Aker Systems

Principal DevOps Engineer – AWS, Azure

Aker Systems

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudDockerKafkaKubernetesPythonTerraform

About the role

  • Design, build, test and deploy cloud-based infrastructure and applications using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code directly and as part of our product suite
  • Work with other engineers, architects and analysts to shape our DevOps products
  • Support deployment and operational activities of products into our clients’ environments
  • Assist with setup/maintenance of environments for both manual and automated testing
  • Assist in production support through the investigation and resolution of incidents
  • Perform ongoing routine application maintenance tasks
  • Be the senior technical contact for DevOps related matters and mentor to more junior members of the team

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or greater
  • 10+ years' working experience in a DevOps capacity
  • Commercial Experience in deploying and operating infrastructure (network, servers, services) and applications on AWS and Azure
  • Developing and operating using open-source and commercial software within a cloud-centric environment
  • Strong IaC skills including Terraform and Terragrunt
  • GitHub/GitLab CI/CD experience to design, build and maintain pipelines for building and deploying applications
  • Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks
  • Expert in cloud orchestration and containerisation technologies, i.e. Kubernetes and Docker
  • Knowledge of large-scale databases and distributed technologies, such as RDS
  • Knowledge of distributed event streaming technologies, such as Kafka
  • Knowledge of scripting languages such as Bash and Python
  • Experience of mentoring and leading people around you and taking point on key decisions
Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays)
  • Company Paid Medical Insurance
  • Life Assurance (4x basic salary)
  • Pension scheme
  • Perks at Work
  • Cycle Scheme
  • Tech Scheme
  • Season Ticket Loan
  • Plus, a list of voluntary benefits including:
  • Dental Insurance
  • Critical Illness Cover
  • Virtual GP
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Hard Skills & Tools
CI/CDInfrastructure-as-CodeTerraformTerragruntGitHubGitLabKubernetesDockerBashPython
Soft Skills
mentoringleadershipproblem-solvingcommunication
Certifications
Bachelor's degree