Staff DevOps Engineer

Renesas Electronics

Cambridge

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance including-ded
Pension scheme with 9% company match
Remote working abroad program
Professional development support
Employee referral program
28 days’ holiday + public holidays
Family leave & special leave
Free lunch, snacks, and drinks
Electric car charging stations and on‑

Job summary

Altium is recruiting a Staff DevOps Engineer to architect cloud-native environments, optimize deployments and drive automation at scale from Cambridge. You will collaborate with software teams to deliver resilient infrastructure and streamlined pipelines, while mentoring colleagues and steering continuous improvement.

The role emphasizes cross-functional work, continuous delivery, and value delivery through robust infrastructure.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years in a DevOps/SRE role.
  • 6+ years with Linux and Windows systems.
  • Strong Kubernetes knowledge.
  • Experience with AWS cloud services.
  • Experience with Jenkins, GitLab or similar CI tools.
  • Terraform and IaC experience.
  • Understanding of SDLC and microservices.
  • Monitoring Kubernetes and AWS infrastructure.
  • Automation using Go, Python, Bash or PowerShell.
  • Familiarity with CD tools for microservices.
  • General coding experience.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain relationships with software development teams.
  • Plan and document projects and tasks.
  • Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines and automation for provisioning and deployment.
  • Build scalable, resilient service infrastructure across regions.
  • Deploy, monitor and scale applications.
  • Mentor teammates and share knowledge.
  • Participate in project management and strategic planning.

Skills

Linux and Windows
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Scripting (Go/Python/Bash/PowerShell)
Software development lifecycle

Tools

AWS Cloud (EC2, EKS, RDS, Lambda, OpenSearch, S3, FSx, Route53)
Jenkins
GitLab CI
Terraform (IaC)
Monitoring: NewRelic, Prometheus

Job description

Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. From startups to world’s technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before.

  • Constant innovation has created a transformative technology, unique in its space
  • More than 30,000 companies and 100,000 electronics engineers worldwide use Altium
  • We are growing, debt‑free, and financially strong, with the resources to become #1 in the EDA industry

Form of work: We work in the office 3 days a week, so you must be located close to our office in Cambridge Science Park.

About the Role

You’ll architect resilient cloud‑native environments, streamline deployment pipelines, and deliver tailored automation solutions that drive customer success at scale. This is a high‑impact role for a technical expert who thrives on cross‑functional collaboration, continuous improvement, and delivering value through infrastructure excellence.

A Day in The Life of Our Staff DevOps Engineer
  • Have clear and solid relationships with software development departments.
  • Plan and document work and projects.
  • Build and continuously optimize CI/CD process and streamline automation effort for server provisioning and applications deployment.
  • Build a resilient and scalable service infrastructure to accommodate regions.
  • Deploy, monitor and scale application services.
  • Mentor team members and drive knowledge sharing.
  • Participate in project management and on‑going strategic planning.
Job Description
Why Altium

Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. From startups to world’s technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before.

  • Constant innovation has created a transformative technology, unique in its space
  • More than 30,000 companies and 100,000 electronics engineers worldwide use Altium
  • We are growing, debt‑free, and financially strong, with the resources to become #1 in the EDA industry
Form of Work

We work in the office 3 days a week, so you must be located close to our office in Cambridge Science Park.

About the Role

You’ll architect resilient cloud‑native environments, streamline deployment pipelines, and deliver tailored automation solutions that drive customer success at scale. This is a high‑impact role for a technical expert who thrives on cross‑functional collaboration, continuous improvement, and delivering value through infrastructure excellence.

A Day in The Life of Our Staff DevOps Engineer
  • Have clear and solid relationships with software development departments.
  • Plan and document work and projects.
  • Build and continuously optimize CI/CD process and streamline automation effort for server provisioning and applications deployment.
  • Build a resilient and scalable service infrastructure to accommodate regions.
  • Deploy, monitor and scale application services.
  • Mentor team members and drive knowledge sharing.
  • Participate in project management and on‑going strategic planning.
Qualifications
  • 6+ years of experience in DevOps / SRE environment.
  • 6+ years of experience working with Linux and Windows systems.
  • Strong understanding and knowledge of Kubernetes.
  • Strong understanding and knowledge of cloud infrastructure components such as AWS Cloud (EC2,EKS, RDS, Lambda, Opensearch, S3, FSX, Route53 and network appliances.)
  • Working knowledge of Jenkins, GitLab or alternative CI systems.
  • Strong understanding of Infrastructure as a Code approach (Terraform preferred).
  • Good understanding of Software Development Lifecycle.
  • Good understanding of microservice architecture.
  • Good experience in Monitoring k8s clusters, APM, services and infrastructure located in AWS (NewRelic,Prometheus).
  • Ability to create automation tools in Go, Python, Bash, Powershell.
  • Familiarity with Continuous Delivery tools used with microservices.
  • Coding Experience.
Additional Information
Benefits
  • Private health insurance including dental coverage
  • Pension scheme with company match up to 9%
  • nilo.health, mental health and wellbeing support
  • Remote working abroad program
  • Professional development support and resources
  • Employee referral program
  • 28 days' holiday + public holidays and special leave
  • Enhanced family and special leave
  • Free lunch, snacks, and drinks in the office
  • Electric car charging stations, free office parking, bicycle, and scooter storage
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