DevOps Lead Architect

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Technology

Specialism

Advisory - Other

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated DevOps Lead Architect to join our team in Cairo. This role requires a blend of extensive DevOps and Cloud expertise with strong leadership abilities. As a DevOps Lead Architect, you will drive the architectural vision, platform engineering, lead technical teams, and ensure the successful delivery of complex projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Strategy: Lead and inspire the DevOps Architecture team - driving architectural strategy, strategic improvements, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

• Architect and Design: Create and implement robust software deployment lifecycles using agile methodologies. Architect solutions for complex cloud and DevOps challenges.

• Evangelist and Enforcer: Inspire and encourage adoption of the new practices amongst the DevOps BAU team, and ensure ongoing compliance.

• Best Practices: Implement and advocate for industry best practices in Cloud and DevOps, adapting tools and processes to meet business needs.

• Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior and senior team members, fostering professional growth and development.

• Global Collaboration: Coordinate with teams across various regions including the UK, US, and more, ensuring effective project delivery on scope, time, quality, and budget.

• Troubleshooting: Lead efforts in diagnosing system and service faults, conducting problem analysis, and formulating effective solutions.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Experience: Minimum of 8+ years in DevOps roles with substantial experience in leading technical teams and architecting complex development environments. Proven track record in designing, implementing, and optimizing comprehensive DevOps lifecycle projects.

• Software Engineering: Strong background in software development with hands-on experience in Java (preferred) and microservices development.

• Branching and Deployment Strategies: Expertise in defining and implementing effective branching strategies (e.g., GitFlow, trunk-based development) and deployment strategies (e.g., blue-green deployments, canary releases).

• CI/CD Pipelines: Experience in designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions.

• Build Tools: Experience with Gradle and other build tools.

• Configuration Management: Familiarity with configuration management tools.

• Cloud Platforms: Expertise in Cloud technologies, with a preference for Azure.

• Platform Engineering: Hands-on experience with platform engineering and Azure DevOps and GitHub.

• Containerization and Orchestration: Proficient with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm charts.

• Monitoring and Observability: Experience with APM tools such as Datadog.

• Infrastructure as Code: Skilled in Terraform, ARM, or CloudFormation.

• Leadership Skills: Proven experience in leading technical teams and projects, with the ability to inspire and guide team members.

• Scripting Languages: Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Java.

• Agile Methodologies: Experience working within Agile frameworks and methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban).

• Nice to haves:

  • Certifications: Cloud/DevOps Certifications.

  • DevOps Security(DevSecOps): Strong understanding of security best practices and principles in the DevSecOps lifecycle, including secure coding practices, container security, vulnerability management, and compliance.

  • Databases: Knowledgeable in PostgreSQL, and other databases.

  • Elasticsearch (ECK): Proficiency with Elasticsearch (ECK) as a database technology.

  • Message Queue Management: Experience with message queuing technologies (e.g., RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka, AWS SQS).

  • Testing: Experience with Selenium or similar testing frameworks.

Essential skills & attributes:

• Ability to prioritize and use initiative

• Problem solving and analytical skills

• Communication and presentation skills at all levels

• Attention to detail and accuracy

• Leadership skills

Education:
University
Bachelors education in a Computer Science/ IT / Communications Engineering

Desired Languages:
Fluent (English) - Speaking and Writing

What we offer:

• Flexible working arrangements (Flex-work, Home Office)

• Refer-a-Friend – get a bonus in the employee referral program 

• Wide range of leading-edge trainings (including language courses)

• Family Medical Insurance

• Yearly Bonus
   

At PwC, The skills we look for in future employees. All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviors that support us in delivering our business strategy.

This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviors make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’.

The PwC Professional focuses on five core attributes; whole leadership, business acumen, technical and digital, global and inclusive, and relationships.

We use this framework to recruit, develop and assess our people, at all grades and all areas of our business, because we expect all of our people to be leaders.

Whole leadership : The ability to lead yourself and others to make a difference and create a positive impact in a responsible, authentic, resilient, inclusive and passionate manner.

Global acumen: The ability to operate and collaborate effectively with a mindset that transcends boundaries and embraces diverse perspectives.

Technical and Digital : Focus on fast growing technologies and how to make use of them towards digital transformation.

Business acumen: The ability to bring business knowledge, innovation and insight to create distinctive value for clients and PwC.

Relationships: The ability to build relationships of high value which are genuine and meaningful.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

AWS Devops, DevOps, Microsoft Azure

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Analytical Thinking, Apptio, Cloud Administration, Cloud-Based Service Management, Cloud Compliance, Cloud Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure Architecture Design, Cloud Infrastructure Optimization, Cloud Migration, Cloud Operations (CloudOps), Cloud Performance Optimization, Cloud Service Delivery, Cloud Strategy, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Creativity, CrowdStrike, Dynatrace APM, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation {+ 23 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

0%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

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