Senior GCP DevOps Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Glasgow; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative company at the forefront of the digital marketplace, recognized as Europe's fastest growing ecommerce business. This role is crucial in streamlining software delivery and enhancing system performance in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. You'll work closely with a talented team, contributing significantly to the company's mission of empowering both merchants and consumers. With a remote-first approach, you can choose to work from home or in a modern office setting. If you're ready to make an impact and thrive in a collaborative atmosphere, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in a start-up environment, fast-moving and adaptable.
• Senior level technical capability with a focus on software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Streamlining software delivery pipelines and enhancing system reliability.
• Driving continuous improvement across the software lifecycle.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

GCP (Google Cloud Platform)

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Commercial thinking

Tools

Nginx

PHP

MySQL

NoSQL solutions

RabbitMQ

SOLR

Couchbase

Job description

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We are working with an exciting business on a mission to put themselves at the forefront of digital marketplace consumer services. To rival the corporate, and to put the little people - the merchant and the consumer - at the forefront of business success.

Having recently been named Europe's fastest growing ecommerce company by the Financial Times and having accumulated many accolades from the tech and marketplace industries, the company is ready to scale.

Come and join as the company takes their marketplace to a global market.

Role Overview

A crucial role in streamlining software delivery pipelines, enhancing reliability, performance, and scalability of systems, and driving continuous improvement across the software lifecycle.

There are no passengers in this engineering team; everyone contributes and makes an impact. Your contribution will be significant and will help the team run smoothly and reach further.

What will make you a success in this role?

You will need to be experienced, or at least comfortable with, working in a start-up style environment; fast-moving, fast-thinking, and willing to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in!

• Senior level technical capability with strong problem-solving skills.
• Proven experience with GCP as either a DevOps Engineer or SRE.
• A good depth of experience using Terraform and Ansible.
• A strong knowledge of Kubernetes clusters, building containers, deploying via CI/CD pipelines.
• Able to think commercially, e.g., cost of scaling vs. utilization of existing infrastructure.

Beneficial Experience

• Knowledge of Nginx, PHP, MySQL.
• Knowledge of NoSQL solutions, RabbitMQ, SOLR, Couchbase.
• Good understanding of networking concepts and solutions.
• Ability to work with, devise, and implement CI/CD pipelines and practices.
• A solid understanding of networking concepts, technologies, and protocols (TCP/IP, IPSec, HTTPS, DNS).

The company has a remote-first working practice, so this position is available on a remote working basis. If you prefer working in an office with a team of people, they have a fully kitted, modern office near Bournemouth in Dorset. You're welcome to work as often as you like.

Hit apply to upload your CV or contact Tom Rayner at Spectrum IT Recruitment for more info.

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.