Devops Lead L1(Contract)

Wipro•Austin, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this role is to lead DevOps team to facilitate better coordination among operations, development and testing functions by automating and streamlining the integration and deployment processes. This role involves driving technical solution support to the team to align on continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) of technology in applications. It also includes designing and defining the overall DevOps architecture/ framework for project/ module delivery as per client requirements, deciding on the DevOps tool & platform aligned to customer requirements, and creating a tool deployment model for validating, testing, and monitoring performance. The role also entails defining and managing IT infrastructure as per software code requirements, managing and driving the DevOps pipeline across the DevOps toolchain, and working with the team to tackle coding and scripting needed to connect elements of the code. Ensuring application configuration onboarding from planning to release stage and integrating security in the entire dev-ops lifecycle to ensure no cyber risk and data privacy is maintained are key aspects. Additionally, the role involves providing customer support/ service on DevOps tools, timely support for internal & external customer escalations, troubleshooting problems in DevOps tool implementation, performing root cause analysis of major incidents, developing alternate plans/ solutions, and following escalation matrix/ process. Knowledge transfer and sharing best practices with the team are also important.

Requirements

Devops - Continuous Integration
Experience: 5-8 Years

Responsibilities

Drive technical solution support to the team to align on continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) of technology in applications
Design and define the overall DevOps architecture/ framework to for a project/ module delivery as per the client requirement
Decide on the DevOps tool & platform and which needs to be deployed aligned to the customer’s requirement
Create a tool deployment model for validating, testing and monitoring performance and align or provision for resources accordingly
Define & manage the IT infrastructure as per the requirement of the supported software code
Manage and drive the DevOps pipeline that supports the application life cycle across the DevOps toolchain – from planning, coding and building, to testing, to staging, to release, configuration and monitoring
Work with the team to tackle the coding and scripting needed to connect elements of the code that are required to run the software release with operating systems and production infrastructure with minimum disruptions
Ensure on boarding application configuration from planning to release stage
Integrate security in the entire dev-ops lifecycle to ensure no cyber risk and data privacy is maintained
Provide customer support/ service on the DevOps tools
Timely support internal & external customers escalations on multiple platforms
Troubleshoot the various problems that arise in implementation of DevOps tools across the project/ module
Perform root cause analysis of major incidents/ critical issues which may hamper project timeliness, quality or cost
Develop alternate plans/ solutions to be implemented as per root cause analysis of critical problems
Follow escalation matrix/ process as soon as a resolution gets complicated or isn’t resolved
Provide knowledge transfer, sharing best practices with the team and motivate
Forecast talent requirements as per the current and future business needs
Hire adequate and right resources for the team
Train direct reportees to make right recruitment and selection decisions
Ensure 100% compliance to Wipro’s standards of adequate onboarding and training for team members to enhance capability & effectiveness
Build an internal talent pool of HiPos and ensure their career progression within the organization
Promote diversity in leadership positions
Set goals for direct reportees, conduct timely performance reviews and appraisals, and give constructive feedback to direct reports.
Incase of performance issues, take necessary action with zero tolerance for ‘will’ based performance issues
Ensure that organizational programs like Performance Nxtarewell understood and that the team is taking the opportunities presented by such programs to their and their levels below
Lead and drive engagement initiatives for the team
Track team satisfaction scores and identify initiatives to build engagement within the team
Proactively challenge the team with larger and enriching projects/ initiatives for the organization or team
Exercise employee recognition and appreciation