Senior Infrastructure DevOps Engineer

Job Description:

Cloud DevOps Engineer

We are currently searching for Cloud DevOps Engineer to join the team of a multinational global enterprise IT solutions company. This is an excellent opportunity to work for a well-established large enterprise business who offer clear career progression and opportunities to grow and develop within the organisation.

Role Outline:

As a Cloud DevOps Engineer you’ll be responsible for providing both technical support and leadership abilities in the creation and delivery of technology solutions designed to meet customers’ business needs.

A cloud DevOps engineer is Responsible for the development and operational aspects of a company's cloud computing infrastructure. They work with developers to ensure that applications are deployed and operated in a cloud environment

Candidate must be UK based, and be able eligible for SC Clearance

Responsibilities:

• Conducts investigations and tests of complex software systems to enhance performance or to investigate and resolve matters of significance.

• Reviews completion and implementation of technical products to ensure success and timeliness.

• Evaluates vendor capabilities on projects to provide required products or services.

• Provides leadership and work guidance to less experienced personnel.

• Provides technical consultation to other organizations; interacts with senior customer personnel and internal senior management.

• Provides the customer base with first level support.

Experience

• A background in automating application deployment and configuration management
• Automation / Configuration management tools experience, i.e., RedHat, Puppet, Chef, Ansible
• Knowledge of IAC technologies such as Cloudformation or Terraform
• Strong Linux Sysadmin skills
• Containerisation and orchestration technologies (Docker & Kubernetes)
• Good knowledge of internet communication concepts and protocols - TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP
• Experience of deploying Continuous Integration solutions
• An awareness of security considerations in web application deployment
• Monitoring / Logging aka ELK, Prometheus / Grafana etc
• Strong AWS knowledge - EC2, EKS, RDS, Aurora, networking, cost management
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated - working to brief with limited supervision.
• Creative in applying new technology to build innovative solutions.
• Knowledge / Experience of modern programming languages, understanding at least one of: Bash script, Python, Ruby, Perl, C, C++, Java, PowerShell

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package

• Virtual Working

• Security Clearance Retention bonus

• Internal training and certifications

• Genuine opportunities to progress and develop.

Professional Characteristics

• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills to resolve highly complex software design issues and create new software for one or more products.
• Good communication skills to interact with team members and senior stakeholders

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