Job Description

The Senior DevOps Engineer – Systems Integration is responsible for designing, implementing, and operating end‑to‑end Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and DevOps capabilities across complex, multi‑system enterprise environments. The role focuses on enabling automated, secure, and high‑quality delivery pipelines that support large‑scale systems integration programs.

This role acts as a technical leader and DevOps enabler, working closely with development, integration, QA, security, and release teams to establish CI/CD pipelines, release management processes, Agile/Scrum practices, quality gates, and DevOps dashboards. The objective is to ensure solutions are predictable, high quality, auditable, and continuously deployable.

Key Responsibilities

End‑to‑End ALM & DevOps Architecture

Design and implement end‑to‑end ALM frameworks covering:
Requirements to deployment traceability
Build, test, release, and deploy cycles
Define DevOps architecture for multi‑team, multi‑environment systems integration
Establish standards for branching strategies, versioning, and artifact management

CI/CD Pipeline Engineering

Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines supporting:
Application development
Integration services and middleware
Data and platform components
Automate build, test, security scanning, and deployment processes
Support environment promotion (DEV → TEST → UAT → PROD) with approvals and controls

Release & Environment Management

Define and operate release management processes across multiple teams and systems
Support release planning, deployment calendars, and cutover activities
Enable rollback, blue‑green, or canary deployment strategies where applicable
Manage configuration, secrets, and environment consistency

Agile / Scrum & Ways of Working

Support Scrum and Agile delivery models within DevOps pipelines
Enable sprint‑based delivery with continuous integration and delivery
Integrate work item tracking with build and release pipelines
Support Agile metrics such as velocity, burndown, and flow

Quality Engineering & Automation

Embed quality gates into pipelines including:
Automated unit tests
Integration and regression testing
Code quality and coverage checks
Integrate security and compliance checks (DevSecOps)
Enable shift‑left testing and quality practices

DevOps Metrics & Dashboards

Design and maintain DevOps dashboards covering:
Build and deployment health
Pipeline performance
Release frequency and failure rates
Quality and test metrics
Provide visibility for engineering, delivery, and leadership teams

Tooling, Automation & Platform Enablement

Implement and standardize DevOps tooling across teams
Automate infrastructure and platform provisioning (where applicable)
Support integration with cloud platforms and enterprise systems
Continuously improve DevOps capabilities through automation and optimization

Collaboration & Leadership

Act as a DevOps subject matter expert for systems integration programs
Work closely with:
Developers and integration engineers
QA and testing teams
Security and compliance teams
Release and service management teams
Mentor engineers and promote DevOps and automation best practices

Qualifications and Skills

Experience

8–12+ years of overall IT experience
6–8+ years of hands‑on DevOps / CI/CD experience
Proven experience supporting large‑scale systems integration programmes
Strong experience working in Agile / Scrum delivery environments

Technical Skills

Strong expertise in CI/CD and ALM tooling (e.g. Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins)
Experience with source control, branching strategies, and artifact repositories
Strong understanding of:
Release management and environment management
Test automation and quality engineering
DevSecOps practices
Experience integrating DevOps pipelines with cloud and enterprise platforms
Scripting and automation skills (e.g. PowerShell, Bash, YAML)

Preferred Qualifications (Key Certifications)