Senior DevOps Engineer

Anglo American / De Beers Group; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to enhance platform reliability and security. This role involves building and maintaining a cloud compute platform, ensuring compliance with security standards, and automating processes to support the engineering team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in DevOps practices, particularly with AWS and Kubernetes. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to sustainability and innovation, where your contributions will directly impact the future of the diamond industry. Enjoy a supportive work environment with excellent benefits, including a fantastic pension scheme and private healthcare.

Benefits

Fantastic pension scheme

27 days of holiday + bank holidays

Private Healthcare

Free subscription to Headspace

Employee share schemes

Flexible benefits package

Staff discount

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in SME or larger enterprises campaigning best DevOps practices.
• Proven ability to manage and balance multiple projects effectively.
• Collaborative nature essential to succeed in DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a cloud compute platform (AWS EKS).
• Ensure security of the platform using AWS native tools.
• Write Infrastructure as Code to maintain consistent environments.

Skills

DevOps Practices

AWS

Kubernetes

Python

GitlabCI

Infrastructure as Code

Education

AWS Solutions Architect

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

Tools

Git

Terraform

Cloudwatch

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Company Description

Tracr, a Forbes Blockchain 50 venture, is enhancing trust within the diamond industry by assuring provenance, traceability and authenticity of natural diamonds from their country of origin through the entire value chain to the end consumer.

Initiated by The De Beers Group, Tracr is the only end-to-end industry platform built collaboratively with the diamond industry to connect the value chain, foster a culture of innovation, and enhance business practices. Above the Tracr Platform an ecosystem of business services and insights are being developed that will create new and sustainable sources of value for the industry.

Tracr provides the industry with the ability to better communicate the story of a diamond and substantiate the positive sustainability and local economic development stories to the end consumer.

Job Description

The DevOps team at Tracr is responsible for enabling our Engineering team to work quickly, effectively and securely - freeing them up from the detail of platform configuration, enabling them to self-service their technical requirements and allowing them to focus on the business logic necessary for Tracr to succeed in its mission to trace natural diamonds from source to consumer.

In the role of Senior Dev Ops Engineer your key responsibilities will be,

• Build and maintain a cloud compute platform (AWS EKS) which allows for the self-service maintenance of highly available, performant business services.
• Run and secure our public cloud (AWS), consuming all appropriate managed services and controlling our costs appropriately.
• Take accountability for the security of our platform - both in a shift-left scenario in our builds (GitlabCI, Mend) but also by using AWS native tools at runtime to minimise the risk of damaging security incidents.
• Design appropriate software and infrastructure architecture to enable Tracr to present a reliable, performant service.
• Create software and scripts which help to automate away toil on behalf of our Engineering team.
• Write Infrastructure as Code to ensure our environments remain consistent and configuration is correctly maintained.
• Dig into the configuration and code of our software services (largely Python, Rust, Typescript and Solidity) and assist in recovering from incidents.
• Maintain a cloud-native container ecosystem and ensure the 12 factor methodology is applied to our microservice-based architecture.
• Use and maintain a state-of-the-art Observability stack (Cloudwatch, Groundcover) allowing us to interrogate the health of our platform, maintain service levels and quickly locate and remediate issues
• Author and bring best practice to Tracr's CI/CD workflows and tooling and use Gitops techniques to ensure consistent state (GitlabCI, ArgoCD).
• Ensure compliance with important standards such as ISO27001.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in SME or larger enterprises campaigning best DevOps practices and building highly performant, secure platforms.
• Qualifications might include 'AWS Solutions Architect', 'AWS DevOps Professional', 'Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)', or 'Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)' - however we value real-world experience over badges on LinkedIn (while respecting those who have achieved those goals).
• A strong results-driven mindset, paired with exceptional analytical and time management skills.
• A curious approach to understanding the Tracr business, with a genuine eagerness to learn more.
• Proven ability to manage and balance multiple projects effectively and simultaneously.
• A highly collaborative nature is essential to succeed in DevOps at Tracr - we must remain heavily aligned with the wider Engineering organisation and be best placed to support their requirements but also guide in the direction of best practice.
• Experience in the following technologies is preferred but not essential, Kubernetes, AWS, Containers, Linux, Gitlab, Python, Bash, ArgoCD, Terraform, Terragrunt, Atlantis, Groundcover, Cloudwatch, Aurora, Rabbit, Eventbridge, SQS, S3, IAM, Cloudflare, Mend, Helm, Git, JIRA, Confluence, Google Suite, Pagerduty.

Additional Information

• A great working environment
• Fantastic pension scheme
• 27 days of holiday + bank holidays with the opportunity to buy or sell 5 more days
• Private Healthcare
• Mental health is a top priority for De Beers Group - we offer free subscription to Headspace and have mental health first aider
• Competitive salary
• Your Choice membership discounts
• Employee share schemes
• Staff discount
• Flexible benefits package

Who we are

De Beers Group is a company with a rich history and a sparkling future. Since 1888 our experts have searched the world for nature's most precious gem. Our diamonds bring beauty to the world. But we think they can do so much more. We want our diamonds, and our business, to make life brilliant - for our people, our customers and the world around us. Venetia Mine is part of De Beers Group Managed Operations Business which integrates mines, operations and support functions in the De Beers Group producer countries of Canada and South Africa to shape a safe, sustainable future for De Beers Group's people, shareholders, communities and partners.

Safety

Safety first is a way of life for us. We are unconditional about the safety, health and well-being of our colleagues, at work and at home, and about that of the communities where we work. We aim to lead the industry by investing in innovation to protect people, who are at the heart of our business. Our high performing teams take accountability for their own and others' actions, work collaboratively, and always show care and respect.

Inclusion & Diversity

We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are. We provide equality of opportunity to enable everyone to fulfil their potential. Referrals incentive applicable: This opportunity is open to a paid referral incentive according to the Referral Policy. Referral incentives are applicable to De Beers Group internal employees only.

Building Forever

Sustainability is at the heart of our decision-making - it is how we do business. Building Forever is key to our purpose as it represents our ambitious and holistic sustainability framework and is central to our ability to deliver long-term value to our communities and partners. This shapes how we protect our social and environmental license to operate, build a long-term legacy in our host communities and earn consumers' trust in our diamonds that they can wear with pride.

Background Checks

Successful candidates will be required to complete background screening which may include a criminal check and validation of qualifications.

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