Lead DevOps Engineer

NOTE : This is a hybrid position requiring 8 days per month at an approved Wolters Kluwer location.

As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the design and implementation of the infrastructure and CI / CD pipelines for our applications, as well as maintaining and improving the reliability of our existing systems. You will work alongside the Wolters Kluwer Product Teams to successfully implement and bring any learnings through continuous improvements. You will work closely with the application development teams to ensure that our services and solutions are delivered efficiently and with the highest level of quality. In addition, you will be responsible for mentoring a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration with continuous learning

Responsibilities :

Design, implement and automate the creation of Cloud Infrastructure in Azure & AWS using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible and Jenkins

Provide leadership, experience and mentoring on the adoption and usage of Infrastructure as Code automation across Service Operations and Delivery and as well as the broader organization

Build and help transform towards container and serverless compute architectures, such as AKS, EKS, Docker and Azure Functions.

Build and help maintain CI / CD pipelines and orchestrations across multiple environments

Advise, implement and support the adoption of Cloud Native solutions as appropriate to the situation and needs

Build effective Observability of managed solutions, including troubleshooting issues as they arise.

Ensure the infrastructure, automation, monitoring, and CI / CD solutions for FCC / DXG are compatible with the broader organizational DevOps and Security patterns and processes

Mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.

Explore new technologies, development patterns, and partake in pilots / POC / technologyevaluations.

Conduct work activities using SRE principles, such as resilience, metrics, capacity planning, toil, Incident management and security.

Provide input into architecture and engineering standards

Deploy and maintain critical applications

Provide input into designing new systems and modernize existing applications

Identify areas in need of engineering improvements and propose replacement strategies

Resolve Production Incidents and contribute to root cause analysis

Improve knowledge sharing across the organization on automation best practices.

Have on call responsibilities in rotation within the Service Delivery and Operations team

• Qualifications :

Bachelor's Engineering and a Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field

Minimum 8 years of software related experience required, with a mixture of Site Reliability, DevOps, or Release Engineering experience with Software Engineering experience in backend services, middleware or data systems

Strong background in software development, with experience in languages such as Python, .NET or Java.

Possess recent experience with Cloud infrastructure (Azure and AWS)

Proficient in Shell Scripting Languages (PowerShell & Bash).

Understanding of the core Azure / AWS services (PaaS, IaaS, SaaS).

Proficiency with automation and source configuration management tools such as Git

Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.

Experience with continuous integration and deployment tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins or Travis CI.

Experience in leading a team of DevOps engineers.

Able to clearly explain technical projects to diverse staff to gain their support.

Strong attention to detail with excellent problem-solving skills.

Experience and deep commitment to the transformation to a DevOps culture focusing on continuous integration – full lifecycle of building, automated and performance testing, and automating deployment.

Experience building platforms for Observability and defining standard operating procedures

Experience with diagnostic tools and script automation of Windows and Linux

Benefits :

A comprehensive benefits package that begins your first day of employment. Additional Information : Wolters Kluwer offers great benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA / HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave . Full details of our benefits are available -

Diversity Matters

Wolters Kluwer strives for an inclusive company culture in which we attract, develop, and retain diverse talent to achieve our strategy. As a global company, having a diverse workforce is of the utmost importance. We've been recognized by employees as a European Diversity Leader in the Financial Times, as one of Forbes America’s Best Employers for Diversity in 2022, 2021 and 2020 and as one of Forbes America’s Best Employers for Women in 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018. In 2020, we placed third in the Female Board Index, and were recognized by the European Women on Boards Gender Diversity Index. Wolters Kluwer and all of our subsidiaries, divisions and customer / departments is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Compensation :

Target salary range CA, CT, CO, DC, HI, IL, MD, MN, NY, RI, WA : $145,500 - $203,900

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Wolters Kluwer U. S. Corporation and all of its subsidiaries, divisions and customer / business units is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.