DevOps Engineer

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realize their financial goals and help them save time and money.

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more industry segments.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com.

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic DevOps Engineer to work within our Consumer Information, Analytics and Decisioning business unit in Experian UK. This is a hybrid role requiring travelling to Hyderabad office once a week.

Background:

The Marketplaces Platform helps people find, understand, and apply for the right financial product. Across Loans, Credit Cards, Auto and Mortgages we work with lenders large and small to help match the right person to the right product and lender. 

In the eligibility space, we collate thousands of updates and product facts to power comparison journeys and for product eligibility we have extensive decisioning capabilities to provide the “pre-approved” mark.   

All our features are built on a robust platform of permissions management, data integrity and support capabilities to ease development and provide a consistent experience. 

As an Experian employee, you can do the work you love, be yourself, and make an impact in the lives of millions. Our commitments to diversity and inclusion, team culture and the spaces where we work all reflect our mission to unlocking the power of data and technology to make a positive difference to our society and communities.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will work as part of an agile team to develop quality solutions to expand and support our existing portfolio of applications.
• Collaborate effectively with a range of multi-national product teams to support and enhance the full product lifecycle by building and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure and CI\CD pipelines through automation.
• Be an expert on developing and fulfilling non-functional software requirements and providing technical support to our engineering teams.

• Monitor application deployments and uptime to ensure our products remain responsive.
• Propose secure, maintainable and cost-efficient solutions to revise, update, refactor and debug greenfield and established codebases
• Write clean, scalable code, with a view towards design patterns and best practices

• Document services, infrastructure, and operational procedures
• Support other team members’ professional development

Required Technical Skills/Knowledge:

• 5 to 9 years' hands-on experience with the AWS cloud platform
• >6 years' experience working with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• A strong working knowledge of IAC and Git-Ops practises, with a demonstratable experience of either Terraform or the AWS CDK
• Demonstratable experience of building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins
• Experience in building monitoring and alerting dashboards using tools such as New Relic or Dynatrace
• Experience managing and maintaining both Windows and Linux operating systems at scale
• A solid understanding of networking including IP addresses (ranges and mask), DNS routing, firewalls, load balancers and WAFs
• Understanding of Active Directory (preferably experience with Microsoft AD, ADFS)
• Experience developing applications and tools in .NET (C#) with a strong understanding of application testing (unit, integration, performance, vulnerability)
• Strong experience in Agile ways of working

Useful skills:

• Healthy exposure to databases and database management (MSSQL)
• Understanding of AI tools and how to utilise them in delivering change 

Qualifications

• Appropriate to support the skills description

Our uniqueness is that we truly celebrate yours. Experian's culture and people are important differentiators. We take our people agenda very seriously and focus on what truly matters; DEI, work/life balance, development, authenticity, engagement, collaboration, wellness, reward & recognition, volunteering... the list goes on. Experian's strong people first approach is award winning; Great Place To Work™ in 24 countries, FORTUNE Best Companies to work and Glassdoor Best Places to Work (globally 4.4 Stars) to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or our Careers Site to understand why.

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Innovation is a critical part of Experian's DNA and practices, and our diverse workforce drives our success. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, color, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.

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Benefits

Experian care for employee's work life balance, health, safety and wellbeing. In support of this endeavor, we offer best-in-class family well-being benefits, enhanced medical benefits and paid time off.

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