Cloud Engineer

StackHPC Ltd; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Pension contribution

Travel for conferences

Learning & development time

Job summary

StackHPC Ltd. is seeking a motivated Cloud Engineer to join our team in building, maintaining, and optimising CI/CD pipelines.

You will help integrate new features, manage container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes, and resolve infrastructure deployment issues. Ideal candidates have Kubernetes experience, Linux familiarity, scripting skills, and exposure to cloud technologies such as OpenStack, AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Familiarity with Linux.
• Basic understanding of DevOps principles and practices.
• Some experience with Kubernetes and containerisation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub workflows, GitLab pipelines).
• Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python).
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies and challenges.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., OpenStack, AWS, Azure, GCP).

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development, maintenance, and improvement of CI/CD pipelines.
• Work within the development team to integrate new features and enhancements.
• Implement and manage container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.

Skills

Linux

CI/CD tools

Kubernetes

Containerisation

Cloud platforms

Bash/Python

GitHub workflows

GitLab pipelines

OpenStack

Problem-solving

Communication

Teamwork

Learning agility

IaC

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

GitHub workflows

GitLab pipelines

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenSearch

Job description

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StackHPC develops open source cloud infrastructure for research computing, HPC and AI. We are proud to work with clients tackling the demanding challenges of modern scientific computing. StackHPC contributes actively to open source projects and communities. Our team keeps a close eye on the latest developments and technologies in order to provide up to date and competitive solutions for a range of client requirements. We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment where every team member can thrive and grow.

Job Description

We are seeking a motivated and organised Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have experience of Kubernetes and a keen interest in continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD), and infrastructure automation. Cloud Engineers play a key role in maintaining and optimising our development and deployment pipelines, ensuring the reliability and scalability of our systems.

While this role is ideally based on-site in Bristol, we are open to fully remote working arrangements for candidates based in the UK or France who demonstrate exceptional skills and significant industry experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the development, maintenance, and improvement of CI/CD pipelines.
• Work within the development team to integrate new features and enhancements.
• Implement and manage container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.

Qualifications

Core Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Familiarity with Linux.
• Basic understanding of DevOps principles and practices.
• Some experience with Kubernetes and containerisation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub workflows, GitLab pipelines).
• Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python).
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies and challenges.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., OpenStack, AWS, Azure, GCP).

Additional Assets

• Understanding of infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
• Exposure to monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch).
• Experience using or operating an OpenStack cloud.
• Knowledge of high performance computing platforms and concepts.

We work with and deploy a wide range of OpenStack technologies and services. Experience with the following additional technologies is always beneficial:

• O/S: Rocky Linux, Ubuntu
• Storage: Ceph, NFS
• Networking: Ethernet, Infiniband, SRIOV
• Compute and Workloads: Kubernetes, Slurm

Our technology stack is constantly evolving to meet market and user requirements. So we will help you get up to speed as required.

• Flexible working hours and discretionary remote working / flexible working practices for senior-level expertise.
• Pension contribution.
• Support for travel to conferences and delivering presentations.
• Learning and employee development is a priority, including work time dedicated to R&D and technology.

We have an existing recruiter relationship, so there is no need for recruiters to contact us about this role.