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Job Details About MWI
MWI is a company owned by Cencora that operates out of the United States and the United Kingdom. We support customers in achieving their goals through:
Wholesale Services - Fast access to veterinary pharmaceuticals and supplies through temperature controlled fleet of vehicles, warehouses and an ordering experience through the MWI online store.
Practice Management Technology (Merlin) - Web/mobile solutions that support the core workflows of your veterinary business from warehousing to patient management, appointments and communication.
Job Details :
We’re looking for a Principal Azure DevOps Engineer to play a critical role in driving DevOps excellence across our organisation. The role will entail guiding and advising our DevOps engineers across multiple engineering squads for the design, build and operational aspects of our Azure cloud infrastructure. This position will provide architectural and strategic direction, act as a design authority, and serve as a sounding board for all new DevOps initiatives.
The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in Azure DevOps practices and a strong ability to influence and mentor engineering teams. You will work closely with the engineering and technical support teams to proactively improve our offerings to our clients from a scalability, reliability, security and speed to market perspective. The role may have some line management duties but no direct reports.
Our teams are distributed around the UK with offices based in Camberley and Castle Cary. There are twenty people in the UK today across four teams (product, cloud services, developers, platform and support). We are scaling to over forty people within our department with significant investment from our parent company. This is a mostly remote position with occasional (monthly) visits to one of our two offices.
Responsibilities :
Provide strategic direction for Azure DevOps practices across multiple engineering squads.
Have proven experienc e designing and implementing cloud architectures
Coach and mentor engineers , providing technical guidance to the Engineering team s , nurturing a collaborative and innovative environment.
Act as a design authority, ensuring that all new DevOps initiatives align with the overall strategic vision to best serve the goals of the business .
Collaborate with engineering squads to design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines.
E nsure design/change ( D ev O ps ) and execution is aligned and working to best practices around scalability, security, and reliability of the DevOps infrastructure .
E nabl e engineering teams with standardisation and knowledge sharing od DevOps resources.
F oster a culture of continuous improvement and automation .
Stay up to date with industry trends and advancements in DevOps practices and Azure services .
Lead technical discussions and review sessions to ensure alignment and adherence to DevOps standards .
Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and processes to enhance the DevOps workflow .
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Requirements:
Substantial experience in DevOps, with ideally at least 5 years focusing on Azure DevOps as an engineer, technical lead, architect or other related technical cloud-focused role .
Experience working with Microsoft Azure with knowledge of cloud-native services (Azure DNS, Application Gateway, Azure SQL Server, App Services, Blob Storage, Load Balancer, WAF) and best-practices for working with technology.
An understanding of technologies that underpin a DevOps approach to cloud transformation and management, including but not exclusive to, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS , Containerisation and Orchestration, CI/CD.
Experience with infrastructure as code ( IaC ) tools such as Terraform or ARM templates.
Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
Deep knowledge of containerization technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
Excellent understanding of networking principles (IP addressing, virtual networks, network security and networking models).
Understanding of observability and site-reliability principles (SLO’s, SLI’s) and working with engineering teams to improve the applications and platform.
Good understanding of SQL and working with relational databases.
Experience working in a production environment to support, operate and maintain applications.
Experience working with logging tools (e.g. Log Analytics, Datadog) and monitoring (e.g. Azure Monitor) and application performance management tools (we use New Relic).
Minimum skills required :
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and guide engineering teams as a leader and mentor.
P roven track record of leading and delivering complex DevOps projects.
S trong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Ability to handle stress in a calm and professional manner
Strong presentation skills to both internal and external stakeholders
Desirable:
Some knowledge of common programming languages (Java, Javascript , Go).
An understanding of data engineering infrastructure, data processing and presentation.
Experience of Cyber Security Essentials or similar certification.
Experience in vulnerability management (e.g. Phishing, social engineering, malware etc.).
Experience of single sign-on products (e.g. Auth Zero, SAP Gigya
Relevant certifications such as Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Azure Solutions Architect, or similar.
What Cencora offers :
Remote position with optional office time
Salary range of up to 120 k depending on experience
Opportunity to implement ideas and make a significant impact on the services we deliver to our clients
Be part of a supportive, collaborative team and have the opportunity to work with various tech-focused teams
Support our veterinary practice clients in enhancing patient care by creating effective tools for their daily operations
What Cencora offers Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.
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