Description:As an organization, TEKsystems Global Services (TGS) provides a continuum of services ranging from Engagement Management to full functional Outsourcing including Offshore Centers in Canada and India. Our model provides the ability to engage customers beyond staffing when asked for more ownership, capabilities, or methodology while enhancing client/consultant support.We partner with progressive leaders to create opportunity, accelerate business transformation and help build the enterprises of tomorrow. We work with 80% of the Fortune 500 to address their technology, strategy, and talent needs. We innovate so industries stay ahead of what’s next. As a full stack technology and talent services provider, we partner with our customers across the globe to own change. Join us.Job Summary:DevOps Practice Architect position is a leadership position in the Platform organization that is responsible for managing multiple consulting and delivery projects, teams/programs. The DevOps Practice Architect provides consulting and delivery assurance of services for clients through a range of internal and external functions. The position of DevOps Practice Architect is distinguished from more senior Practice Architect positions by the nature of the engagements or programs involved; deal sizes range from transactional solutions of $2-5M. As a Practice Architect, a PA, is expected to have the experience and background to perform all the duties described below for engagements that are focused on consulting/delivery management within the defined subject matter area, including resource management, deliverables development, project planning and executions, adherence to contract attributes and costing, customer interaction, and other key aspects of solution-based managed services. For a DevOps Practice Architect , these engagements will typically be delivered for a North America customer or at the customer location, usually North American based. They are expected to have adequate level skills required for complex deliverable-based, fully outsourced, or extremely large-scale engagements or programs and lead the delivery effort to a larger cross-functional project/program. The ideal candidate will bring their deep expertise in DevOps and Cloud services architecture, presales, delivery, and operational excellence. They will provide expert level support for strategic ongoing and new TGS client initiatives. They will work amongst our other key partners to assist in the development of robust cloud offerings and bring holistic solutions across key focus areas of TGS DevOps strategic objectives. Additional responsibilities will include but not be limited to:Provide leadership, expertise, and support for DevOps and Cloud engagements through a range of internal and external functions in the following areas:Engagement Support: provide support of newly won deals through the transition and delivery phases while partnering with the Delivery organization to ensure projects are started and delivered according to DevOps practice guidelines and methodsEngagement Delivery: Drive the transition phase as well as the setup of the engagement operating model, help define metrics and support the delivery for defined statement of work. Help identify opportunities for service improvementsPractice Support: Provide input, expertise, and implement changes into the design, development and improvement of service offerings and back-office procedures; assist in the research and development of new offerings and analyze competing offerings to ensure practice is current and competitive within the market; create and maintain practice artifacts that document key methods, processes and delivery tools Human Resources: Assist with interviewing, hiring, and on-boarding of project team members during initial DevOps engagement phasePre-Sales Support: as required, support Solution Architects and Solution Executives with technical opinions, methodology recommendations, work estimates, and solution supportSkills:DevOps, Aws, Cloud, Agile, Architecture, Kubernetes, Azure, Automation, Terraform, Development, Professional services, CICD, Python, Bash Scripting, Ansible, Delivery managementAdditional Skills & Qualifications:Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) CI/CD tool setup and configuration as well as integration Pipelines for build and deployment Version Control Automated Testing Deployment Automation tools. Security scanning Monitoring/LoggingInfrastructure as Code (IaC) – Experience managing infrastructure using code in an IaC language (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)Release Management – Experience with managing releases to Client applications/systems and coordinating deployment schedules. Configuration Management – Experience using various tools/processes to ensure consistent configurations across environments. This includes helping automate deployment of software and managing updates. Monitoring & Logging – Experience setting up monitoring tools to monitor application performance, infrastructure health, and metrics. This includes helping with setup of logging frameworks for lower environment troubleshooting, analysis, and implementing proactive monitoring and alerting. Security and Compliance – Experience with integrating security practices into the DevOps lifecycle to ensure compliance with Client standards and best practices. This includes security controls, audits, and compliance checks as well as managing access controls and secrets management. Performance Measurement and Reporting – Experience implementing measurement/metrics Framework(s). Strongly prefer experience implementing DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) metrics baseline.DevSecOps Coaching and Consultation – Experience performing continuous assessment of current processes and improvement recommendations. This includes individual coaching of client team members on DevSecOps practices, tools, and methodologies as well as support and troubleshooting assistance related to infrastructure, deployments, and automation.Experience Level: Expert LevelWe reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to sex, race, or any other protected classification. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. This temporary role may be eligible for the following:
Medical, dental & vision
401(k)/Roth
Insurance (Basic/Supplemental Life & AD&D)
Short and long-term disability
Health and Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HAS & DCFSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time off/Leave (PTO, Vacation, or Sick Leave)
About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.