Senior DevOps Engineer

Netcompany Group A/S; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in the UK seeks an experienced DevOps Engineer to enhance software quality and efficiency. You will play a key role in implementing improvements and managing various stakeholders. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of experience, strong AWS knowledge, and familiarity with CI/CD. The position includes a hybrid working model, private medical care, and opportunities for professional development. Willingness to travel and right to work in the UK are required.

Benefits

Hybrid working model

Private Medical Health care

Pension contribution

Professional certifications support

Retail discounts

Employee Resource Groups access

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer.
• Strong knowledge in AWS and CI/CD pipeline creation.
• Practical experience using Terraform and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Implement and support improvements within the DevOps team.
• Communicate with stakeholders to translate business needs.
• Facilitate business knowledge to enhance team efficiency.

Skills

DevOps tooling

AWS

CI/CD

Terraform

Kubernetes

Java (Spring)

GitLab

Bash scripting

ArgoCD

Kafka

Liquibase

Job description

Join Netcompany in leveraging technological innovations to foster societal transformation.

Netcompany was awarded 5th position on the esteemed UK Top 50 Best Places to Work in the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards for 2024. As one of the fastest growing technology companies, we are disrupting the marketplace and revolutionizing the way businesses operate. Our vision is to be the leading digital challenger in Europe whilst evolving the next generation of IT consulting.

Operating across both public and private sectors, we offer a comprehensive range of services from product design and engineering, digital strategy, data services & management, cloud migration to program delivery and service operations, our offerings are designed to meet diverse business needs.

Job Description

Responsible for implementing and supporting improvements, efficiency, enhancing software quality, and accelerate delivery times. Having the shared responsibility between development/operations with a focus on people, process, tolls that take a unified customer/user focus. In a multi-disciplinary team with Development, QA, IT Operations, Infosec, UCD etc. all working together to achieve a common goal of applying best practice in DevOps.

Key Responsibilities

• Extensive experience of DevOps tooling, containers and containerisation
• Communication: Able to speak to stakeholders and be able to transfer business requirements into technical implementation
• Facilitate information/business knowledge: Able to act as a business SME and understand what the business needs and how to support this into an efficient DevOps team.
• Stakeholder Management: Able to negotiate and influence with stakeholders to ensure the service runs effectively and efforts are placed correctly.

Qualifications

• 5+ Years as a DevOps Engineer
• Strong knowledge in AWS and CI/CD pipeline creation and maintenance
• Practical experience using Terraform, Kubernetes and Helm
• Knowledge of Java(spring) is ideal
• Extensive experience of cloud computing, and best practices/emerging technologies
• Experienced with multiple eco-system databases, architecture and integrations
• Knowledge of GitLab, Bash scripting, ArgoCD, Kafka or Liquibase is beneficial but not a must-have
• Embracing automation and implement CI/CD to improve quality and minimise downtime
• Proactive monitoring and effective incident response to detect and efficiently resolve issues
• Focussing on continuous improvement, fast feedback, high empathy and trust
• Defining ways of working that aligns to standards and best practice.
• Must have willingness to travel
• Must have the right to work in the UK
• Must be able to attain a UK Security Clearance

Additional Information

Benefits include

• Hybrid working model with some flexible working
• Private Medical Health care via Vitality
• Pension contribution, Life Assurance
• Professional certifications supported as part of learning and development.
• A range of retail discounts to enhance your lifestyle, encompassing restaurants, supermarkets, travel, leisure activities and health and well-being services.
• Access to our Employee Resource Groups, our groups represent diverse backgrounds and provide a platform for colleagues to connect, learn, and support one another.

Netcompany is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process for anyone wishing to apply for a job with us. We operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme which means that we offer guaranteed interviews to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for a role. Applicants are asked to opt in, so please let us know if you wish your application to be considered under this scheme.