Senior DevOps Engineer

Duration of engagement: 12 Months

City/work location: London, UK

Job Summary

• AWS Cloud Services: Hands-on experience with key AWS services such as EC2, VPC, RDS, ELB, Route 53, EFS, S3, and Athena.
• Version Control System: GIT
• Configuration Management Tools: Ansible
• Containerization: Docker
• Orchestration tools: Kubernetes
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Tools: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation
• DevOps CI/CD: Proficiency in CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitHub, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, and CodeDeploy for streamlined deployment and automation.
• Monitoring & Observability: Familiarity with monitoring solutions like AppDynamics and CloudWatch for proactive system health monitoring.
• Ticketing & Collaboration Tools: Experience with Jira and ServiceNow for incident management and collaboration.
• Operating Systems: Strong expertise in Linux; familiarity with Windows OS is a plus.
• Scripting & Automation: Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, PowerShell, and Python.
• Experience in Troubleshooting Java/JVM applications: heap dump analysis, handled memory leakage issues.

Role Responsibilities

• Creating and managing tools and processes that enable agile software development and continuous delivery.
• Overseeing the software deployment process through various stages, from integration and testing to release and production.
• Developing and maintaining system architecture, design, and documentation.
• Working closely with software developers to streamline the development process and improve productivity.
• Building and maintaining tools for automation, monitoring, notification, and analytics.
• Identifying and implementing improvements in the development pipeline.
• Conducting system tests for security, performance, and availability.
• Developing and improving operational practices and procedures.
• Ensuring critical resolution of system issues using the best cloud security solutions.
• Guiding junior engineers and sharing knowledge about best practices and DevOps methodologies.

Essential Skills:

• AWS Cloud Services: Hands-on experience with key AWS services such as EC2, VPC, RDS, ELB, Route 53, EFS, S3, and Athena.
• Version Control System: GIT
• Configuration Management Tools: Ansible
• Containerization: Docker
• Orchestration tools: Kubernetes
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Tools: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation
• DevOps CI/CD: Proficiency in CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitHub, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, and CodeDeploy for streamlined deployment and automation.
• Monitoring & Observability: Familiarity with monitoring solutions like AppDynamics and CloudWatch for proactive system health monitoring.
• Ticketing & Collaboration Tools: Experience with Jira and ServiceNow for incident management and collaboration.
• Operating Systems: Strong expertise in Linux; familiarity with Windows OS is a plus.
• Scripting & Automation: Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, PowerShell, and Python.
• Experience in Troubleshooting Java/JVM applications: heap dump analysis, handled memory leakage issues.

Nice to Have Skills:

• Middleware: High-level understanding of middleware tools like Tomcat, Kafka, Zookeeper, Hopewiser, SmartComm, Radar, MongoDB, MuleSoft, and Guidewire.