Location : Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other.
In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.
Thales has built a presence in the United Arab Emirates for over 35 years, and today has over 300 employees. Thales in the UAE is part of our Middle East business that has 1,800 people across Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, KSA, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and UAE.
Together we delivered technology for the Dubai metro, the longest driverless metro network in the world and a fare collection system that processes up to 250,000 transactions per day.
We make UAE a safer place by providing secure electronic payment solutions, cyber security systems and communications as well as security systems for Dubai International Airport and air traffic management and navigation systems for Abu Dhabi’s airport.
JOB OBJECTIVE
The Network DevOps Engineer reports to the IT Infrastructure Work Package Manager.
The Network DevOps Engineer
Contributes in the specification, design delivery
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- delivers specifications for the network and IT infrastructure (requirements, specifications, design and architecture)
- builds and implements new development tools and infrastructure services
- automates and improves development and release processes
- implements security controls for safe and resilient systems
- identifies technical problems, resolves them and provides updates to fix them
- Develop code to manage the infrastructure components (deployment,
- integration, configuration and testing)
- Participate in the system requirements definition related to the Network and related IT Infrastructure
- Define and propose innovative solutions that meet customer requirements in compliance with product / system technical strategy;
- Responsible for the delivery of project deliverables concerning the IT Infrastructure (source code, configuration, software packages, release document, requirements, design documents, interface documents, installation and maintenance procedures, test procedures and reports)
- Work with IT Security team in order to minimize risks linked to IT Security and to implement security controls
- Prepare training materials and conduct training to peers and customers
- Review code from peers
- Participate in internal and customer technical meetings
WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- Familiar with Agile practices
- Experience in developing applications for large company / projects
- Working experience in the following domains :
- Infrastructure services : computing, storage, virtualization, network
- Implementing IT security controls (endpoint protection, PKI, server hardening, network security, VM security)
- minimum 5 years’ experience in DevOps, scripting, automation using the following technologies
- Ansible, Git, Jenkins or GitLab CI
- Python, shell scripting
- Docker, virtual machines
- Linux administration
QUALIFICATION & EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- BSc in computer science or equivalent qualification
- Qualifications in IT Infrastructure subsystems (network, communication, datacenter, virtualization, software integration, etc.)
- Preferred certifications in DevOps
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Good technical analysis and problem solving skills
- Able to work in a multi-disciplined environment
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