Staff Engineer - Devops

Data Direct Networks; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly Competitive Vacation Plans

Paid Holidays

Bonus Programs

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Referral Program

Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision

Job summary

Data Direct Networks is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design and operate scalable, self‑service infrastructure across on‑prem and cloud platforms. You will deploy and manage containerized workloads in Kubernetes, implement IaC with Terraform and Ansible, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to accelerate delivery.

Join a team that values innovation, reliability, and collaboration, with opportunities to work across cutting‑edge storage and data‑intelligence technologies in a global company.

Qualifications

• All of the following skills are mandatory: Kubernetes deployments with Helm or ArgoCD; OCI cloud experience; configuration management with Ansible or similar tools; monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana; Bash scripting; CI/CD using GitHub/GitLab/Jenkins.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage containerized apps in Kubernetes environments.
• Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform and Ansible.
• Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines to accelerate delivery.
• Collaborate with developers and QA for reliable, scalable systems.

Skills

Kubernetes deployments

ArgoCD

Terraform

Python

Bash scripting

CI/CD pipelines

Linux proficiency

OCI cloud experience

Tools

Nexus/JFrog Artifactory

GHE/GitHub Actions

Docker

K3s

Job description

We are on our way to being the first company to power 1 MILLION GPUs and want world‑class talent to join our amazing team!

The world is moving faster than ever, and yet, it will never move this slowly again. We are at the forefront of an incredible technological revolution but, at its core, it is fueled by incredible people. People like you.

1,000 Global Employees

11k Happy Customers

16 International Offices

We’re Looking for the Best and Brightest

We are the world’s leading data intelligence platform that reliably accelerates massive datasets for actionable real‑time insights. Join our team to help the best and brightest minds tackle the world’s biggest challenges in business, science, medicine, academia and government.

Do What Can’t be Done

For the past 20 years, our team has kept us at the forefront of storage technology and has provided the foundation for enabling researchers to push the limits of “what can be done.”
These innovations take research and discovery to the next level, enabling them to discover cures to disease, observe global warming patterns, model innovative automotive and aerospace designs, discover new sources of energy, make communities safer, and accelerate business results across a wide variety of industries.

DDN Helps Build Your Future, Too

At DDN, we understand our customers’ diverse needs. Whether you’re a data scientist, IT professional, executive, or researcher, our solutions empower you with cutting‑edge technology and unparalleled support.

• Highly Competitive Vacation Plans
• Paid Holidays
• Bonus Programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Program
• Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits
• Paid Leave Programs
• Anniversary and Recognition Awards

Location

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

On‑site

Our DevOps team is at the forefront of innovation, driving high‑performance and highly scalable emerging technologies with Infinia Software Defined Storage (SDS). Infinia SDS is designed to support multiple client protocols, delivering robust, enterprise‑grade storage solutions for cutting‑edge use cases. With a global presence of expert developers, QA, and DevOps engineers, we are transforming the way software‑defined storage operates in both on‑premises and cloud environments.

Why Join Us?

We provide a unique blend of on‑premises and cloud DevOps—more than just managing infrastructure, you will have the chance to deploy critical applications on Kubernetes and shape infrastructure as code (IaC) from the ground up. Here’s a glimpse of the exciting work we do:

Infrastructure-as-Code: Constantly evolving our infrastructure with Terraform, Python, and Bash, building cloud infrastructure on GCP with future plans to expand into other cloud providers.

On‑Premises Excellence: Develop and deploy self‑sustaining infrastructure that delivers mission‑critical applications faster, while enhancing flexibility and performance.

Build and Release Acceleration: Engineer build acceleration solutions by integrating with Nexus/JFrog Artifactory, streamlining build workflows, and connecting tools to self‑managed artifact repositories.

Cutting‑Edge Tools We Use:

Our infrastructure and tooling reflect our commitment to modern DevOps practices. Here’s how we empower engineers to stay at the top of their game:

Kubernetes and ArgoCD: Orchestrate scalable deployments with Kubernetes and leverage ArgoCD for automated and declarative application management.

Packer + MaaS: Create custom bare‑metal images with Packer and deploy them seamlessly using MaaS (Metal as a Service) for Ubuntu.

K3s + KubeVirt: Build a self‑provisioning VM environment to empower developers and QA engineers.

Infinia & Harbor: Utilize Infinia for S3 storage services, and Harbor for container image management.

GitHub Enterprise (GHE) + Actions: Collaborate using GHE, with DevOps leading the development and maintenance of workflow actions for CI/CD pipelines.

Docker: Build containerized environments for both cloud and on‑prem applications.

Quay & GCS Buckets: Manage external artifacts with Quay and Google Cloud Storage (GCS).

What You’ll Work On:

Self‑Deployable Environments: Our DevOps engineers are building a seamless, self‑service environment to empower developers and QA teams.

Bare‑Metal & Cloud Integration: Get hands‑on experience with bare‑metal provisioning using MaaS, while deploying infrastructure in hybrid models with GCP and expanding to other cloud providers.

Streamlining Build Systems: We integrate tools like Nexus/JFrog Artifactory to accelerate builds and optimize workflows, ensuring smoother development and faster delivery.

Constant Innovation: We believe in continuous improvement, constantly enhancing infrastructure‑as‑code to make deployments faster, more reliable, and easily replicable.

Required Skills:

All of the following skills are mandatory:

Application Deployments within Kubernetes using tools like Helm or ArgoCD.

Cloud experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a plus; experience with other cloud providers is good to have.

Configuration Management with Ansible or similar tools.

Monitoring and Metrics using Prometheus, Grafana, or equivalent.

Bash Scripting expertise.

CICD Pipeline Development using GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins, and related tools (e.g., YAML, Groovy).

Basic Linux Proficiency for underlying infrastructure management.

Preferred Skills:

The following skills are desirable but not mandatory:

Linux Administration, Networking, and Troubleshooting.

On‑prem Kubernetes Deployment and Administration.

Python or Golang programming knowledge.

CI/CD pipeline automation and scripting using languages like Python or Groovy.

CI system integration and optimization experience.

We pride ourselves on our commitment to delivering tangible and consistent results.

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