DevOps Lead

Are you someone who likes to do things differently and wants to be part of a force for positive change for people and the environment?  
  
We’re looking for a curious DevOps Lead to join our journey in creating solutions for a better tomorrow. You’ll be part of the product focused Insights Data & Technology Team that contributes to Insight products that help shape IKEA’s experiences, strategy and plans. These products cover: 

How People Live  
Insights Platform 
Brand and Range Performance 
Customer Experience 
Strategic Market Insight  
Competitor Insight  

As the DevOps Lead, you will leave your mark in many ways!  The DevOps Lead is a critical role within the digital transformation that IKEA is currently undergoing, so there is no more exciting time to join us than now. As a hands-on DevOps Lead you will:  

• Introduce and ensure correct tooling and process in our build pipelines. 

• Optimize our time to delivery for requested changes in our digital products and systems 

• Remove tooling barriers and complexity in order to maximize efficiency in our software development 

• Develop and maintain our build pipelines 

• Coach and develop our digital product teams in DevOps practice 

• Work close with our product teams, making sure our systems and solutions are testable and easy to deploy 

• Work towards a digital landscape where our systems and solutions are flexible and enabled for a/b testing and continuous deploy and delivery 

• Ensure that the digital product teams have the tools and processes in order to monitor our production environments. 

• Ensure reusability of product components and contribute to relevant tech communities across IKEA. 

• Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance.  

• Develop and implement technical efforts to design, build and deploy Azure / AWS applications at the direction of lead architects, including large-scale data processing, computationally intensive statistical modelling and advanced analytics. 

• If you want to be part of a curious, creative environment that’s open to taking risks, this may be your new home. 
• As DevOps Lead, you will have solid software engineering skills across full stack development, with a track record of developing, maintaining and operating digital (analytics) products. Experience around data processing, integration, modelling and visualization will be highly regarded.  
• You’ll bring a minimum of 3+ years of experience in a similar role as well as a demonstrated breadth of knowledge across digital technology, digital infrastructure, IT services and product operations.  
• You will apply what you know, bringing your Python and ETL systems (like Snaplogic, Airflow, Azure Data Factory) experience in a Microservices & DevOps-focused environment. You'll support the creation of business products by combining data and Web technology with the help of architecture frameworks and tools like Github, Docker, Kubernetes, AKS. Ideally, you will have experience working with cloud-based and advanced analytics technologies (like MS Azure, Terraform, Databricks or others) and will be comfortable working in an agile environment.  

This position is full-time (32-40 hours per week) and is located in Delft (NL). Some travel may be required and in this role and you will be reporting to the Insights Data & Technology Manager. 

Please send your application (CV) in English to us by Friday 20th September 2024. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you want to work at IKEA and why you would be a good fit for this role.

At IKEA, we always recruit based on values, competence, potential and diversity.