Senior Technical Consultant - DevOps Engineering

Company Description

OUR STORY

Let’s be honest: there are lots of people out there doing what we do. We’re just not convinced they’re doing it right. Businesses are hungry for innovation and opportunity, but not at the cost of their independence. At Ollion, we’ve connected companies and capabilities around the world to help ambitious organizations make the most of their transformation and leave the status quo in the dust.

WORKING AT OLLION

Innovation is risky. It demands bold steps and big questions, but that’s the price of making change. We’ve got our head in the cloud and two feet on the ground, channeling tech’s endless potential towards a single goal: making a world of difference. And we’re building a global team to do just that— a team capable of making game-changing breakthroughs without ever losing sight of the people it will impact. This is more than consulting. This is the change you can be.

THE OLLION DIFFERENCE

At Ollion, we’re all in on your independence. Our teams are seasoned. Our solutions are straightforward—sometimes even groundbreaking. And our engagements? Exactly as long as you want them to be. We deliver fresh thinking and hard-earned insight in a way that works for you and your customers, arming your organization with everything you need to make your transformation truly mean something.

WORKING WITH OLLION (our clients’ experiences)

Progress matters more than process. Our global team of cloud-native pros is all about creating new and better ways to work—not just by solving your tech challenges, but by using technology to solve your business challenges. We keep the formulas, frameworks, and ten-point plans to a minimum, tackling your most pressing problems with a proprietary mix of good-old-fashioned ingenuity and refreshing humanity.

Job Description

Expertise you bring 

DevOps Technical Skills:

• Cloud Native Stack: Strong understanding and experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, with extensive design and architecture expertise.

• Automation: Proficient in automation using APIs, CLIs, and SDKs, with a strong ability to troubleshoot complex issues and implement automated solutions.

• Solution Design: Skilled in designing and implementing optimized solutions that effectively address business needs.

• Cloud Technologies: Fair understanding of cloud-native technologies or expertise in hybrid cloud environments.

• Databases: Exposure to the functionality of no-sql and sql databases.

• Technical Problem Solving: Proven ability to solve complex business problems and ensure efficient and effective scaling solutions.

SRE Technical Skills

• Service Level Management: Experience with SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets to balance reliability and delivery pace.

• Observability:  Skilled in implementing metrics, logs, and traces using tools like Prometheus and Grafana.

• Automation & Toil Reduction:  Proven ability to automate repetitive tasks and build self-healing systems.

• Performance & Capacity:  Strong in capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost-effective scaling.

• Resilience Engineering: Knowledge of chaos testing, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery strategies.

• Production Readiness: Conducts readiness reviews, creates runbooks, and supports safe deployment methods.

Leadership and Mentoring:

• Team Guidance: Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with a track record of guiding team members on the latest technologies and best practices.

• Client Engagement: Ability to build and maintain strategic client relationships, ensuring a high level of client satisfaction and delivering on client expectations.

• Thought Leadership: Provide thought leadership that inspires innovation and new ways of engineering within the team and for client solutions.

Client Relationship Management:

• Customer Satisfaction: Dedication to achieving client satisfaction and enhancing client experiences, with a focus on proactively managing client interactions.

• Professional Engagement: Active participation in professional engagements to build strong client relationships and support business growth opportunities.

• Client Outcomes: Committed to delivering client outcomes in alignment with best practices and ensuring positive client feedback and commercial success.

Qualifications

Work Experience:

• Relevant Experience: At least 5 years in a DevOps or SRE role, with a proven track record.

• Cloud Migration Projects: Hands-on experience in migrating projects to cloud environments.

• Large-Scale Environments: Exposure to managing large-scale environments involving 100k+ users and managing terabytes of data.

• Technical Proficiency: Expertise in Terraform, Kubernetes (k8s), DevOps practices, GitLab CI/CD, cloud networking, SQL & NoSQL databases, Kafka, and observability (O8s).

• Configuration Management: Proficiency in at least one configuration management tool (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Salt, Puppet).

• Advanced OS and Networking Knowledge: Deep understanding of operating system-level and networking concepts.

• Scripting: Proficiency in Linux, Bash, and scripting.

Certifications:

• Required: Terraform, Kubernetes.

• Preferred: AWS, GCP, or other cloud certifications.

Industry Experience: 

• Significant proven experience in DevOps engineering and SRE roles.

• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

• Strategic Insight: Capability to support account and engagement strategy development effectively, driving client understanding into actionable technical solutions

Job Requirements:

• Client-Facing Consulting: At least 5-7 years in a client-facing consulting position.

• Leadership: Experience leading client-focused consulting, delivery, and/or servicing teams.

• Cloud and Application Modernization: Consulting experience in cloud and application modernization.

Personal Attributes:

Organized:

• Strong time management and organizational skills.

• Sets goals, develops plans, anticipates obstacles, and develops alternative plans.

• Coordinates own activities and those of others to meet objectives efficiently and effectively.

• Consistently achieves more than peers expect.

Energetic & Driven:

• Proactive attitude with high levels of initiative.

• Possesses the physical and mental stamina necessary to meet challenges.

• High ambition for the business.

• Determined and resilient, able to work under pressure and navigate roadblocks to meet deadlines and competing priorities.

Authentic:

• Deals with people in an honest and straightforward manner.

• Provides genuine opinions and represents information accurately and completely.

• Keeps commitments and behaves consistently with high professionalism, honesty, and integrity.

Pragmatic Thinker:

• Problem-solving with a pragmatic approach.

• Sees issues from new perspectives and understands how components come together.

• Displays wisdom and business acumen.

Competencies:

Communicating with Impact:

• Expresses thoughts and ideas clearly and compellingly in both written and verbal forms.

• Adjusts communication style to capture the attention of the audience in individual and group situations.

Influencing Others:

• Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and techniques to persuade others.

• Adapts negotiation style and influence strategies based on the people involved.

Attention to Detail:

• High levels of accuracy in governance, management reporting, and written communications.

Technology Leadership:

• Understands the industry and the factors affecting regional and corporate goals.

• Uses industry knowledge in planning and decision-making.

• Stays abreast of trends and developments in cloud technology and managed service environments.

Additional Information

BENEFITS & PERKS FOR WORKING AT OLLION

Our employees multiply their potential because they have opportunities to: Create a lasting Impact, Learn and Grow professionally & personally, Experience great Culture, and Be your Whole Self!

Beyond an amazing, collaborative work environment, great people, and inspiring, innovative work, we have some great benefits and perks:

• Benchmarked, competitive, in-market total rewards package including (but not limited to): base salary & short-term incentive for all employees
• Fully remote-first, small but Global organization; ‘learn wherever, whenever’ frees our people from a rigid view of learning and growth
• Retirement planning (i.e. CPF, EPF, company-matched 401(k))
• Globally, we build benefit plans that offer choices for whatever stage in life our employees are in and allow for flexibility as life happens.  Employees have access to a fully comprehensive benefits package to choose the medical, dental, and vision insurance plan that best fits their lives. In addition to great healthcare coverage, we also offer all employees mental health resources and additional wellness programs.
• Generous time off and leave allowances
• And more!

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Ollion is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Ollion does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.