DPS-Automation Engineer

DPS-Automation Engineer

Whitehall Resources are looking for a DPS-Automation Engineer. This role is hybrid working with 3 days per week onsite in Sheffield and 2 days remote working, for an initial 3 month contract.

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Job Description:
We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Data Protection Automation Engineer. You should have excellent knowledge of the scrum framework, with all its artifacts and techniques. You'll also need the ability to coordinate people and projects with your mind set on deliverables.

In this role, you will be expected to:

• Contribute to sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups
• Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
• Work collaboratively as part of a team and be an excellent individual contributor
• Design, develop, test and support automation for the data protection services (NetBackup and CommVault) within the bank.
• Design, develop, test and support reporting and monitoring capabilities for the automation.
• Provide engineering support on the bank's data protection automation and their use.
• Undertake product evaluation, new features, and versions.
• Produce clear and comprehensive documentation for all automation produced.
• Mentor less experienced members of staff

Must have skills and experience:

• Highly practiced with use of collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence)
• Hands on experience in Devops SCM tooling, with expert level use of GitHub
• Have excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
• Comprehensive experience in configuration management and orchestration using Redhat Ansible
• Extensive knowledge of software development languages, including Python,
• Proficient in designing, developing, and testing Rest API services.
• Proficient in using third-party API services, and understanding how/where to locate their capability

Nice to have skills and experience:

• Ability to convert Puppet code into other platforms (Ansible)
• Data Protection (Backup and Restore) experience
• General on-premise infrastructure experience
• Knowledgeable in Cohesity NetBackup and related infrastructure
• Knowledgeable in Commvault and related infrastructure

All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.