Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provisioning cloud infrastructure via CI/CD Pipelines.
- Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes
- Performing testing of code to ensure functionality is correct - own code but also peer reviewing.
- communicating progress with project leads and development team.
- Ensure project timelines are met.
- Designing solutions to meet requirements (owning a user story from conception to delivery).
- Using productivity tools: Confluence & JIRA to detail designs and update development progress.
- Maintaining and supporting IT systems (patching, bug fixing, etc.)
- Improving the performance of existing deployments (Reducing technical debt).
- Keeping detailed records of development processes (both within code but also general documentation).
- Managing Code deployment through RTL environment.
Skills (Technical & Soft):
- Expected to have a broad understanding across DevOps related domains and technologies such as CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes.
- Knowledge across multiple cloud environments such as AWS, GCP & Azure
- Security background/knowledge is preferable.
- Good knowledge of Python.
- Working knowledge of Databases & SQL
- Networking experience (Understanding of IP Addressing, subnetting, DNS, VPNs, protocols).
- Troubleshooting skills (Feeds, Apps, Platform issues, Network issues).
- Strong attention to detail.
- Good verbal skills ie being able to describe a technical concept to a non technical audience.
- Holistic & persistent problem solver.
- Self Starter with the ability to work independently, progressing multiple pieces of development at any one time.
Education/Experience:
- Application ideally educated to degree level in an aligned subject area such as:
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- Computer Science
- IT System Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Mathematics
- Other IT disciplines
- OR minimum 5 years experience in a similar role.
- Industry driven certification on any of the main cloud providers would be beneficial (eg AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, GCP Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer)