Manager DevOps, Perth

at  RIO Tinto

MANAGER DEVOPS, PERTH - AUSTRALIA

Rio Tinto is building a world-class Digital Products team.
We’re building a collaborative DevOps chapter within IS&T to define best practices and drive a cultural shift towards efficient software delivery. This initiative will bridge the gap between teams and the business, aligning workflows to support product portfolio growth and IT success.

IF YOU MEET SOME OF THESE REQUIREMENTS, BUT NOT ALL, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION.

• Strategic thinking to align DevOps practices with business goals and objectives.
• Proven experience working as DevOps engineer and leading DevOps teams.
• Strong decision-making skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks and allocate resources effectively, based on business needs.
• Team-orientated attitude and the ability to work well with others to achieve a common goal.
• Awareness of critical concepts in DevOps and Agile principles, best practice and demonstrated ability and openness to working in an agile environment as part of a scrum team.
• Experience in implementing and promoting best practices, automation and tooling to enhance development and deployment processes.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Demonstrated training and/or applied experience as coach and/or mentor.
• Bachelor’s degree level or holds a relevant professional qualification, I.e. Bachelor of IT, Computer Science, Software Engineering etc.
• In-depth knowledge of DevOps principles, practices, and methodologies.
• The ability to take the initiative and drive for results.
• Poses strong troubleshooting capabilities and capable problem-solving skills and attitude.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders.
• Experience in defining career paths and learning paths for team members.
  Certification in any of the below listed tools and technologies:
  Tools: Azure DevOps, Ansible, Terraform, Bicep, Puppet
  Technologies: Microsoft Azure, AWS, Linux
  Automation Engines: PowerShell, Bash
  Process: ITIL, ITSM

Knowledge of and experience using:

• Cloud: Microsoft Azure, AWS
• IaC: Azure Bicep, Azure ARM, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation
• Configuration management: Puppet, Ansible, PowerShell DSC
• OS: Windows, Linux
• Container orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, VMWare Tanzu, Rancher
• Scripting: bash, PowerShell, python, ruby
• SCM: Azure Repos, GitHub, Bitbucket
• Web and application servers: IIS, NGINX, Apache HTTPD, Apache Tomcat
• Databases: MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
• CI/CD tools: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Jira
• Monitoring, telemetry, logging: Dynatrace, AppInsights, Nagios, SolarWinds, Splunk
• Service and Support: ServiceNow, Jira, Azure DevOps

Desirable

• Experience with APM tooling (Dynatrace, AppInsights)
• Knowledge regarding OWASP SAMM
• Experience with code and binary security vulnerability tooling (Snyk, Azure Defender, NeuVector,)

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking a highly experienced technical leader for our DevOps Manager role. Our DevOps Manager will be responsible for managing the DevOps team within the Digital Products function and integrating our practices with other IST departments. You will collaborate closely with Product Teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality products and platforms to Rio Tinto.
As our preferred applicant you will provide expert advice on application security, licensing, upgrades, backups and disaster recovery requirements. You will ensure that all support requests are handled in accordance with established standards and procedures.
Our DevOps leader crafts effective solutions across projects and clarifies needs and requirements for new / enhanced systems, products and services.
You will have demonstrable exposure in assessing practicality of potential approaches and establish decision criteria. Estimate costs and document the conclusions reached to contribute to sales proposals.
The DevOps Manager will be responsible for ensuring that the DevOps team follows best practices, utilises appropriate tools and provide accurate responses to support requests. Your scope will include system deployment, modifications, enhancements, data manipulation, reconfiguration, operating procedure changes, user or operations staff training, additional documentation production, escalation to systems development staff or software suppliers.
Safeguard documentation in compliance with the required standards, methods and procedures.
As the Manager of the DevOps team, you will provide coaching and mentorship to the team, establishing a defined structure for career and learning paths within the DevOps practice.
This role requires excellent communication skills to build relationships with key stakeholders both within projects and across the company. The DevOps Manager must be adept at understanding and providing solutions to complex problems with a focus on fulfilling business needs. They will encounter a variety of challenges, ranging from technical solutions and design to improving end-to-end service delivery.