AWS Cloud Engineer

VIOTAS (Electricity Exchange); Limerick; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Pension

Self-Directed Training Budget of €3,0

Annual performance-based bonus.

25 days annual leave.

Death-In-Service benefit.

Dedicated People & Culture club

Job summary

VIOTAS (Electricity Exchange) in Limerick, Ireland, is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure AWS-based systems. You will join a team to ensure high availability and performance using IaC tooling and container orchestration.

The role emphasizes automation, proactive monitoring, incident analysis, and collaboration with development teams to deliver reliable features.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of AWS Cloud/DevOps/Software engineering experience.
• Demonstrable skills in working with complex ecosystems.
• Understanding of security concepts: encryption, secure application development, defensive programming, software vulnerabilities and exploits, general issues in web security.
• AWS Administration experience, optimum resource management/security.
• Experience delivering scalable Event Driven systems.
• Comfortable scripting and debugging.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team to design and implement highly available, secure, scalable and cost-effective systems and processes, ensuring the reliability and performance of the company's AWS infrastructure.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code (IaC) automation (e.g., Terraform) to create IaC patterns and modules that accelerate development for end users programmatically.
• Monitor systems and applications, proactively identifying and resolving any performance bottlenecks or availability issues.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS, including deployment, scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting containerised workloads to ensure high availability and optimal performance.
• Develop and maintain monitoring tools, alerts, and dashboards to provide visibility into system health and performance.
• Conduct post-incident analyses to identify root causes and implement preventive measures to avoid future incidents.
• Automate repetitive tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Create and maintain documentation for system architecture, configuration, and troubleshooting procedures.
• Collaborate with development teams to implement and deploy new features and enhancements, ensuring they meet reliability and performance standards.
• Stay up to date with industry best practices, new technologies, and emerging trends in site reliability engineering.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

SRE concepts

Scripting

English communication

Tools

Terraform

AWS EKS

Job description

About VIOTAS

VIOTAS is a leading smart grid technology company enabling large energy users to provide flexibility to electricity grids while generating additional revenue from their participation in energy markets. As renewable energy penetration increases globally, grid flexibility is becoming essential to the future of power systems. VIOTAS combines proprietary technology, market expertise and operational capability to help customers unlock this value at scale.

Recognised internationally for innovation and growth, VIOTAS plays a critical role in building a sustainable energy future and was named Ireland’s fastest-growing technology company at the Deloitte Fast 50 Awards in 2019.

Overview

Do you want a chance to really make a difference?

We are building software to really make the world a greener place. Countries using our services increase their ability to effectively utilise renewable sources of energy.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with a team to design and implement highly available, secure, scalable and cost-effective systems and processes, ensuring the reliability and performance of the company's AWS infrastructure.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code (IaC) automation (e.g., Terraform) to create IaC patterns and modules that accelerate development for end users programmatically.
• Monitor systems and applications, proactively identifying and resolving any performance bottlenecks or availability issues.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS, including deployment, scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting containerised workloads to ensure high availability and optimal performance.
• Develop and maintain monitoring tools, alerts, and dashboards to provide visibility into system health and performance.
• Conduct post-incident analyses to identify root causes and implement preventive measures to avoid future incidents.
• Automate repetitive tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Create and maintain documentation for system architecture, configuration, and troubleshooting procedures.
• Collaborate with development teams to implement and deploy new features and enhancements, ensuring they meet reliability and performance standards.
• Stay up to date with industry best practices, new technologies, and emerging trends in site reliability engineering.

Requirements

• 4+ years of relevant AWS Cloud/DevOps/Software engineering experience
• Demonstrable skills in working with complex ecosystems
• Understanding of security concepts: encryption, secure application development, defensive programming, software vulnerabilities and exploits, general issues in web security
• AWS Administration experience, optimum resource management/security
• Experience delivering scalable Event Driven systems
• Comfortable scripting and debugging
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Desirable

• Network experience, both Cloud and Physical, would be a distinct advantage.
• Experience implementing scalable, secure, and reliable IoT solutions in a cloud environment.
• Comfort in both adapting existing systems and creating new systems.

Job Type

Full-time, permanent.

Location

Limerick, Ireland (Hybrid/Remote)

Salary

Competitive based on qualifications, experience, and skills

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Pension
• Self-Directed Training Budget of €3,000 per year plus 10 days training leave
• Annual performance-based bonus.
• 25 days annual leave.
• Death-In-Service benefit.
• Dedicated People & Culture club

Working at VIOTAS

VIOTAS fosters innovation, empowers autonomy, and cultivates an inclusive, flexible work culture. Our diverse, skilled team is dedicated to excellence and passionate about shaping a sustainable, low-carbon future.

Recognised among Ireland’s Best Workplaces and Best Workplaces in Tech in 2023, VIOTAS prioritises continuous training, professional development, and employee well-being.

VIOTAS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.