Junior DevOps Engineer UK Nationals

Please note this job spec is used for multiple levels of Engineer.

UK Nationals only due to Security Clearance eligibility.

Role responsibilities:

• Interacting with project roles as required, to gain an understanding of the business environment, technical context, and organisational strategic direction.
• Advising our customer on the latest technologies and methodologies, designing and implementing innovative approaches to their problems using automation.
• Understanding security policies and implementing solutions to satisfy security requirements.
• Designing and implementing solutions which have high availability and are scalable.

What you will bring to the team:

• Enthusiasm for collaboration and excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• An interest in keeping up with emerging tools, techniques, and technologies.
• Effective time management and organisational skills.
• A flexible and Agile way of working within a fast paced and everchanging environment.
• Attention to detail with a pragmatic and enthusiastic attitude to work

Desirable Skills and Technologies:

• Experience and knowledge of AWS / Azure and Azure Virtual Desktop.
• Experience with configuration management tools, e.g., Ansible (preferred), Puppet, Chef.
• Familiar with (or ability to learn easily) the following languages: Python, bash scripting, React, Go.
• Experience with deploying, configuring, and managing cloud architecture and technologies in AWS environments.
• Experience with web application services such as NGINX, Apache, JBoss.
• Knowledge of OpenShift Containerisation, RHEL 6,7,8, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with monitoring systems e.g., ELK, Nagios, New Relic, DataDog, Splunk etc.
• Working knowledge of digital delivery processes and methodologies.
• Knowledge of Atlassian Toolset.
• Knowledge of JavaScript
• Understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3.
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming, its quirks and workarounds.
• Understanding of database schemas and query languages.
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines e.g., Jenkins, Terraform, Bitbucket, GIT repositories, Concourse, Team City etc.
• An understanding of how to deploy and configure AWS components to adhere to tight security requirements.
• Awareness of security identity, access management and authentication using products such as ADFS, SSL/TLS Certs, OIDC, OAUTH2, Keycloak or Redhat SSO