Lead Software Engineer- DevOps- Nutmeg

J.P. Morgan; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment firm in London is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to manage cloud infrastructure and maintain a Kubernetes platform. You will work closely with various engineering teams to ensure best practices in deployment and security. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and strong coding skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience.
• Proven track record of building and managing continual automation environments.
• Strong coding skills (Go/Python preferred).
• Expertise in managing and maintaining Kubernetes clusters in production.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a Kubernetes on AWS platform used by 150+ engineers.
• Advocate good practices and principals throughout the engineering function.
• Work with stakeholders to understand the requirements of the platform.

Skills

Professional experience

Automation / deployment / delivery environments

AWS and GCP

Kubernetes management

Coding skills (Go/Python)

Observability tooling

Job description

Nutmeg is a J.P. Morgan company offering award-winning investments, products and digital wealth management services to over 250,000 investors in the UK. We built the business from scratch, with constant innovation a core part of our ethos since the beginning. We aim to provide clients with the best digital investing experience, ensuring digital security and customer satisfaction – meaning you’ll have the opportunity to make a real difference.

As a DevOps Engineer in the Cloud Infrastructure team, you will be responsible for looking after the heart of what makes Nutmeg the company it is. Operating within the Platform function alongside Security, Architecture and Developer Experience teams, you’ll be heavily involved with all our technical infrastructure, from designing, through build and the ongoing operation of a platform running in Kubernetes on AWS.

Job responsibilities:

• Build and maintain a Kubernetes on AWS platform used by 150+ engineers
• Advocate good practices and principals throughout the engineering function
• Standardise deployment and usage of cloud resources to ease technology adoption and comply with security controls
• Work with stakeholders, such as security, to understand the requirements of the platform

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• 5+ years of professional experience
• Proven track record of building and managing continual automation / deployment / delivery environments
• Proficiency running infrastructure on cloud platforms, such as AWS and GCP, appreciation for their failure modes, and a good understanding of network concepts and fundamentals
• Expertise in managing and maintaining Kubernetes clusters in production
• Strong coding skills (Go/Python preferred)
• Excellent knowledge on observability tooling and best practices
• Experience working within or alongside engineering teams to deliver

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Systems and database experience, with an understanding of the challenges involved in designing and building distributed/microservice environments
• Knowledge or experience of scalable technologies such as Kafka

• A passion for learning new things and experimenting with new technologies

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