DevOps Engineer

Smart Communications.; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 81,602 - 103,857; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extensive health insurance

Income protection

Life assurance

Subsidised gym membership

Pension contribution

25 days holiday plus additional birthday leave

Job summary

A leading communication services provider in the UK seeks an experienced DevOps Engineer to enhance their SaaS platform's operations. You will manage deployments, ensure reliability, and collaborate with development to improve system efficiency. Must have expertise in Kubernetes and a solid foundation in Linux and Windows. The role offers a competitive salary and hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience with Linux and Windows.
• Solid experience running services on Kubernetes in Production.
• Good security awareness for infrastructure changes.

Responsibilities

• Managing production release deployments of our SaaS platform.
• Working on Salesforce integration for tenancy management.
• Diagnosing and resolving issues in our production environment.

Skills

Linux

Windows

Git version control

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

SQL relational databases

Tools

AWS

Docker

Unix

Job description

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We are looking for an experienced DevOps engineer to join the Smart Communications Enterprise Architecture Team. You will work closely with development and operations to make our SaaS platform operate efficiently and securely. Your primary focus will be to work on SAAS offerings in the COLO environment.

The enterprise architecture team is responsible for infrastructure and application deployment architecture and implementation in private and public clouds. The team is also responsible for the performance testing for new releases, capacity planning, scaling and application monitoring. As a part of the team, you will get an opportunity to work and learn about a wide range of technologies, and operation systems in our public and private cloud deployments.

About Smart Communications

Smart Communications is the trusted choice for regulated enterprises looking to modernize complex processes and connect with customers in the moments that matter most. Our Conversation Cloud platform powers frictionless, compliant, digital-first experiences through omnichannel communications, intelligent data capture, and secure digital archival. More than 650 enterprises worldwide—including Zurich Insurance, Priority Health, The Pacific Financial Group, and The Bancorp—rely on Smart Communications to reduce compliance risk, boost operational efficiency, lower costs, and fast-track digital transformation that fuels business growth and elevates the customer experience. With more than 30 pre-built connectors, Smart Communications’ cloud-native platform integrates effortlessly with the world’s most trusted enterprise systems including Salesforce, Guidewire, DuckCreek, OneSpan, and Pega, enabling more than 60 billion mission-critical customer conversations globally, and driving faster time to value.

The responsibilities of the role include:

This role will be 60% operational, focused on improving & supporting front-line SAAS operations. The focus will centre on application deployment, resiliency & quality standards. In addition, there will be the opportunity to contribute to and define existing infrastructure development projects.

• Managing production release deployments of our SaaS platform.
• Working on Salesforce integration for tenancy management.
• Enhancing the efficiency of solutions in collaboration with developers and operations.
• Diagnosing and resolving issues in our production environment.
• Strong emphasis on SRE as an engineering function focused on architecture, design & automation.
• Joining a paid on-call out-of-hours rota for resolving system issues.
• Working outside core hours for systems maintenance tasks on Evenings, mornings and weekends from time to time (paid).

What we’re looking for:

Must have skills and experience:

• Commercial experience with Linux and Windows.
• Experience with git version control system
• Solid experience running services on Kubernetes in Production
• Good security awareness when designing and implementing changes to infrastructure
• Self-Driven, able to take responsibility and work on complex projects through to completion
• Experience with infrastructure as code approach to managing deployments.
• Familiarity with configuration and deployment management (Scripting, Visualisation, AWS, Unix, Java, Databases, Kubernetes, Docker etc).
• Experience working in a compliant systems environment such as ISO 27001, SOC or PCI-DSS
• Incident, change & problem management experience.
• Knowledge of SQL relational databases

We look for the following SMART values in everyone we hire at Smart Communications:

• Speak Openly - We are positive, creative, helpful, kind and we have fun. We listen and provide constructive feedback. Through meaningful conversations we encourage each other to be the best that we can be. We’re not complainers we’re problem solvers.
• Make a Difference - We focus on the things that matter and prioritize the things that have the greatest impact. We celebrate success and hold ourselves accountable for our choices. We don’t sit on the sidelines.
• Agile & Flexible - We are focused on evolving, improving and growing. We think differently and challenge the status quo with open minds. We ask ‘why?’ so that we can help remove complexity. We don’t allow hurdles to get in our way.
• Results-Focused - We get stuff done by being efficient, working at pace and paying attention to detail. We focus on finding solutions and fixing things. We don’t believe in being busy for the sake of being busy, we focus on productivity.
• Teamwork - We are stronger and better together. We collaborate, trust and support each other to deliver results for our company and our customers. We don’t want anyone to feel disengaged, we’re in this together!

What’s the deal?

We will provide you with the tools, equipment and support to give you the best possible chance of success and over-achieving your goals. Salary will depend on your experience and will be highly competitive.

In addition to a friendly and fun working environment, we provide a range of other benefits, including extensive health insurance, income protection, life assurance, subsidised gym membership, leisure travel insurance, pension contribution and 25 days’ holiday allowance plus an additional day off for your birthday!

This role has a hybrid setup with occasional work from the Covent Garden office required.

So, if we interest you, please let us know by applying for this position and tell us all about yourself.

Please note: we only consider applicants with current legal right to work in the countries in which our positions are based. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status or gender identity.

To learn more about Smart Communications visit:

https://www.smartcommunications.com/

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development and Technology, Information and Media

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