SysOps Engineer
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Job description
Darktrace operates an integrations lab to validate, certify, and continuously test third-party technologies against our platform. As a SysOps Engineer, you will own the lab's automation stack, leveraging configuration management (e.g., Ansible) and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform) to provision, update, and maintain integration environments., As the SysOps Engineer, you'll automate everything from base images and standardized configurations to test data seeding and synthetic traffic, ensuring our integration catalogue remains healthy, secure, and up to date. Key responsibilities include:
- Automating Environment Lifecycle: Build reproducible environments, standardize OS configurations, and manage rollouts via CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborating with Product Teams: Configure new integrations, validate third-party technologies, and document setup and troubleshooting steps.
- Ensuring Observability & Reliability: Implement logging, metrics, health checks, and automated drift detection; define SLOs and SLIs for uptime and recovery.
- Documentation & Enablement: Maintain living documentation and integrate automation into self-service pipelines.
Requirements
You will be a skilled professional with a strong foundation in DevOps and automation, experienced in infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and scripting. You should demonstrate:
- Hands-on experience with automation and IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible)
- Proficiency in CI/CD workflows (preferably GitLab CI) and containerization (Docker)
- Strong scripting skills in Python and/or Bash, with solid Linux fundamentals
Nice to Have
- Experience with Kubernetes or virtualization platforms
- Exposure to observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
- Familiarity with partner or vendor integration workflows
Benefits & conditions
- 23 days' holiday + all public holidays, rising to 25 days after 2 years of service,
- Additional day off for your birthday,
- Private medical insurance which covers you, your cohabiting partner and children,
- Life insurance of 4 times your base salary,
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme,
- Enhanced family leave,
- Confidential Employee Assistance Program,
- Cycle to work scheme.