DevOps Engineer
Applause IT
Chester, United Kingdom
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Compensation
£ 70KJob location
Chester, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Agile Methodologies
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloud Computing
DevOps
Monitoring of Systems
Prometheus
Software Engineering
Grafana
Kubernetes
Terraform
Docker
Service Stack
Job description
The successful DevOps Engineer will play a key role in deploying, monitoring, and supporting cloud infrastructure while working closely with development teams to improve CI/CD processes and system reliability., * Design, implement and maintain scalable infrastructure using AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, SQS and Glacier
- Manage and orchestrate containers using Docker and Kubernetes
- Build and maintain queue-based processing pipelines using RabbitMQ and AWS SQS
- Implement monitoring, logging and alerting to ensure system health and performance
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform
- Work collaboratively with engineering teams to optimise CI/CD pipelines
- Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis
- Ensure secure cloud operations and implement best practices around access control
- Optimise infrastructure for cost, performance and scalability
Technology Stack
The DevOps Engineer will work with a modern cloud-native stack including:
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Terraform
- Argo
- Prometheus
- Grafana
Requirements
- Proven commercial experience as a DevOps Engineer
- Strong experience with AWS cloud infrastructure
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Experience securing cloud infrastructure and networks
- Comfortable working in Agile development environments
Personal Attributes
- Proactive and able to take ownership of projects
- Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset
- Able to collaborate effectively with engineering teams
- Comfortable challenging ideas and proposing better solutions
Benefits & conditions
- Opportunity to work with modern cloud technologies
- A collaborative engineering culture focused on continuous improvement
- Career development in a fast-growing technology environment
- Competitive salary with bonus potential
- Comprehensive benefits package