About the position
ENVIRONMENT:
BUILD and operate resilient cloud platforms, automate delivery pipelines, and accelerate software delivery across the organisation as the next DevOps Engineer wanted by a cutting-edge Software House. Working alongside the Senior DevOps Manager (Head of DevOps), you will help determine DevOps best practices and drive DevOps adoption across Dev teams. The ideal candidate will be an enthusiast self-starter who wants to build a long-term career and enjoy the the shared success that comes with consistently creating value for the clients. You will require 3+ years professional experience in a DevOps / SRE / Site Reliability role (or similar), hands-on cloud experience (AWS, Azure) — provisioning, networking, and core services, Terraform, ARM, Bicep or CloudFormation, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Python, Bash or PowerShell.
REQUIREMENTS:
MUST-HAVEs –
- 3+ Years professional experience in a DevOps / SRE / Site Reliability role (or similar).
- Hands-on cloud experience (AWS, Azure) — provisioning, networking, and core services.
- Strong IaC skills (Terraform, ARM, Bicep or CloudFormation).
- Container tooling: Docker; Kubernetes experience in production.
- CI/CD tooling experience (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
- Scripting and automation: Python, Bash or PowerShell.
- Production monitoring and logging experience (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Elastic, Datadog).
- Solid Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals.
- Good understanding of security best practices and access controls.
Additional requirements -
- Proficient at PowerShell scripting (bash scripting a plus).
- Ability to create and optimize Dockerfile images.
- Containerize applications and operate container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes).
- Good understanding of source control using git.
- Build and deployment scripting (preferably .NET 5+ and Node.js) with practical experience in implementing CI/CD pipelines.
- General knowledge of how networks and the Internet work (TCP/IP, DNS, http, routing, firewalls, etc.).
- Solid Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals.
- Extensive experience with at least one of the major cloud providers, preferably Azure.
- Has used Terraform in the provisioning of complex cloud infrastructure.
- Understanding of Kubernetes resources and develop yaml resource files. (Experience in developing Helm packages is a plus).
Nice-to-haves –
- Windows and SQL Server administration.
- C#, TypeScript.
- Observability knowledge (Metrics, Logging and Tracing) - Grafana & Prometheus
- Distributed public cloud knowledge (Cloudflare, Azure, Github, Zero Trust)
- Certification(s): AWS/Azure, CKA, Terraform Associate.
- Familiarity with Cost Optimization and Platform Engineering principles.
- Prior work in regulated or security-sensitive environments.
ATTRIBUTES:
- Ability and eagerness to quickly learn new technologies.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- The initiative to evolve processes through continuous improvement, to ensure the best delivery to our clients.
- Drive cost optimisation, security hardening and platform improvements
- The humility and empathy to coach and assist fellow DevOps and Software Engineers.
While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.
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