experience in a similar/IT related role – Essential.
• Experience working with Azure DevOps amongst other development toolsets & coding disciplines – Essential.
• Experience working with Python, C#, C++, Matlab and other coding environments – Essential.
• Experience with maintaining and controlling development environments – Essential.
• Experience working within the engineering, automotive or motorsport industries – Desirable.
• A degree level education in an IT or related technical discipline (e.g. Engineering) – Desirable.
• A team player used to learning new skills & taking on new challenges – Essential.
• ITIL Foundation Qualified – Desirable.
• A friendly and approachable disposition – Essential.

We’ll provide:

• Training to add to your existing skills and accelerate your career.
• A supportive and empowering work environment.

Benefits:

• 33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• An extra day of annual leave for every complete year of service up to 5 extra days
• An extra day off for your Birthday every year
• Pension scheme – 5% employer contribution
• Share options scheme
• Bereavement Leave policy covering family, friends, pets, and miscarriage.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay after 1 year of service.
• Private Medical Insurance via Vitality
• Charity Day
• Dependant Leave

Apply below! we’d love to know more about you!

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