Lead DevOps Engineer

The Elevator Pitch: Why would you enjoy this new opportunity? We're all empowered here to achieve success on our terms. To explore. To invent. To find better ways of doing things. At VMware, jobs become opportunities and careers. We work together as one VMwarе. As part of VMware Government Services (VGS) automation team, you will have a direct impact and help VMware provide Multi-Cloud and SaaS Acceleration Plan. You see yourself as a DevSecOps specialist, excited to take ownership of building automation using the latest technology. You feel the need to innovate through automation, transforming and optimizing existing solutions, technology and process alike. You love to use your skills and experience to tackle technical challenges in a highly secure cloud system and passionate to join VMware on our multi-cloud SaaS journey. Are you interested about the opportunity? Read more on the details: Success in the Role: What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing? Within your first 6 months • As a member of the Automation team, you will be responsible for designing and delivering deployment automation pieces/solutions for new service offerings • You will deliver IaC orchestration (e.g., terraform) and Configuration Management(e.g., Ansible, HELM) • You will be expected to ensure service integration through standardized and custom automation (e.g., Python) • As a member of the VGS group you will contribute to or drive architectural (re)design of its individual services, and all your deliverables must align with the group’s development and deployment standards. After 6 months+ • You will be expected to identify areas of improvement or risks in existing systems/designs and optimizing existing systems thorough higher efficiency, lower complexity • Guide support teams, through onboarding and documentation, in their transition towards an IaC-centric operational model • You will be regularly evaluated on the quality the code you write to ensure continued advancement of your technical skills in an environment that looks to expand them. What type of work will you be doing? What tasks will you be performing on a regular basis? As a new member of the VGS Automation Team in Sofia, you will: • Attend technical meetings on Cloud-based infrastructure topics and automation • Showcase deliverables and solution pieces to peers or management audience via presentation and/or PoC • Maintain up-to-date documentation on current tasks and assets, as well as source code contribution, including unit tests • Participate in Sprint planning discussion and estimate time and effort for task execution • Validate and troubleshoot ongoing builds and deployments (non-Production environments) • Participate in design discussions, potentially involving multiple teams • Contribute to CI/CD adoption and integration • Drive towards cloud-native and containerized solutions What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like? The team was formed in early 2021 with the goal of introducing quality and security improvements to existing services in a continuous iterative fashion. It consists of several of experienced and highly motivated DevOps engineers, each of us providing an extra level of depth in a different technological area (code, architecture and process optimization). We report to Rumi Mitreva, Senior Manager of VGS Automation in Sofia. Rumi has extensive experience in the industry, upwards of seventeen years, having served in engineering and managerial roles in various teams. She is currently focused on further extending our team, both in terms of membership and scope of work. Where is this role based? Most of us live and work in Sofia, Bulgaria, where we also have a dedicated office space. Following the recently introduced Future of Work policy at VMware, employees in Bulgaria are also eligible for a flexible working arrangement. VMware offers: • Attractive compensation package - competitive salary, flexible bonus scheme, company sponsored mobile phone plan and additional long term incentives • Individual career path - management and technical career growth, enhanced by learning and development program, regular performance assessment, teams of world-wide IT professionals • Healthy work environment - company sponsored medical program, food and beverage program, sport activities, open communication • As part of the VMware global standards for integrity you will be required to go through a pre-employment screening process before you join • Work-life balance – 25 days paid vacation, regular team buildings and celebrations All job applications will be treated with strict confidentiality Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Category : Engineering and Technology Subcategory: Software Engineering Experience: Business Leadership Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time Posted Date: 2022-06-27 VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. Our cloud, mobility, and security software form a flexible, consistent digital foundation for securely delivering the apps, services and experiences that are transforming business innovation around the globe. At the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. Shape what’s possible today at http://careers.vmware.com. 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