Overview
Automation Engineer role at Vantage Point Global – Data Protection Automation Engineer requirement to meet an urgent demand from a major banking client. 6–8 years of experience in Ansible/Python, focusing on designing, developing, testing, and supporting automation for data protection services within the bank. The successful candidate will contribute to sprints, manage backlogs, and collaborate to deliver high-quality, secure, and resilient software solutions.
Key Responsibilities
* Design and engineer software with the customer/user experience as a key objective.
* Actively contribute to the Technology Engineering Practice by sharing Subject Matter Expertise, best practice, and learnings.
* Drive adherence to all standards and policies within the area of Technology Engineering.
* Deliver and support data-related infrastructure and architecture to optimise data storage and consumption across the bank, addressing functional and non-functional requirements in large applications.
* Design and develop applications for internal and external users, focusing on interface and front-end usability.
* Engineer and implement security measures for the protection of internal and external systems, networks, products, and services.
* Establish a digital environment and automate processes to minimise variation and ensure predictable high-quality code and data.
* Provide support in the identification and resolution of incidents associated with the IT service, as directed by the DevOps team leadership.
* Ensure service resilience, service sustainability, and recovery time objectives are met for all software solutions delivered.
* Keep up-to-date and maintain expertise on current tools, technologies, and areas like cyber security and regulations pertaining to data privacy, consent, and data residency.
* Ensure compliance with all relevant controls and standards.
* 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 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.
Essential Skills and Experience
* 6–8 years of experience with Ansible/Python.
* Highly practiced with collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence).
* Hands-on experience in DevOps SCM tooling, with expert-level use of GitHub.
* Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artefacts (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 and Bash.
* Proficient in designing, developing, and testing Rest API services.
* Proficient in using third-party API services and understanding how/where to locate their capability.
Desirable Skills and Experience
* Ability to convert Puppet code into other platforms (Ansible).
* Data Protection (Backup and Restore) experience.
* Knowledgeable in Cohesity NetBackup and related infrastructure.
* Knowledgeable in Commvault and related infrastructure.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology
Industries
* Business Consulting and Services and Software Development
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