DevOps Developer

Free-Work UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Free-Work UK is seeking an experienced DevOps Developer to manage our systems and keep the Aurora Commerce platform running smoothly. Based in Central London, you will work closely with the development team to ensure a robust, scalable infrastructure and optimal server performance.

You will handle Linux server administration, perform performance tuning, and manage web technologies (Apache, MySQL, PHP) across production and development environments. 5+ years of relevant experience is expected.

Qualifications

• Must have 5+ years of relevant experience in a high-traffic web environment.
• Experience managing Linux servers and performance tuning.
• Strong knowledge of HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, TCP/IP networking, and firewalls.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor infrastructure to ensure uptime and performance.
• Collaborate with developers to support Aurora Commerce platform.
• Configure and maintain production and development servers in London.
• Coordinate with hosting providers for incident resolution.

Skills

Linux administration

High traffic production

Networking basics

Documentation skills

Verbal/written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Apache 2.x

MySQL 5.x

PHP 5.x

Linux

KVM

VMware

AWS

Job description

Years Of Relevant Experience

5+ years

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree

Career Level

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Job Title

DevOps Developer

We are currently seeking a DevOPS Developer engineer to take on the responsibility of the Systems Administration role/department.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced DevOPS to join our expanding team, managing our servers.

You must have performance tuning experience with Linux (preferably Centos 6.X), Apache 2.X, MySQL 5.X and PHP 5.X.

Overview

We currently develop and host a bespoke high performance e-commerce platform on behalf of our established clients. Server setups vary from single dedicated servers to a load-balanced web nodes with database active-passive cluster. The infrastructure is managed hosting with 2 providers and over 30 servers.

What You Will Be Doing

The successful candidate will reactively and proactively manage and monitor the infrastructure and ensure any issues are investigated in a timely manner either first hand or delegated to the hosting provider depending on the priority/severity of the issue. Based in Central London and reporting to the Tech Director, the DevOPS will work close with the development team to ensure a dynamic, robust, and scalable infrastructure to support our platform, 'Aurora'.

On a daily basis you will be responsible for the smooth running of Aurora Commerce production and development servers

What You Need For This Position

Required Technologies with performance tuning experience:

• Linux – preferably Centos 6.X
• Apache 2.X
• MySQL 5.X
• PHP5.X

Required Skills

• Solid Linux systems engineering/administration experience
• At least 5 years experience working in a high traffic, production web based environment
• Experience with 24/7 Linux based web operations environment
• A good understanding of:
• HTTP and HTTPS
• DNS
• TCP/IP Networking principles
• Firewalls rules and configuration
• Experience of virtualisation technologies and virtualisation management (KVM, VMware, AWS)
• Strong verbal and written communications skills. These include proficiency in documentation, and creating policies, procedures, and standards

Advantageous But Not Essential (nice To Have)

• Varnish
• Memcached
• Redis
• Sphinx
• VSFTP
• SVN
• Redhat Clustering
• GFS
• NFS

Salary

Salary will be in the range £40K - £55K