GitHub Lead DevOps Engineer

About us:

Amach is an industry-leading technology driven company with headquarters located in Dublin and remote teams in UK and Europe.

Our blended teams of local and nearshore talent are optimised to deliver high quality and collaborative solutions.

Established in 2013, we specialise in cloud migration and development, digital transformation including agile software development, DevOps, automation, data and machine learning…

As a GitHub Lead DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in transitioning our customer's build pipelines and source code repositories to GitHub Enterprise. You will be responsible for migrating source code repositories from various platforms such as Bitbucket, Subversion, CVS, and GitLab to GitHub Enterprise. Your expertise will be essential in ensuring a smooth migration process, optimising workflows and integrating GitHub with existing tools and systems.  

Please note this role operates in a hybrid model with candidates expected to be able and willing to work from our customer's London offices twice a month.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and implement migration strategies to transition projects and repositories to GitHub
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and develop migration plans
• Perform hands-on repository migrations, including codebase, issues, documentation and CI/CD pipeline configurations
• Ensure seamless integration of GitHub with existing tools and workflows
• Optimise GitHub workflows and CI/CD pipelines for performance, security and scalability
• Provide technical guidance and support during the migration process
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to repository migration and integration
• Document processes, configurations and best practices
• Stay updated with the latest features and developments in GitHub and associated DevOps tools

Required skills & experience:

• Ability and experience of acting as a Lead Engineer
• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer, Source Code Manager or similar role with hands-on GitHub implementation
• Strong proficiency with GitHub and Git version control
• Experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI)
• Proficiency with scripting languages (Python, Bash)
• Understanding of containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities

Desirable skills:

• Experience with EKS Harness, Kubernetes, Jenkins/Cloudbees, Terraform, Puppet, Rspec, Black Duck, SonarQube, Artifactory

What’s in it for you: 

• An opportunity to join a fast-growing company  
• Options for career advancement 
• Learning and development opportunities 
• Flexible working environment
• Competitive salaries based on experience 

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Amach is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. This job description is intended to convey essential responsibilities and qualifications for this role, but it is not an exhaustive list of tasks that an employee may be required to perform.

If you are passionate about driving customer success, advising on strategic solutions, and contributing to product innovation, we would love to hear from you!

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At Amach, we strive to be an inclusive community of open-minded individuals with different backgrounds and we are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We strongly believe that a diversity of experience and background is essential to create a fulfilling environment and better solutions for our people and our customers. All Amach employees and contractors are expected to honour this policy and act to ensure that every individual is respected in the workplace. 

Your personal data

Amach will process your personal information in accordance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We will comply with data protection law and principles, which means that your data will be:

• Used lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way
• Collected only for valid purposes and not used in any way that is incompatible with those purposes
• Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes
• Accurate and kept up to date
• Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about
• Kept securely

If you would like to contact us about your data, please use the following address: info@amach.com