DevOps Engineer (Contract outside of IR35)

TwinStream Limited; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

TwinStream Limited is hiring a DevOps Engineer to deploy and maintain a cross-domain system using an AMQP-based microservices architecture with Docker containers. You will ensure observability, SLAs/SLOs, and a robust CI/CD pipeline across production environments.

Key duties include promoting component versions, monitoring performance, and implementing automation to streamline operations. DV clearance eligibility is required, with remote work initially and possible on-site in Bristol later.

Qualifications

• Experience with infrastructure automation tools (CloudFormation, Terraform or Ansible).
• Experience with Docker containers and orchestration (Kubernetes/OpenShift/Docker Swarm).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Strong SQL databases knowledge.
• Linux CLI, scripting and administration.
• Solid monitoring, auto-scaling and DR practices.
• AWS knowledge and cloud hosting experience.
• Experience with InfluxDB, Prometheus or Grafana.

Responsibilities

• Promote new component versions into production with DevOps processes.
• Maintain system availability using real-time monitoring and metrics.
• Instrument new metrics and alerts to pre-empt issues.
• Respond to alerts and incidents to minimise customer impact.
• Coordinate with customer stakeholders for capability changes.
• Apply automation to reduce manual operations.

Skills

Infrastructure automation

Docker orchestration

CI/CD tools

SQL databases

Linux scripting

Monitoring & metrics

AWS

InfluxDB

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

About Us

In 2019, the founders were working as engineers solving complex cross-domain problems within government organisations. TwinStream was formed to bring together their collective expertise and experience into a single business, focused on delivering technical excellence and high-quality service to clients. Since then, the company has grown to over 100 team members across the UK, with colleagues working both on-site with clients, hybrid and remotely from home.

• £70,000 - £85,000
• The role is fully remote initially, but we may put you through DV clearance and, once cleared, ask you to work onsite in Bristol 2–3 days a week at some point in the future.

About the role

We are looking for skilled engineers to join a new team that will deploy and maintain our established cross-domain system for a customer. The system uses an AMQP event-driven microservices architecture and extensively utilises Docker container services. As a team member, you will maintain a continuous deployment pipeline, work with feature delivery teams to promote component releases into production, and apply configuration management tools to ensure all deployments are consistent and correctly configured. The system is designed to be highly observable and available. The team will use monitoring tools to verify that all components are meeting SLA/SLO requirements. If any problems are identified, the team will take preventive actions to minimise customer impact and restore service as quickly as possible. This role is perfect for an experienced engineer who is comfortable working in a managed service environment and wants to gain more experience with best-of-breed DevOps tools and techniques.

Key Responsibilities of the DevOps Engineer

• Collaborate with Feature Development teams to promote new component versions into production as efficiently as possible.
• Maintain the system to agreed service level and availability objectives using real-time monitoring tools and system-generated metrics.
• Instrumentation of new system metrics and alerts to pre-empt issues and improve performance.
• Respond to monitoring alerts and customer incidents, taking preventative/remedial action to minimise customer impact.
• Liaising with key customer stakeholders to schedule capability changes and capture new service requirements as they arise.
• Apply automation techniques to reduce the burden of manual operations.

Skills & Experience Required

• Experience in infrastructure automation tools (CloudFormation, Terraform or Ansible)
• Experience working with Docker containers & container orchestration tools (such as Kubernetes, OpenShift or Docker Swarm)
• Experience using and maintaining CI / CD tools (such as Jenkins or GitHub actions)
• Good understanding of relational databases and SQL
• Linux command line, administration and shell scripting
• Solid understanding of monitoring, auto-scaling, performance tuning, troubleshooting and disaster recovery best practices
• Working knowledge of network security protocols
• Working knowledge of AWS
• Experience with monitoring tools such as InfluxDB, Prometheus or Grafana

Desirable Skills

• Experience of working in a managed service environment
• Experience using, developing with and maintaining cloud hosting services (ideally AWS EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda)
• Experience of event-driven integration with MQ messaging (RabbitMQ or similar AMQP solution)
• Knowledge of cross-domain principles & technologies
• Industry experience writing well-tested code in one of our platform languages (Java, Go, Python or similar)

Diversity & Inclusion

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know. We’re here to support you

Further Information

Due to the nature of the work and the sectors we support, any offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of the relevant security screening and clearance process. This role requires eligibility for [BPSS / SC / DV] clearance. As part of the vetting process, candidates must meet the UK Government's residency and right-to-work requirements associated with the required level of clearance.