DevOps Engineer, Analyst

ENGINEERINGUK; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

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View more categories View less categories Sector Banking and Financial Services Role Professional Contract Type Permanent Hours Full Time

About this role

About Us

The App Hosting team sits within the Aladdin Engineering group and is responsible for the systems and software engineering, deployment, and operations of the web infrastructure and services hosted on-prem and on external cloud providers that power Aladdin and BlackRock's publicly accessible digital web products. We are seeking an upbeat and driven engineer to join us!

Role & Responsibilities

1. Work as part of a multi-disciplinary agile team to engineer solutions to scale and operate Azure cloud hosted web applications in collaboration with developers and stakeholder groups.
2. Be a member of an engineering team to provide infrastructure support to troubleshoot production issues with the cloud web services and web proxy servers, partnering with other infrastructure teams.
3. Engineer, operate, and manage microservices hosted in Kubernetes clusters, including network routing.
4. Participate in architectural design and operational readiness calls.
5. Use and configure industry standard tools for application monitoring and troubleshooting like Grafana and Splunk to achieve resiliency and scale.
6. Innovate by creating automation solutions to achieve efficiency and scale for the cloud platform web stack and team processes.

Essential:

1. Relevant work experience in an infrastructure role or related practical experience.
2. A degree in a relevant subject and/or some fantastic work experience to talk about.
3. Excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail.
4. Passionate about the possibilities represented by cloud platforms and cloud native technologies.

Desirable Skills (Any combination of the following):

1. Familiarity with networking concepts and containerization (Kubernetes, Container Registry, Ingress Controllers, Load Balancers, SSL).
2. Scripting/programming experience using Bash, Python, or GoLang.
3. Good practical knowledge of a Linux environment with basic system administration skills.
4. Proficient understanding of web and HTTP concepts as well as expertise with web proxy servers, including Nginx and Apache.
5. Working knowledge of automated configuration management tools, like Ansible.
6. Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure or another cloud platform.
7. Understanding of Agile work environments, including knowledge of GIT and CI/CD.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged, and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge, and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock's hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person - aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.