Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable, resilient cloud-based infrastructure using an Infrastructure as Code approach.

• Ensuring smooth operation of implemented systems, including preventative measures to minimise the number of unplanned downtimes

• Bring DevOps tools and techniques into the operation of the whole IT Infrastructure, using available tools to enhance service and security of the platform

• Supporting developers by creating and maintaining scalable, resilient cloud-based infrastructure using an IaC approach

• Taking initiative, spotting opportunities and driving positive change within the systems

• Driving CI/CD workflow standards and a DevOps culture across the wider Digital team

• Contribute to platform architecture, design and security

You will need...

• Knowledge and implementation of Terraform

• Strong knowledge of AWS with IaC using Terraform

• Experience with pipeline configuration and best practice, preferably with GitHub

• Strong scripting skills for nix systems (e.g. bash)

• Docker skills

• Working knowledge of Git

• Proven ability to code against REST APIs

• Strong knowledge of the software development life cycle, including testing, deployment and release strategies and monitoring solutions

• Excellent communication, documentation and presentation skills

It is a plus if you have experience of...

• Kubernetes skills, especially EKS & Helm

• Distributed event store and stream processing solutions such as Apache Kafka

• Databases MySQL and NoSQL

• Windows/Powershell

• Back end programming especially C#

• Supporting scalable products for a large user base