R&D IT Applications - DevOps Engineer

Organization Description

Do you feel challenged by being part of the IT department of NXP, the company with a mission of “Secure Connections for a Smarter World”? Do you perform best in a role representing IT in projects in a fast moving, international environment?

Within R&D IT Solutions, the Product Creation Applications (PCA) department is responsible for providing and supporting the R&D design community globally with best-in-class applications and support. The applications are used by over 6,000 designers.

Job summary

As a DevOps / System Engineer, you will be responsible for developing, administrating, and supporting the Requirements & Test Management applications, used by R&D users.

You should have an ability to grasp new technologies quickly and work independently with minimal supervision. You need to be flexible and have a proactive/self-motivated working style with strong personal ownership of problem resolution.

This position offers opportunity to work in a globally distributed team where you will get a unique opportunity of personal development in a multi-cultural environment. You will also get a challenging environment to develop expertise in the technologies useful in the industry.

Primary responsibilities:

• Contributes to the architecture specification definition of new features and fixes
• Contributes to code reviews and validation of features developed by other developers
• Installs, configures, and tests middleware, application software, and system management tools.
• Ensures the highest level of systems and infrastructure availability
• Evaluates the existing systems and aligns with architect to keep the technical roadmap up to date
• Continuously seeking methods to improve the application, supporting processes and promote best practices
• Collaborates with Business Analysts to analyze business requirements
• Create technical designs for changes/projects and new functionality
• Collaborates with other teams to ensure high quality deliverables within organization guidelines, policies, and procedures
• Plans and implements system automation as required for better quality and better efficiency
• Assists in the coordination of various testing activities

Job qualifications

• Bachelors - Computer Science or Electronic & Communication or Information Systems
• Relevant technical experience of 8 years or more
• Strong analytical and technical IT skills · You are a fast learner; you think outside the box
• Knowledge and experience with Linux platforms (preferably RHEL)
• Strong Linux command line and shell scripting skills
• Proficient in scripting languages Python and/or Perl
• Experience with web server administration such as Apache will be a plus
• Knowledge with DevOps tools and platforms are desired like Git, Ansible, Splunk, Satellite, VMWare and/or AWS
• Ability to use performance monitoring tools and able to set up monitors
• Conceptual ITIL Knowledge and understanding of Agile / scrum methodology (Agile SAFe)
• Experience in using or supporting any Product Requirements and Test Management tool is a plus
• Experience in MySQL and Postgres is a plus

Furthermore, you:

• Have the ability to have persuasive discussions, write clearly and concisely, listen attentively, and collaborate with partners to reach mutually beneficial outcomes
• Possess excellent English communication skills, both oral and written
• Thrive within an energetic, international, and multicultural team
• Are a believer and evangelist of DevOps, CI/CD, and Cloud
• Take initiative and express your ideas
• Can identify and recommend appropriate continuous improvement opportunities
• Are passioned for automation and IT service improvements

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