Senior DevOps Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• As a member of a high-performing Agile team, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting secure, scalable cloud infrastructure utilizing a customized SAFe Agile SecDevOps Scrum approach.

• You will utilize DevOps best practices and cloud-native design principles, harnessing AWS services and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to enhance automation and facilitate continuous delivery across various environments.

• This position also involves hands-on activities related to automated testing, deployments, and infrastructure monitoring, in addition to engaging in Agile ceremonies, risk mitigation initiatives, and collaborative solution development.

• Cross-functional adaptability across systems engineering, software development, testing, and security is greatly appreciated.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in managing source code with GIT, including pull requests, branching strategies (Trunk-based, GitFlow), and collaborative version control workflows.

• Proficiency in designing and managing AWS cloud infrastructure, encompassing services such as EC2, ECR, ECS, ECK, ASG, VPC, RDS, Load Balancers, Lambda, IAM, ports, R53, etc.

• Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible to provision, configure, and maintain secure and scalable cloud environments.

• Experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, implementing automation for building, testing, and deploying applications across multiple environments.

• Proven ability to write and maintain scripts and automation tools using Bash, Python, and PowerShell to enhance operational workflows and eliminate manual tasks.

• Familiarity with containerization using Docker and orchestration best practices, along with configuration management utilizing Ansible.

• Knowledge of secrets management and access control with tools like Vault and IAM policies, ensuring secure handling of credentials and sensitive data.

• Strong understanding of AWS security best practices, including encryption, patching, monitoring, least privilege access, and compliance requirements.

• Hands-on experience in implementing and managing backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to guarantee data protection and business continuity.

• Capability to implement robust monitoring and logging solutions, such as CloudWatch, to ensure system reliability, observability, and proactive incident response.

• Comfortable working within Agile development teams, translating business requirements into technical solutions, and actively participating in sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups.

• Ability to design scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud-native solutions that align with availability and performance objectives.

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities with a knack for identifying root causes and implementing effective mitigation strategies in complex environments.

• Understanding of routing, traffic management, and load balancing, including the configuration of NGINX and AWS-native tools for optimizing traffic flow.

• Experience with structured release and change management processes, including deployment governance, rollback strategies, and version control.

🏝️ Benefits

• Contributory Pension Scheme

• Private Medical Insurance

• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)

• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays, and a cycle to work scheme)

• Flexible Working Scheme