We are building a new team that will be charged with driving strategic change across the Digital Services organisation within Aflac. The DevOps strategy will enable developers across our Agile teams to build pipelines that will automate the elevation and release process, leverage test-automation capabilities, and shift gears as we move to an increasing number of Cloud platforms. The investment in this technology will ensure that we are delivering exceptional experiences for our 50 million policyholders.
But it’s not just a technology change; it’s a mindset change. Pivoting an organisation towards a new way of doing things, requires a passion for progress and a determination to eradicate manual effort. And so, we will be building a team of DevOps experts who love the technology, but more importantly can instil the following core principles into Agile teams:
We’ll be using a range of different tools and technologies, and the goal is to empower our developers to develop, build, test, and deploy their code in a frictionless way. We want them to be masters of their own destiny and avoid relying on countless invisible teams to perform tasks on their behalf. The aim is to coach and guide our development teams to harness the power of the tools at their disposal; help them identify the pain-points and solve the issues themselves; give them a kickstart and then let them run.
The team will spend dedicated time with Agile development teams in Northern Ireland and in the US, delivering workshops and dojos that will provide demonstrable change in just a few days. The DevOps strategy at Aflac is building momentum and delivering value, and now we need to accelerate the effort with a new high-performing team in Belfast that will bring it to a new level. Should be fun!
Role Context
We want an accomplished leader who knows how to organise and run inspiring workshops that will empower Development teams to automate their processes and adopt a DevOps mindset. Someone who knows how to hold a room, and lead people to challenge the way they do things, and inspire them to accelerate their DevOps journey, not just during interactive sessions, but long afterwards.
We want someone who has significant experience of DevOps tools and platforms, can understand the technical complexities that come with enterprise systems, but crucially who can use everyday language to translate concepts and make them easily digestible for everyone. Someone who is familiar with the technology and what can be achieved with it, but whose real value lies in the ability to communicate expressively with a range of audiences, from senior leaders to technical experts.
In leading this unique team, you will have the opportunity to drive significant change across the Digital Services organisation, putting DevOps at the centre of how we build world-class solutions at Aflac as well as having a lot of freedom and fun in the process.
What you’ll be doing
What you should have
Below is an overview of the skills and experience we are looking for, but remember, don’t rule yourself out if you don’t have everything on the list, it’s your intellect and your attitude we’re really after.
Essential
Desirable
So that’s us. Thanks for taking the time to read this far (pretty impressive in the era of the 280-character tweet). We look forward to hearing from you if you fancy joining a tech innovation company with the agility of a start-up and the stability of a Fortune 500 U.S. company.
Aflac NI is an equal opportunities employer
