Product Systems are looking for a DevOps Engineer with strong CI/CD Pipeline development to work alongside our great team of developers to deliver the new suite of Product Applications as well as building processes around our existing Legacy applications.

We require an individual who has exposure to Cloud and can utilise the experience with containerisation (Using Docker and Kubernetes) to ensure a smooth transition from On-Premise to a Cloud Driven infrastructure.

Why Product Systems?

In Product Systems we work closely with our users to ensure they have the right tools to get our product to the marketplace as quickly as possible, allowing the business growth NEXT has seen over the last few years. We support our Designers, Buyers, Merchandisers, Technologists to transform an idea into a product that our customers would love to buy.

We never standstill, we are constantly looking to evolve our technology, our applications and the services we offer our stakeholders. We really are a group of crazy people who love technology, pushing boundaries and answering the what-ifs!

Working with us would mean exposure to new technologies and ways of working, getting involved in forcing through change and ultimately providing our customers with a better service. Like all departments, we also have challenges with some legacy applications and ‘older’ code languages but who doesn’t love a good challenge?

We can promise an environment that is never dull with the freedom and support to express yourself to come up with new initiatives. If you want to suggest a new way of working, an improvement to an application or try a new technology…go for it!

We run a lean operation in a quick paced environment, so we need our people to be able to work efficiently, accurately and well under pressure. We expect the right individual to have excellent communication skills, being able to work in a team, be involved in open discussion, communicate ideas, inclusion and diversity. Having strong analytical and problem-solving skills will be advantageous especially as the person in this role will be driving forward the new technologies and approach in Product Systems.

What will the DevOps Engineer do?

• Automate the creation, build of Production, UAT and Development environments Automate build and release pipelines Automate testing of applications/services and integrate with build process Create and maintain data refresh processes and scripts ensuring that sensitive data is kept secure and anonymised Use monitoring tools for Applications, Servers & Services diagnostics Assist Dev teams with performance and volume testing Setting up nuget/npm repositories Setting up web servers (IIS, Node.js) Identify departmental processes that where possible can be streamlined or automated Create and maintain documentation detailing environments Provide expert knowledge on Cloud environment setup, connectivity, server configuration and guide the Project teams in using the environments in the most efficient manner Work alongside both internal and external Auditing and Security teams in order to maintain security of all environments and data.

Criteria  

• Microsoft .NET Framework, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, C# PowerShell scripts Azure cloud infrastructure Azure DevOps (on-premises and cloud), CI/CD pipelines, automated builds/releases Docker containers, Kubernetes, microservices,SonarQube, Helm charts, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) SQL Server database Windows & Linux servers

Benefits

• Bonus Scheme
• Pension Scheme
• ShareSave Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Staff Discount
• On-site Nursery
• Flexible working and working from home options
• Training and Development

About Next

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 43,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 540 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!