DevOps Engineer

Animal Friends; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pet insurance company seeks a passionate DevOps Engineer for a fully remote or hybrid role. You will work with architecture and development teams to automate processes and enhance the IT ecosystem through robust architecture and Quality Assurance. The position offers great career growth and an inclusive work environment.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Fully paid day off for charity work

50% off pet insurance

Discount on gym membership

£3k donation to charity in employee's name

Supportive and collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Azure Cloud including AKS and Databases.
• Passionate about Infrastructure as Code with tools like Terraform and Helm.
• Solid understanding of building and maintaining a full observability stack.

Responsibilities

• Championing and managing the observability stack to provide feedback.
• Automating deployment using Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Designing and securing microservices architecture in Azure.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Communication

Collaboration

Automation

Education

Experience with Azure Cloud

Experience with Observability Stack

Experience with Istio Service Mesh

Tools

Terraform

Helm

Azure DevOps

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

AKS

Job description

Fully Remote or Hybrid

Are you a DevOps Engineer who wants your work to have a real, positive impact? Do you thrive in a team that's supportive, forward-thinking, and knows how to have fun while getting things done? If so, we'd love to meet you.

At Animal Friends, we're not just an insurance company; we're a force for good, and we're looking for a passionate DevOps Engineer to join our brilliant and growing IT team. This isn't just a job; it's a chance to be a quality champion, shaping the very foundation of our technology and helping us work smarter for the long term.

You'll be at the heart of our technical teams, working closely with Architecture, Development, QA, and DataOps to automate, enhance, and streamline our processes. Your mission will be to improve our entire IT ecosystem through clever automation, robust architecture, and a keen eye for quality.

What you'll be doing:

• Championing Quality: You'll build and manage our observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki) and automate QA processes to give us clear, actionable feedback.
• Driving Automation: You'll use your Infrastructure as Code skills (we love Terraform, Helm, and ArgoCD) to automate the deployment of our cloud architecture and applications.
• Shaping Our Architecture: You'll have a key voice in designing and securing our microservices architecture within our extensive Azure cloud environment, managing our AKS clusters and Istio service mesh.
• Making an Impact: You'll see your work directly improve the effectiveness of our teams and the quality of the services we provide to our customers.

We're looking for someone with:

• Extensive experience in the Azure Cloud, including AKS, Networking, and Databases.
• A real passion for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD, with tools like Terraform, Helm, and Azure DevOps.
• A solid understanding of building and maintaining a full observability stack.
• A collaborative spirit, excellent communication skills, and a genuine desire to improve systems and processes.
• Experience with Istio Service Mesh is a huge plus!

Why Animal Friends?

We believe in working hard, striving for the best, and enjoying the journey. We've cultivated a collaborative and supportive environment where every team member is valued. While we're focused on achieving great things, we have a strong commitment to a healthy work-life balance. This is a role where you can build a career, bring your best self to work, make a tangible difference, and be part of a team that's as passionate as you are.

Ready to join a team where your expertise will be celebrated and your contribution truly matters?

Apply now to start the conversation!

Benefits of working with Animal Friends

We recognise that your hard work shouldn`t come without its perks, so here`s a little list of some of the things you can expect to get from us:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and we give you your birthday off
• Fully paid day off for charity work
• 95% of our employee's own pets, we're able to provide up to 50% off insurance along with free access to our Vet consultation app JOII
• We believe looking after employees' health is important, so we offer discount on gym membership, access to a Wellbeing hub
• We like to celebrate success and recognise excellent employee performance; we will donate £3k to the charity of our employee of the quarter's choice
• Most importantly, you`ll be working within a courageous, passionate and kind-hearted team

Animal Friends Pet Insurance Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, religions, and sexual orientations. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

We offer accessibility help with application forms which is available via the jobs page of our website.

As an FCA regulated business, we require successful applicants to clear our pre-employment screening process which includes a credit check and references checks. Under the latest UK Right to Work regulations, we will require successful applicants to evidence their right to work in the UK, either in person, online, or digitally via a third party subject to circumstances.

Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled rather than the advertised closing date. Interviews will take place throughout this period; therefore, we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.

All secondment positions have the potential to become permanent in the future, this will be dependent upon business need.