Description
Senior DevOps Engineer - West London
Here is a fantastic opportunity to work with the very latest technology in a genuinely innovative environment. Driven by DevOps and Agile methodologies, this international US based organisation recently acquired the software division of a high-street UK name. Their innovative low/no code platform is a seriously impressive accomplishment.
This is really a fantastic team that we have worked with for about five years. Expansion and advanced technology abound with a theme around best-of-breed FOSS software solely on Linux in the cloud, deployed with CI/CD. Our client have released many interesting software projects as open source and actively collaborate in a diverse set of teams using Slack, Jira and the usual DevOps toolsets.
There are too many interesting technologies to list here! However the core skills are Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes, AWS. Obviously a strong knowledge of all the common flavours of Linux is needed, along with strong Bash and Scripting skills. Usual DevOps tools apply, including but not limtied to Atlassian Suite particularly Jira and Confluence. Knowledge and adherence to gitflow and tagging is a pre-requisite, along with strong SDLC and automation. Front End is largely Node, Angular, Java. There's Mongo, Rabbit, ELK etc.
Skill Summary
- Extensive knowledge of Python and Bash Scripting
- Working knowledge of Atlassian Bamboo, Confluence and Jira, Nexus also a nice-to-have.
- Sound knowledge of cloud technologies and APIs
- Experience with AWS CloudFormation and Terraform.
- Experience of Kubernetes, especially deployments into AWS.
- Experience of Helm Chart authoring and deployment into Kubenetes.
- Linux (Centos/Ubuntu) experience, including Kernel tuning and diagnostics
- Troubleshooting issues at any levels of architecture - Kernel, network, applications/services.
- Knowledge of corporate industry and professional standards - eg Security, Architecture techniques, etc.
- Proven track record of 3rd line support of enterprise clients
This role would suit someone who thrives in a technical team of passionate experts who seek out solutions and to continually learn and develop. It's a great place to work, with a very strong and passionate Director who champions the cause and is dedicated to their team of specialist individuals.
Your experience of OpenSource tools will most likely vary from those listed; however if you are technically strong, have a good technical grounding and base, are adaptable and thrive on problem solving and innovating then please apply now for further information on this opportunity.
Applicants must be eligible to work in the EU.