Principal DevOps Engineer / Architect

Description: Company Profile\:Experian is a leading global information services company that unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses and societies across the world. During life's big moments - from buying a home or car, to sending a child to college, to growing a business exponentially by connecting it with new customers - we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence so they can maximize every opportunity. We gather, analyse and process data in ways others can't. We help individuals take financial control and access financial services, businesses make smarter decision and thrive, lenders lend more responsibly, and organizations prevent identity fraud and crime. For more than 125 years, we've helped consumers and clients prosper, and economies and communities flourish - and we're not done. Our 17,000 people in 37 countries believe the possibilities for you, and our world, are growing. We're investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation so we can help create a better tomorrow.In Decision Analytics we unlock meaning within data to help clients solve problems and drive better decisions and outcomes; is this customer who they claim to be? Can this person afford the loan they're asking for? Does this person qualify for a service we provide?Organisations need to answer these sorts of questions hundreds, thousands, even millions of times a day. As well as answering them accurately and consistently, they need to answer them quickly because that's what their customers expect. We help our clients do this - minimising the risk to their organisation while delivering the type of customer experience that people expect. We help them to lend effectively, to detect and minimise fraud and to comply with legal requirements. We help them identify new opportunities including more efficient ways to run their business and better ways to cross-sell their products. We do this by combining our own data with data from our clients and third parties. We then use advanced technologies to organise and analyse this data, turning it into useful, meaningful information which our customers can act on. Our clients can make lending decisions on hundreds of millions of credit applications every year and can also avoid fraud by checking that applicants are who they say they are. Background\: Experian ® Decision Analytics (DA) integrates predictive data and analytics into valuable business decisions that provide greater insight into decision performance and helps companies keep pace with changing business priorities. By applying expert consulting, analytical tools, software and systems to convert data into valuable business decisionsOur expertise spans a variety of industries and we provide software to some of the world's largest finance, telcos and other blue-chip companies. The crown jewel in our software suite is PowerCurve which provides best-in-class decisioning applied across the whole customer life-cycle from customer acquisition to in-life and collections, as well as in fraud detection and identity resolution systems. PowerCurve is able to execute on hosted and cloud platforms.Decision Analytics has just laid the foundations to move from a collection of individual products towards a consolidated cloud-based platform delivering industry leading capabilities across data, analytics and decisioning, embedding latest technologies such as machine learning, Big Data and AI. We have good momentum and our core product has trebled in revenues over the last 3 years and if we were a stand-alone business we would probably qualify as a unicorn. As part of the next phase in our growth, we are looking for a strong technical leader to define, implement and guide the adoption of key technical best practices for our DevOps Practice. We are on a LeSS inspired journey to help our Development teams to be as autonomous and productive as possible whilst also ensuring they embrace the Non Functional Requirements that will support our SRE and production support efforts. With developers across 20 locations, 5 continents, 2 hemispheres and multiple business units this will be a role which involves influencing both with and without authority. Technically you will understand, and be able to articulate the benefits and costs of CI/CD at scale, immutable infrastructure , Git Ops, Infra as Code and a best-in-class toolchain for a highly productive Developer Experience.The ideal candidate will be fanatical about repeatable process and automation, and understand the challenging decisions involved in creating scale, resilience, security and availability. The role will require co-ordination with DevOps, SRE, Architecture, Software Development and an ability to influence others. Job Responsibilities\: Primary Accountabilities\:• Define the technical strategy and architecture for a best-in-class Developer Experience for teams building on the Experian One Platform• You will have a deep understanding of a modern DevOps toolchain and technologies for Cloud/SaaS and be able to provide creative solutions to complex, technical challenges, being recognised as a technical subject matter expert• Define the technical strategy for CI/CD at speed and scale across a containerized, microservices based cloud platformSignificant Demands\:• Lives and breathes automation, engineering, DevOps and SRE• Can manage and achieve through others• Can drive through influence to deliver results in a global complex matrix organisation• Can work across boundaries and as part of a bigger whole to deliver change and outcomes at all levels and all functions• Operational discipline and can manage difficult situations and incidents if necessaryWorking Practices and Relationships\:• Key member of the Global DA DevOps Practice, driving the technical aspects of DevOps across Global DA• Interfacing with Experian technology services for common corporate tools• Work across multiple groups in development to resolve issues and drive close collaborationQualification: Candidate ProfileExperience\:• Technical lead/architect experience in a DevOps environment in mid to enterprise scale cloud businesses• Deep understanding of modern DevOps platforms and technologies - Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, AWS• Global work environment, has driven technical strategy across globally distributed teams• Global vision - can drive for developer efficiency across a large business with huge growth potentialKey Behaviours\:• Excellent communication skills. Written and verbal fluency in English is required• Able to create technical direction and drive delivery in a complex environment with conflicting priorities• Working across boundaries - geographically, teams, language and cultural• A strong individual driver, and a team player who will support a large number of people across the organisationIs this you?• You deliver results by collaborating, coaching others and building confidence• You create vision, purpose and culture, and take people with you• You empower others to deliver• You develop trust, you make conflict constructive, create commitment, drive accountability and drive results• You are articulate, clear, concise, and you can tailor your approach to the audience • You Can manage stakeholders at all levels and influence decision makingEqual Employment Opportunity Statement\:It is the policy of Experian to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. All employment practices such as recruitment, selection, promotions, and other terms and conditions of employment are administered in a manner designed to ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not subjected to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, citizenship, age, gender, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, genetic information, protected veterans, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.Flexibility Statement\:At Experian we are committed to building an inclusive culture and to creating an environment where people can balance successful careers with their commitments and interests outside of work. Our flexible working practices support our belief that this balance brings long-lasting benefits for our business as well as our people. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, and if this is important to you, we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process. Please raise this with your recruiter.