Aker Systems

Lead DevOps Engineer

Aker Systems

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSCloudDockerKafkaKubernetesLinuxOpen SourcePythonTerraform

About the role

  • Help lead the development and implementation of secure cloud environments hosting data and batch/real-time analytical platforms for public and private sector clients
  • Build, test and deploy cloud-based infrastructure and applications using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code
  • Contribute to the coding of custom test automation frameworks
  • Perform script maintenance and updates due to changes in requirements or implementations
  • 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
  • Assist in conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications
  • Participate in the contingency planning, including reliable backup and restore procedures
  • Document functions and changes to new or modified modules and test activities/results
  • Mentoring and driving the team to deliver to the start our customer's require

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or greater
  • At least 5 plus years of working experience in a DevOps capacity
  • Commercial Experience in deploying and operating infrastructure (network, servers, services) and applications on AWS and other cloud environments
  • Developing and operating using open source and commercial software within a cloud-centric environment
  • Server build and administration, Linux and Windows
  • GitHub/GitLab for source control and performing code reviews as part of the build and deployment cycle
  • CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies, e.g. Terraform and Ansible
  • Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks
  • Experience of cloud orchestration and containerisation technologies, such as Kubernetes and Docker
  • Knowledge of large-scale databases and distributed technologies, such as RDS
  • Knowledge of distributed event streaming technologies, such as Kafka
  • Write/maintain automation script using Bash/Shell or python scripting languages
  • Experience of mentoring and leading people around you and taking point on key decisions.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Company paid medical insurance
  • Life assurance
  • Pension scheme
  • Annual training allowance
  • Wellbeing allowance
  • Virtual GP
  • Employee Assistance plan
  • and more.
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Hard Skills & Tools
DevOpsAWSInfrastructure-as-CodeCI/CDTerraformAnsibleKubernetesDockerBashPython
Soft Skills
mentoringleadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationdocumentationanalytical thinkingteam drivingincident resolutiongap analysis
Certifications
Bachelor's degree