dcbel Inc. (www.dcbel.energy) is a growing company developing technology and designing products that will make clean, efficient, and sustainable energy accessible to all — because everyone in the world deserves energy without compromise.

dcbel at the leading edge of the residential energy revolution, enabling decentralized energy consumption and production through its vertically integrated suite of energy hardware and software products, and their supporting infrastructure. Our flagship product, the dcbel Home Energy Station, is a small wall mounted device that gives everyone ownership over their energy supply by using solar power to charge their EV and home, unlocking their EV’s battery for backup power (V2H), and optimizing the energy flow between their solar panels, EVs, backup battery and the grid.

The opportunity

dcbel is looking for a Senior DevOps Specialist to work in our growing team. The successful candidate will play an important role in deploying, improving and maintaining Cloud applications that powers our ChorusTM platform.

ChorusTM is the key element in managing all our Ara™ units. ChorusTM is what differentiates us from the competition and makes our EV charging one of a kind.

The Senior DevOps Specialist will collaborate with our Engineering and Product Management teams to help evolve the continuous integration and continuous delivery infrastructure for ChorusTM as well as dcbel’s Web and Mobile applications within Microsoft Azure.

Main responsibilities

• Design and develop Infrastructure as Code with Bicep
• Contribute to the CI/CD of our applications and services with Azure DevOps yaml pipelines
• Implement solutions to improve performance, resilience, security and availability of ChorusTM services running in AKS
• Evolve and manage the team’s observability and monitoring solutions for deployed services

• Participate in peer design and code reviews
• Modernize deployment strategies with GitOps using Flux CD

• Participate in the evolution of Agile and DevOps practices and culture

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of experience including at least 4 years of experience delivering various Cloud services and applications in a DevOps or related software development role
• In-depth knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, Git, Helm
• Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform, Bicep, Pulumi
• Experience with Azure DevOps YAML pipelines or Github actions/workflow, GitLab
• Hands-on experience in Linux, Windows, and Mac administration
• Strong knowledge of networking protocols, architectures, and strategies to identify vulnerabilities and protect Cloud services and applications
• Understanding and experience with Full Stack Development
• Experience with C#, .net 8, Visual Studio, Azure (Microsoft tech stack)

Bonus skills

• Previous experience with Argo CD or Flux CD a plus
• Understanding of microservice architecture a plus
• Bilingual English and French written and spoken.

Profile

• Entrepreneurial mindset, result oriented and strong EQ.
• Strong communication skills. The successful candidate will effectively communicate with diverse team members and articulate ideas clearly while being receptive to feedback.
• Adaptable to emerging technologies. With the fast-paced nature of our industry, we need someone who can swiftly grasp new concepts and technologies.
• Adept at translating theory into practice and capable of effective execution.
• Pragmatic problem solver.
• Team player. The successful candidate will be part of a highly collaborative environment and should contribute effectively to group projects and brainstorming sessions.

What's in it for you

• Be part of a company that is backed by numerous globally respected investors and has world-changing patents in an industry changing for the first time in history.
• Grow your professional experience amongst blue chip partners and a close-knit team of committed and experienced energy experts who deeply care about the work they do.
• Ample opportunity to make positive impact to the future of the energy industry
• Health insurance, Health virtual care, employee Options plan, hybrid mode (3-2) and flexible hours. Parking available or walking distance from Metro Namur.