Director Devops Jobs in Chicago, IL (NOW HIRING)

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Client is looking for experienced DevOps professionals to join our Advanced Technology and Architecture practice. You'll be part of a growing network of technology experts who lead client engagements to achieve the benefits that DevOps can offer and also design and implement the continuous delivery and DevOps platforms used by Client to build IT systems for our clients.

• Provides solutions to complex business problems for area(s) of responsibility where analysis of situations requires an in depth knowledge of organizational objectives.
• Involved in setting strategic direction to establish near term goals for area of responsibility.
• Interacts with senior management levels at a client and/or within Client, which involves negotiating or influencing on significant matters.
• Has latitude in decision-making and determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments.
• Decisions have a lasting impact on area of responsibility with the potential to impact outside area of responsibility.
• Manages large teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role) at a client or within Client.
• Driving client DevOps capability assessments and providing industry subject matter expertise Defining DevOps capability transformation strategy and roadmaps.
• Facilitate DevOps discussions throughout lifecycle of client engagements.
• DevOps practice development including asset creation, enterprise strategy definition, and contributions on behalf of Client into professional DevOps societies.
• Designing and directing all aspects of Continuous Delivery implementation on Client IT systems build or application support projects.

• Minimum of 4 years' design and implementation of Continuous Delivery and/or DevOps solutions or architecture patterns.
• Minimum of 4 years' experience with code repository management, code merge and quality checks, continuous integration, and automated deployment & management using tools like Jenkins, Git, Puppet, Chef, Maven, Ant, Ivy, UrbanCode, Docker, or comparable tool.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience with approaches and tooling for automated build, delivery and release of software
• Minimum of 2 years' experience with managing teams including progress monitoring and reporting
• Minimum of 1 year of experience working in an Agile delivery environment

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree
• DevOps leadership experience
• Active organizer and speaker at DevOps social networking and industry practitioner events
• Approaches and tooling for automated software assurance and QA.
• The use of Public/Private cloud and Virtualization Technologies
• Experience with project or program management
• Defining and managing the roadmap for implementation of DevOps in an established operation.
• Working within a structured environment, including the use of structured methods and approaches and modern development tools.
• Experience of technical architecture i.e. the design and delivery of IT systems for a broad range of clients
• Service support the use of DevOps, Continuous Delivery and ITIL concepts to lead an effective support operation
• Ability to meet overnight travel requirements- 100% (Monday - Thursday)

• Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Desire to work in an information systems environment
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
• Excellent thought leadership and management skills
• Strong sense of ownership, teaming attitude, and ability work work across a distributed organization

All of our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You'll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

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