DevSecOps Engineer

Arbor Education; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 65,000

Job description

Location: Remote

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000

About us

At Arbor, we're on a mission to transform the way schools work for the better. We believe in a future of work in schools where being challenged doesn't mean being burnt out and overworked. Where data guides progress without overwhelming staff. And where everyone working in a school is reminded why they got into education every day.

Our MIS and school management tools are already making a difference in over 7,000 schools and trusts. Giving time and power back to staff, turning data into clear, actionable insights, and supporting happier working days.

At the heart of our brand is a recognition that the challenges schools face today aren't just about efficiency, outputs and productivity - but about creating happier working lives for the people who drive education everyday: the staff. We want to make schools more joyful places to work, as well as learn.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced and collaborative DevSecOps Engineer to join our Platform team and help us fortify the security, resilience, and performance of the Arbor platform, facilitating its rapid scalability. The remit and focus of the role is to work closely with the DevSecOps team, spearheading the identification and resolution of security vulnerabilities and incidents across Engineering. It's a broad and exciting role, so we're looking for someone up for a challenge - if you're a highly technical and a communicative Engineer, this is the role for you.

Core responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to pinpoint security enhancements across platform architecture and infrastructure, devising and executing strategic plans for implementation
• Work closely with the Platform team to enhance security measures across all system components, embedding robust security processes and tooling
• Contribute to the evolution of deployment frameworks, emphasising security, deployment speed, and system stability
• Elevate platform security through the integration of configuration management software for handling sensitive information
• Play an active role in incident response, resolution, and post-mortems, facilitating continuous improvement
• Participate in knowledge-sharing initiatives, including tech-talks and team-based learning sessions
• Maintain meticulous documentation, utilising playbooks/runbooks and comprehensive systems documentation to facilitate knowledge dissemination

Requirements

About you

• Extensive experience in Cyber Security and associated Engineering practices
• Vulnerability management
• Proven track record in DevOps Engineering within large-scale platforms
• Proficiency in distributed cloud systems, particularly Amazon Web Services
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling such as Terraform and CloudFormation
• Experienced in languages such as PHP, Bash or Python
• Experience with Docker and containerisation
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like DataDog, Prometheus, or similar platforms
• A proactive problem-solving attitude coupled with strong teamwork and communication skills
• Exceptional proficiency in written and spoken English to effectively articulate ideas and concepts

Bonus skills

• Past experience with enterprise solutions running at scale
• Familiarity with kanban and agile development processes
• Familiarity with software best practices such as Refactoring, Clean Code, Domain-Driven Design, Test-Driven Development, etc.

Benefits

What we offer

The chance to work alongside a team of hard-working, passionate people in a role where you'll see the impact of your work everyday. We also offer:

• A dedicated wellbeing team who champion initiatives such as mindfulness, lunch n learns, manager training, mental health first aid training and much more!
• 32 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays). This is made up of 25 days annual leave plus 7 extra company wide days given over Easter, Summer & Christmas
• Life Assurance paid out at 3x annual salary
• Comprehensive wellness benefit provided by AIG Smart Health, which provides a 24/7 virtual GP service, Mental health support, Counselling, and personalised Health Checks
• Private Dental Insurance with Bupa
• Salary sacrifice Pension provided by Scottish Widows
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave (20 weeks full pay) and paternity (6 weeks full pay) pay
• 5 free return to work maternity coaching sessions, helping you adapt to this new exciting time of life!
• Access to services such as Calm and Bippit (financial wellbeing coaching)
• All of our roles champion flexible working and we are happy to discuss what this means to you
• Social committees that plan team, office and company wide events to bring people together and celebrate success
• Dedicated professional development training budget (CPD courses, upskilling resources, professional memberships etc)
• Volunteer with a charity of your choice for a day each year
• Dog friendly offices!

Interview process

1. Phone screen
2. 1st stage
3. 2nd stage

We are committed to a fair and comfortable recruitment process, so if you require any reasonable adjustments during your application or interview process, please reach out to a member of the team at [e-mail].

Our commitment is also backed by our partnership with Neurodiversity Consultancy, Lexxic who provide us with training, support and advice.

Arbor Education is an equal opportunities organisation

Our goal is for Arbor to be a workplace which represents, celebrates and supports people from all backgrounds, and which gives them the tools they need to thrive - whatever their ambitions may be so we support and promote diversity and equality, and actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

Refer a friend

Know someone else who would be good for this role? You can refer a friend, family member or colleague, if they are offered a role with Arbor, we will say thank you with a voucher valued up to £200! Simply email: [e-mail]

Please note: We are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.