DevOps Engineer

Job title: DevOps Engineer
Salary: £80K - £100K Plus per annum - flexible dependent on experience
Benefits: Flexible working environment, private health care, pension, EMI share options scheme (as part of overall compensation)
Location: This is a Hybrid role.
Are you a DevOps or Platform Engineer looking for your next enticing challenge? Are you dedicated and driven by openness and collaboration? Do you have awesome cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes skills? In this role, you will be instrumental in delivering a fast, scalable, and intuitive platform that builds extraordinary processes to transform how firms request, prepare and process clients' information.
You will be passionate about developing scalable, performant architecture and software. This is an exciting opportunity to enhance the development and operation of the cloud infrastructure to drive change and improvement.
Key Duties of the DevOps Engineer
* Development and operation of the company platform infrastructure.
* Deliver a scalable and intuitive platform to reshape and simplify the financial landscape.
* Develop and maintain the cloud infrastructure and the use of Terraform / IAC (AWS)
* Manage and administer the Kubernetes-based eco-system.
* Design and implement build, deployment, and configuration management.
* Test implemented designs.
* Build and test automation tools for infrastructure provisioning.
* Handle code deployments in all environments.
* Monitor metrics and develop ways to improve.
* Brainstorm for new ideas and ways to improve development delivery.
* Diagnose, troubleshoot, and engineer solutions to operations issues.
* Build, maintain, and monitor configuration standards.
* Conduct cloud/infrastructure security.
* Collaborate with the cross-disciplinary technology team.
* Communicate with key stakeholders.
Experience Required for the DevOps Engineer
* Able to demonstrate experience within a similar role.
* AWS or experience with other cloud providers.
* Experienced with Kubernetes container technology.
* Familiar with Istio, Gloo, The Hashicorp suite, Prometheus, and Grafana.
* Knowledge of cloud/infrastructure security.
* Recognise how to deliver an “always-on” service capable of scaling and meeting growing business demands.
Skills Required of the DevOps / Platform Engineer
* A committed ‘can-do’ positive attitude with the ability to integrate and work as a member of a team.
* Able to demonstrate strong diagnostic skills and workable resolutions.
* Self-starter with the ability to work with a minimum of supervision.
* A keen eye for detail.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Self-motivated, able to demonstrate initiative, and accept responsibility.
Benefits: Flexible working environment, private health care, pension, EMI share options scheme (as part of overall compensation)
Location: This is a Hybrid role. Ideally, once a week in the office located in Slough
We’re a start-up with strong financial backing. We understand the questions and problems that we’re trying to solve, but we don’t know all the answers.
We are looking for DevOps / Platform Engineers who are self-starters that can help us find the right solutions to our business problems and help us grow and develop our business. Contributing ideas, having an opinion on what ‘good’ should look like, and being willing and able to learn and adapt are qualities that we value