DevOps Engineer

Cambridge University Press & Assessment; Hartford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational publisher and assessment organization in Hartford is seeking a DevOps Engineer for their Assessment API team. The role involves designing and maintaining critical AWS-based infrastructure to enhance reliability and efficiency. Key responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines and implementing comprehensive monitoring systems. Ideal candidates should demonstrate strong problem-solving and collaboration skills, alongside experience with AWS and Terraform. This position offers opportunities for professional growth in a supportive environment.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance

Discretionary annual bonus

Group personal pension scheme

Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary

Green travel schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure using AWS and Terraform.
• Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn new technologies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.
• Provide technical guidance to development teams.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring tools (CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana)

Scripting (Bash, Python)

Job description

Working in close collaboration with the development team, you will leverage Infrastructure as Code principles, primarily using AWS and Terraform. The aim is to automate and streamline operations, enhance system security, and empower our development teams to deliver innovative solutions rapidly and effectively. As a core member of our engineering team, you will:

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
• Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, reliable, and frequent software deployments.
• Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure system health and performance.
• Partner with development teams to provide technical guidance and drive the adoption of a DevOps culture.
• Manage backup and disaster recovery processes to ensure business continuity.
• Document infrastructure configurations, operational procedures, and mentor team members on DevOps practices and technologies.
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), primarily with Terraform.
• Build and optimise robust CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and quality gates for reliable, frequent software deployments.
• Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems, utilising tools such as CloudWatch, ELK stack, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Manage backup and disaster recovery processes to ensure business continuity and system resilience.
• Apply and maintain security best practices across cloud environments and deployment workflows, meeting relevant compliance standards.
• Develop automation scripts using languages like Bash or Python for platform maintenance and optimisation.
• Collaborate closely with development teams, providing technical guidance and driving the adoption of a DevOps culture.
• Document infrastructure configurations, operational procedures, and mentor team members in DevOps practices and technologies.
• Participate in on‑call rotations and lead incident response efforts to minimise service disruptions and maintain platform stability.

We have a mature and progressive approach to software engineering and working with technology in general. We embrace principles and processes that help us deliver quality software, including automated testing, automated deployment and support. Our ways of working are always evolving; if something's not working, we change it. The key to our work is our colleagues, whose shared commitment enables us to have an ever‑greater impact. We are a united, vibrant, and respectful global community of people, and we ensure that every individual is recognized, listened to, and cared for. And because our impact is amplified when our people are empowered, we give everyone the opportunity to develop in their own way. Whether you want a career that's linear, or want to follow your own path, we'll support you and help give you the resources and training you'll need to be bold and take ownership of what you do.

We are recruiting for a DevOps Engineer to join our Assessment API team. This key role is responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and evolution of our critical AWS‑based infrastructure. You will be instrumental in driving reliability, scalability, and efficiency for our English language assessment APIs and the products and services they enable.

We're looking for an enthusiastic DevOps Engineer or someone in a similar software infrastructure‑focused role. While experience with some of our specific technologies would be ideal, your potential, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn are most important. We value strong problem‑solving skills, great communication, and the ability to thrive in a highly collaborative environment.

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes