DevOps Engineer

Ripjar; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Fully remote working

25 days annual leave + birthday off

Flexible working hours

Life assurance

Company Share Scheme

Private Family Healthcare

Company pension contributions

Job summary

Ripjar is seeking a DevOps Engineer focusing on securing and improving their infrastructure. The candidate will be responsible for automating processes, managing cloud infrastructure, and ensuring the security of applications. This role is fully remote, open to UK-wide candidates, with a competitive salary and benefits such as 25-30 days annual leave, flexible working hours, and cutting-edge technology like a MacBook Pro.

Qualifications

• Strong experience of administering and securing Linux hosts.
• Extensive experience using Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Experience managing public cloud infrastructure such as AWS or Azure.
• Experience with container orchestration and administration.
• Knowledge of application security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Automate deployment and maintenance of systems.
• Administer Linux-based systems and applications.
• Design and maintain IP networks.
• Integrate security testing into deployment pipelines.
• Monitor and ensure reliability of applications.

Skills

Linux administration

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud infrastructure management

Container orchestration

Automation scripting

Security testing knowledge

Network administration

Monitoring tools experience

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Azure

Prometheus

Datadog

Job description

Ripjar specialises in the development of software and data products that help governments and organisations combat serious financial crime. Our technology is used to identify criminal activity such as money laundering and terrorist financing and enables organisations to enforce sanctions at scale to help combat rogue entities and state actors.

We are a remote first team, with a head office based in Cheltenham. This position is open to UK wide candidates. If you are based near Cheltenham, you are more than welcome to work from our office at any time.

Team mission

Our team enables the delivery of high-quality software to a variety of environments through technical skills, process implementation and software management, anchored in a continuous innovation culture.

What you’ll be doing

As a DevOps Engineer at Ripjar you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability and security of the infrastructure that underpins our development and operational services. You will play an active role in supporting and continuously improving our core infrastructure offering, providing a solid foundation upon which we can deliver cutting-edge solutions to our customers.

Key tasks

• Automate the deployment, operation and maintenance of systems in a hybrid cloud environment using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tooling
• Administer systems and applications hosted on Linux-based systems
• Design, deploy and maintain IP networks
• Create robust automated solutions to allow development teams to self-serve routine infrastructure requests
• Improve code security by integrating security testing tools into build and deployment pipelines
• Implement effective monitoring of the reliability and security of applications and infrastructure services

Requirements

The successful candidate should have these skills:

• Strong experience of administering and securing Linux hosts on both virtual and physical infrastructure
• Extensive experience using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tooling, e.g. Ansible, Terraform, Helm
• Experience of configuring, managing and securing public cloud infrastructure, e.g. AWS, Azure
• Experience of administering containerised applications using Kubernetes and Docker
• Experience of administering IP networking in a corporate environment
• Experience of automating tasks using languages and tools such as Bash, Python, JavaScript, and GitHub Actions
• Knowledge of how to effectively use security testing and monitoring tooling, e.g. SAST and SIEM products
• Knowledge of how to configure monitoring tooling for application and infrastructure metrics, e.g. Prometheus, Datadog, Open Telemetry

Additional desirable background

• Experience contributing to incident response across a complex microservice-based application
• Application Security best practice including identifying potential threats and vulnerabilities in applications and cloud infrastructure, designing secure software systems, and implementing robust security measures

Benefits

• Competitive base salary per year DOE
• Fully remote working
• 25 days annual leave + your birthday off, rising to 30 days after 5 years of service
• 35 hour working week
• Flexible working hours
• Life assurance
• Company Share Scheme
• Private Family Healthcare
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Company contributions to your pension
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• The latest tech including a top of the range MacBook Pro
• Offices equipped with well‑stocked pantries with food, snacks and drinks when in the office