As a DevOps Principal, you'll step into a hands-on management position where you'll guide our team within a major Irish business through its evolving cloud journey. It's a dual-focus role; spearheading technical initiatives while fostering the growth of a skilled team, that demands expertise and a clear vision and dedication to mentoring others. You will be at the heart of transformation, blending strategic oversight with real-world execution, all aimed at elevating the company's technical prowess and team excellence.Please note that this is a hybrid role, so the successful candidate will be expected to attend the office in Dublin at least once a week.Key responsibilities & duties include:Monitor and optimise cloud resources to ensure they deliver peak performance cost-efficiently. Automate the provisioning and scaling of cloud infrastructure to streamline processesDesign and implement robust CI/CD pipelines to support seamless software releases. Facilitate continuous feedback loops to ensure collaboration between development and operations teamsCoordinate and manage a team across different functions to ensure unified software delivery efforts. Set a precedent by adopting new technologies and practices within the DevOps domain to lead the team by exampleEstablish and enforce best practices for system maintenance and swift troubleshooting. Oversee capacity planning, ensuring the system scales skillfully and meets performance requirementsRequired Skills & Experience:AWS Certified and extensive AWS experiencePrincipal-level experience with cloud infrastructure managementExtensive experience in DevOpsProficiency in automation tools like Terraform and one coding language e.g. Python, Java or otherExperience with containerisation and orchestration using Docker and KubernetesAbility to optimise cloud resource usage for cost and performanceDemonstrated management in managing technical teamsExperience with overseeing diverse, cross-functional project teamsPast success in establishing and facilitating the adoption of best practices in DevOpsWorking Place:Dublin, Ireland