DevOps Lead

Job Description:

Contract: Permanent/CDI

Segment: Royal Canin

Location: Aimargues (30 minutes from Montpellier) or Haguenau (30 minutes from Strasbourg)

Reporting to the Develop Factory Lead, we are hiring a DevOps Lead, who will define and drive the DevOps strategy across the Digital Factory to support the organization's ambitions. The DevOps Lead will work in close cooperation with delivery team, architect, integration team, support team as other Mars team such Mars DevOps CoE, Mars Cloud team. They will work in close partnership with external partners and delivery to get the functional or technical support required. They will have to manage a team of 4 external DevOps engineer.

What are we looking for?

• At least 8 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, or equivalent

• Previous experience with Microsoft Azure (preferred) or Amazon Web Services (AWS

• Previous experience with production Kubernetes clusters as well as with scripting languages such as Bash or Python

• Advanced proficiency working with CI/CD pipelines such as Github Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure DevOps Pipeline

• Experience managing complex technical projects on an international level

• Previous experience as a lead of technical teams with external and internal actors

• Excellent communication skills in English (written and spoken)

• Understanding of Digital environment with Agile methodologies and User centric methodologies

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Lead for the DevOps team

• Design, build, and maintain our cloud infrastructure using tools such as Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, and any other solution supporting our ambition

• Work with different teams to design and implement infrastructure solutions that meet their needs

• Monitor and maintain the health of our infrastructure and applications using tools such as Datadog, Loki, Prometheus and Grafana

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues, ensuring the reliability and performance of our systems

• Continuously evaluate and improve the infrastructure and deployment processes to ensure optimal performance, security, and scalability

• Optimize infrastructure costs through analysis and implementation of cost-saving measures

• Optimize carbon footprint of our infrastructure to reach our 2030 neutral carbon ambition

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines

• Implement and manage deployment strategies such as Canary and Blue-Green to ensure safe and smooth releases of new features and updates

• Drive automation efforts to enhance efficiency across development and operations workflows

What can you expect from Mars?

• At Mars, we believe in a relationship of mutual trust, dignity and respect between our company and Associates that is more meaningful than the standard employer/employee relationship. 

• As Associates, we can expect to be respected, supported and valued as individuals, to be treated fairly and equitably.

• An environment where you are empowered to be proactive and to take initiatives to make a difference.

• You will work in a multicultural environment (more than 40 nationalities) and where your dog will be welcomed by more than 100 other Associates’ dogs at the office  

• A unique and ideal work environment to become the leader in health through nutrition for cats and dogs

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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.