Software Reliability Engineer/Devops

RE Partners; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

RE Partners is a technology consulting firm helping leaders become champions through a hands-on DevOps and SRE approach. We are seeking experienced Software Reliability Engineers/DevOps to lead by example, focusing on CI, testing, and safe, automated deployments with roughly 70% coding and configuration.

Our successful candidates bring years of TDD, automation testing, JVM or TypeScript proficiency, and strong security and observability practices.

Qualifications

• : Several years of experience with TestDriven Development (TDD) using multiple test frameworks.
• : Excellent understanding of the different approaches to automation testing and an ability to choose the best approach and drive outcomes with AI support
• : Proficiency in JVM languages and/or TypeScript.
• : Highest quality coding skills
• : An excellent understanding of safe practices for critical systems, including deployment architecture and observability
• : At home with multiple continuous integration and deployment systems
• : Excellent understanding of secure coding practices
• : Competent with Docker and Openshift
• : Actively embracing AI coding
• : Comfortable with build automation tools such as Gradle, Maven, and npm.
• : Competent with (RedHat ) Linux
• : Spring framework skills are advantageous.
• : Ansible skills are advantageous
• : Hybrid work model in London, UK.
• : Collaborative, fast-paced, and engineering-driven culture.
• : Emphasis on engineering autonomy, architectural decision-making, and clean code

Responsibilities

• Conduct targeted engagements with development teams facing challenges getting to safe and rapid release cadence, or struggling with vulnerability resolution.
• Perform hands-on work including, but not limited to: Wrapping the application in a suite of well-designed tests, most of which can run locally, including smoke tests to be run as part of the deployment process.
• Sourcing and integrating appropriate test data, implementing data masking in lower environments
• Upgrading to supported runtimes (generally Java or NPM).
• Containerizing applications where feasible.
• Upgrading open-source libraries to their latest available major versions (e.g., migrating from Spring. Upgrading to the latest version of all dependencies, whether installed software, libraries, internal code, base images or operating system.
• Implementing processes that allow us seamlessly to stay current
• Implementing continuous library updates using Renovate.
• Introducing best practice source control and branch management
• Improving code review processes
• Ensuring best practice security patterns, secrets management, authentication and authorisation
• Simplifying and automating application deployment processes, including automated database changes with Liquibase and installed software with Ansible.
• Introducing standard observability patterns.
• Overhauling exception handling and logging.

Skills

TestDriven Development

Automation testing

JVM languages

TypeScript

CI/CD

Secure coding

AI coding

Build automation

Linux

Observability

Tools

Docker

Openshift

Ansible

Liquibase

Gradle

Maven

npm

Renovate

Job description

RE Partners is a technology consulting firm for those leaders that want to become

champions by choosing a partner, not a staffing agency. RE Partners knows that a digital

transformation is more than just technology. We have a successful track record of being a

preferred vendor for Fortune 1000 companies by leveraging the talent of our global

delivery organization and network of technology partners. This approach has helped a

wide-ranging portfolio of global clients reach their goals.

We are seeking experienced, hands-on Software Reliability Engineers/DevOps to act as evangelists for continuous integration, testing, and safe, automated deployments. This is a practical DevOps and SRE role for practitioners who lead by example to make change safe and easy for development teams. The position is roughly 70% coding and configuration.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct targeted engagements with development teams facing challenges getting to safe and rapid release cadence, or struggling with vulnerability resolution.
• Perform hands-on work including, but not limited to: Wrapping the application in a suite of well-designed tests, most of which can run locally, including smoke tests to be run as part of the deployment process.
• Sourcing and integrating appropriate test data, implementing data masking in lower environments
• Upgrading to supported runtimes (generally Java or NPM).
• Containerizing applications where feasible.
• Upgrading open-source libraries to their latest available major versions (e.g., migrating from Spring. Upgrading to the latest version of all dependencies, whether installed software, libraries, internal code, base images or operating system.
• Implementing processes that allow us seamlessly to stay current
• Implementing continuous library updates using Renovate.
• Introducing best practice source control and branch management
• Improving code review processes
• Ensuring best practice security patterns, secrets management, authentication and authorisation
• Simplifying and automating application deployment processes, including automated database changes with Liquibase and installed software with Ansible.
• Introducing standard observability patterns.
• Overhauling exception handling and logging.

Our successful candidates have:

• Several years of experience with TestDriven Development (TDD) using multiple test frameworks.
• Really excellent understanding of the different approaches to automation testing and an ability to choose the best approach and drive outcomes with AI support
• Proficiency in JVM languages and/or TypeScript.
• Highest quality coding skills
• An excellent understanding of safe practices for critical systems, including deployment architecture and observability
• At home with multiple continuous integration and deployment systems
• Excellent understanding of secure coding practices
• Competent with Docker and Openshift
• Actively embracing AI coding
• Comfortable with build automation tools such as Gradle, Maven, and npm.
• Competent with (RedHat ) Linux
• Spring framework skills are advantageous.
• Ansible skills are advantageous
• Hybrid work model in London, UK.
• Collaborative, fast-paced, and engineering-driven culture.
• Emphasis on engineering autonomy, architectural decision-making, and clean code

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.