Contractor job DPS-Automation Engineer

DPS-Automation Engineer
2 Month contract initially
Based: Hybrid / Sheffield or Birmingham or Edinburgh (Max 3 days p/w onsite)
Rate: £Market rates p/d (via Umbrella company)

We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We a great opportunity for a DPS-Automation Engineer to join the team.

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.

Key Responsibilities:
· 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).

· 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


Key Skills & 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, Bash (recruiters please note, this is not a separate requirement and is in addition to Ansible/AAP - not instead of)

· Proficient in designing, developing, and testing Rest API services.

· Proficient in using third-party API services, and understanding how/where to locate their capability


Additional skills which will make you stand-out in addition to the above skills ('Nice to have'):

· 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

This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible.


LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.