Description
Dev Ops - Puppet, Chef, Linux
We are looking for an experienced WebOps engineer to join the team. Responsible for working with project teams to build and maintain automated deployment processes, to encourage common code ownership of the deployment stack amongst project developers, encourage the breaking down of silos between operations and development, and to monitor and administer cloud based infrastructure and platforms.
The applicant must have previous experience maintaining web applications on Linux Servers in a production environment and using automated tooling to configure new Servers.
Key Responsibilities
The candidate will help develop the technology and processes for deployment and monitoring of our applications Participating in sprint planning to work with developers and project teams to ensure projects are deployable and monitorable from the outside Participating in, and contributing to system and process architecture Working with product managers to understand user needs for new and existing services Working with product teams on a range of tools and services, improving products to meet user needs Working with, and supporting, development teams with application configuration for deployment, monitoring and other automation Working with developers to test, debug and troubleshoot issues and problems Building and configuring new server platforms and the automated tooling to do so Operational management of Linux Servers, delivering web application stacks Testing, debugging and troubleshooting of platform level problems Supporting development teams with configuring applications for deployment Working with third-party providers to support a variety of integrations Ensuring that security standards are adhered to As part of this role you will be expected to participate in the 2nd line in-house support and Out-of-Hours support rotas
Knowledge, Skills & Experience Essential:
5+ years experience as a web applications developer 4+ years clear WebOps responsibilities AGILE experience a MUST Experience of taking part in sprint planning sessions, estimating and breaking down epics into stories and stories into tasks Understanding of common web application architectures Experience configuring and managing Linux Servers for serving a dynamic website Experience debugging a complex multi-server service Familiarity with network protocols - TCP/IP, HTTP, SSL, etc. Deploying and configuring machines in a cloud environment eg AWS, Rackspace Understanding of application deployment strategies and continuous integration Working within a product-centric environment Comfortable with configuration management tools: at least one of Salt, Chef, or Puppet or similar Previous experience deploying web services in PHP & Ruby or Python; or previous experience developing web applications in PHP & Ruby or Python Experience working in an agile environment across multiple projects Knowledge of the use of version control systems such as git or subversion - Chef/Puppet