CI/CD Automation Architect
Uni Systems, Greece
Job Description
At Uni Systems, we are working towards turning digital visions into reality. We are continuously growing and we are looking for a CI/CD Automation Architect to join our UniQue team.
What will you be bringing to the team?
- Set standards for automation processes, tools, and their usage across software development, testing, and operations
- Define the technical and business requirements, and their relative priority, that automation policies and tools must meet
- Enforce mechanisms to ensure compliance with automation policies
- Document implementation and maintenance policies, for automation tool administration and management
- Advice over move-to-production decisions
- Evaluate and prototype with developers the best automation software and tools and provide comparisons and recommendations
- Execute DevOps efficiency and performance assessments for continuous improvement opportunities
- Analyse the end-to-end service stack for resiliency and efficiencies
- Architect flexible and dynamic automation processes that are easily updated as changes occur
- Lead design solutions for validating environment deployments
- Design solutions capable of retrieving, altering, and reusing test data
- Participate and contribute to discussions involving application architecture, configurations, systems performance tuning, and infrastructure and middleware integration
- Improve CI/CD tools integration/operations, and full automation of CI/testing
- Develop, scale, and control strategies, standards, guidelines, and governance of Continuous Integration/deployment systems
- Write and maintain documentation
- Troubleshoot issues along the CI/CD pipeline
- Work directly with the third-party vendors to address CI/CD infrastructural issues
Requirements
What do you need to succeed in this position?
- University degree with a minimum of 6 years of experience
- Minimum 3 years of experience in Automation Architecture and/or CI/CD engineering
- Application architecture skills
- In-depth knowledge of Object-Oriented Design (OOD), Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and/or Microservices
- Ability to understand new business contexts
- Knowledge of IT standards and industry best practices
- Knowledge of installing, configuring, operating, and monitoring software security pipeline tools
- Strong knowledge of popular cloud computing platforms
- Knowledge of ML/AI for automation
- Strong understanding of network essentials and system administration exposure
- Good knowledge of interoperability technology (e.g., web services, message-oriented middleware, service-oriented bus)
- Good understanding of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Ability to communicate in both technical and business language
- Advanced knowledge in one or more scripting languages, such as PowerShell, Python as well as experience using external APIs in automation code
- Advanced knowledge and work experience on technologies like Azure Pipelines, SVN, and GIT
- Experience in excerpting metrics and results from CI/CD security tools
- Good understanding of Security/Privacy by Design
- xcellent use of the Greek and English language (verbal amp; written)
Benefits
What are we offering to our UniQue IT people?
- People-first approach and open environment to express your ideas
- Work-life balance and a hybrid work model
- Continuous training and development
- Opportunities to join innovation initiatives
- Ticket restaurant meal vouchers
- Corporate laptop and equipment
- Corporate mobile phone subscription
- Health and insurance plan for you and your family members
- Employee consulting and guidance support by Hellas EAP
- Discounts on the services and products of our Group’s companies
- Gift vouchers for major life milestones
- Special work schedule on summer Fridays and birthdays
Our UniQue IT people are the most valuable part of Uni Systems; their knowledge and experience have made us the leading and reliable systems integrator of today and have contributed to our steady financial growth. We have created and are maintaining a stable working environment for our employees, with countless opportunities to innovate and thrive. Our work culture recognizes our UniQue IT people and supports the free sharing of ideas and the flow of information via open communication while appreciating and effectively utilizing the talents, skills, and perspectives of each employee.
At Uni Systems, we are providing equal employment opportunities and banning any form of discrimination on grounds of gender, religion, race, color, nationality, disability, so