Senior DevOps Engineer

Footprint IT Solutions Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech solutions provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer. In this role, you will provision and configure cloud services, ensuring optimum performance and security. You will work on CI/CD pipelines and tackle recurring cloud challenges. Ideal candidates will have over five years of DevOps experience, AWS certification, and proficiency in Kubernetes, Terraform, and Docker. This position requires strong communication skills as you will interface with clients directly.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of experience as a DevOps Engineer.
• Experience in a consultancy setting is highly preferred.
• Current AWS certification in Solutions Architecture or DevOps is sought after.
• Strong skills in Python and/or Golang.

Responsibilities

• Provision cloud services using Infrastructure as Code.
• Configure services for optimum performance.
• Create and operate CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

DevOps Engineering

AWS Solutions Architecture

Terraform/OpenTofu

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Bash scripting

CI/CD with GitHub Actions

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

GitHub Actions

CircleCI

Jenkins

PostgreSQL

NoSQL databases

Job description

You are a skilled and experienced DevOps engineer with a solid understanding of which tools and services to use in each situation. You provision cloud services using Infrastructure as Code and configure them for optimum performance per pound billed. You are proficient in creating and operating CI/CD pipelines to deliver incremental change and improvement. You tackle recurring cloud challenges such as cost optimisation, security and scaling.

Kubernetes is at the forefront of everything we do. You should be comfortable provisioning and configuring clusters in the cloud, on-premise and at the edge. You will deploy workloads using Helm charts, apply patches with Kustomize and author ArgoCD ApplicationSets with Go templating.

As Senior Engineer, you will join a team of engineers ranging from junior to lead. You will report to the founder of the company, who functions as Architect and Principal Engineer.

To some of our clients, you will be the face of our company; professionalism and communication are key in this role.

Required skills and experience

• Minimum five years of experience as a DevOps Engineer
• Experience in a consultancy setting
• Highly sought: Current AWS certification, e.g. Solutions Architecture (associate or Professional) or DevOps Professional, or GCP equivalents.
• Terraform/OpenTofu
• Docker and Kubernetes, preferably with Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Ansible, Puppet or Chef
• Strong skills in Python and/or Golang
• Bash scripting
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions, CircleCI or Jenkins
• Database, at least one of each SQL (preferably PostgreSQL) and NoSQL

Interview Process

We follow a three-stage process:

• Formal interview and discussion
• Online, live technical evaluation that reflects real-world scenarios and our ways of working