Remote DevOps Engineer

Description:

• You will be working within a close-knit and highly skilled operations team delivering a proactive DevOps service to customers.
• Your role involves working to agreed deadlines while operating multiple customer environments in Azure and AWS with a focus on automation.
• Strong communication skills, team working, customer-centric focus, time management, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment are essential.
• You will work closely with customer operations teams to improve and develop their DevOps practices.
• Responsibilities include creating and developing automation, managing code repositories, and configuring build and release pipelines.
• You will also manage application infrastructure and help define ANS standards for DevOps processes and technologies.
• Keeping track of time spent on customer backlogs and serving as a point of technical escalation for cloud engineering is required.
• The role involves upskilling other teams across the business in DevOps technical skills and practices.

Requirements:

• You must possess knowledge of DevOps practices, including public cloud experience with AWS and Azure.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, AWS Code Deploy, GitHub Actions, and GitLab is required.
• Experience with containers, specifically Docker and Kubernetes (AKS, EKS), is necessary.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Powershell, Bash, Python, and Node.JS is expected.
• Knowledge of configuration management tools like Ansible, DSC, Chef, and Puppet is important.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Cloud Formation, and ARM Templates is needed.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools like AWS Cloud Trail, AWS Cloud Watch, Azure Logs, Application Insights, ELK, Grafana, and Logic Monitor is required.
• Qualifications and certifications such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified AWS DevOps Professional, and Certified Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-104, AZ-400) are desirable but not essential.

Benefits:

• You will receive 25 days of holiday as standard, with the option to buy up to 5 additional days.
• You will get your birthday off and an extra celebration day for personal events, along with 5 volunteer days.
• Private health insurance and a pension contribution match with 4x life assurance are included.
• Flexible working arrangements and the ability to work from anywhere for up to 30 days per year are offered (some exceptions apply).
• Maternity leave includes 16 weeks of full pay, while paternity and adoption leave offer 3 and 16 weeks of full pay, respectively.
• The company hosts social events and offers an electric car scheme.
• You will have 12 days dedicated to personal growth and development time.