DevOps Engineer-12

IT Global Consulting Ltd.; Slough; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to handle platform development and support. The ideal candidate should excel in Kubernetes and CI/CD practices while maintaining high standards of code quality. Responsibilities include working with AWS to enhance infrastructure and collaborating with teams to ensure effective deployment of services. Competitive salary of £38,000 to £42,000 offered.

Qualifications

• Strong experience of Kubernetes and CI/CD pipeline deployment.
• Excellent Shell Scripting and Python skills.
• Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Support teams in mapping their stories to the available platforms.
• Drive adoption of new tools and develop support processes.
• Collaborate with internal and vendor development teams.

Skills

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

Docker

CI/CD

Monitoring

Automation

Shell Scripting

AWS

Tools

Nginx

Datadog

Prometheus

Job description

Overview

IT Global Consulting Limited - Seeking an experienced and highly motivated DevOps Engineer who is responsible for the development, maintenance and ongoing support for the platform and acting as the internal focal point for an enterprise platform. The person should be self-motivated and ambitious, with an ongoing desire to maintain their knowledge level at the forefront of the DevOps process and technologies.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Working within an agile context with the use of CI/CD
• Articulate a logical design, and understand how this translates to physical infrastructure
• Support teams in mapping their stories to the available platforms, helping effectively build and deploy secure services
• Undertake skilled platform build/support activities, such as developing hardened base containers
• Identify when teams are not following best practices and advise on delivery risk
• Support engineers in service topology discovery; help define QA and deployment pipelines
• Drive adoption of new tools to improve integration approaches; develop new or improved support processes for users
• Work with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to assess applications, software and hardware
• Develop, coordinate, and administer AWS infrastructure by integrating cloud-native services with third-party products
• Enhance the tech stack/configurations of existing services to improve site performance and reduce issues
• Build and manage VPC Environments that cover Sandbox, DEV, Test, Production, Training, and Support
• Fulfilling containerization (Docker, etc.) troubleshooting and support tasks
• Agree on Agile ways of working
• Architect, design, develop, deploy and operate a Kubernetes cluster; lead the team effectively
• Kubernetes, Python, Bash, Docker, CI/CD, Monitoring, Automation
• Strong experience of Kubernetes
• Experience with DevOps concepts and deploying CI/CD pipelines using cloud-native and third-party tools
• Excellent Shell Scripting and Python skills
• Experience with monitoring/metrics platforms (Datadog/Prometheus)
• Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments; assess security of existing applications and define standards for new projects
• Experience with Nix is desirable
• Work with key stakeholders (Solution Architects/Business teams) to understand needs and map them into platform processes and solutions
• Suggest innovative solutions to business problems/processes that leverage technology for differentiation and efficiency
• Capability to work to tight timescales while maintaining quality product development
• Build a robust automated test suite to support a CI/CD environment
• Collaborate with internal and vendor development/business teams
• Design and document solutions based on business requirements
• Write well-designed, testable, quality code following clean code principles

Role, Location, and Salary

• Role: DevOps Engineer - 12
• Location: Slough, Berkshire, UK
• Salary: £38,000 to £42,000

Nice to have technologies and experience

• Nginx
• IPv4 Networking
• Software engineering (C/C++/Java/Python/Go/Rust/Node)
• Test automation
• Relational and non-relational data technologies

The personal traits we are looking for

• Passion for technology
• Showing initiative
• Self-learning; being a team player, taking ownership to contribute to the overall team capability and knowledge

Certifications (advantageous)

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
• Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) for J2SE 6.0
• Sun Certified Web Components Developer (SCWCD)
• ITILv3 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management