Senior Golang DevOps Engineer

ComXps; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in the United Kingdom is seeking a skilled software developer proficient in C#/.net or Golang. The ideal candidate will have strong DevOps skills, experience in AWS, and familiarity with implementing CI/CD processes and automated testing strategies. This remote role requires a collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively in evolving environments. Join us to drive innovation and excellence in software development.

Responsibilities

• Develop software in C#/.net or Golang.
• Ensure understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design.
• Utilize containerisation and orchestration tools.
• Implement strong modern DevOps practices.
• Use Infrastructure as code techniques with Terraform.
• Set up CI/CD pipelines using Github actions.
• Create automated testing strategies.
• Ensure health checks and monitoring.
• Utilize AWS resources like RDS and Athena.
• Foster collaboration in ambiguous environments.
• Employ Agile development methodologies.

Skills

C#/.net or Golang

Data structures and algorithms

Containerisation (docker/k8s)

DevOps skills

Infrastructure as code with Terraform

CI/CD pipelines with Github actions

Automated testing strategies

Relational database skills (Postgres and/or MSSQL)

AWS networking/infrastructure skills

Monitoring and observability in Data Dog

Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

Job description

This role is Inside IR35.

Contract Length: TBC

Clearance: BPSS

Location: United Kingdom (Remote)

Experience we’d like you to have

• Significant experience developing software in C#/.net or Golang (ideally both).
• Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design.
• Experience with containerisation (docker/k8s), and orchestration tools.
• Strong modern DevOps skills.
• Infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Extensive experience setting up CI/CD pipelines using Github actions.
• Automated testing strategies.
• Health checks
• ALB
• IAM
• Relational database skills (ideally in Postgres and/or MSSQL running on AWS (RDS and/or Athena)
• Strong AWS networking/infrastructure skills
• Monitoring and observability in Data Dog.
• A collaborative mindset and ability to self start in ambiguous environments.
• Basic experience with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).

Nice-to-have experience

• Experience configuring log agrégation
• Automated testing frameworks (eg playwright etc)