AWS Platform/DevOps Engineer

Qualient Technology Solutions UK Limited

Croydon, UK

3 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

10 years minimum

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.careerboard.com

Tech stack

Proxmox Clean Code Principles Secure Shell (SSH) Microsoft Windows Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Antivirus Softwares Confluence JIRA Microsoft Azure Bash Shell

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Microsoft Outlook Ubuntu (Operating System) Cloud Computing Security System Configuration Continuous Integration Linux DevOps Domain Name System (DNS) Groovy Monitoring of Systems HTTP Secure Network Topologies Identity and Access Management Internet Message Access Protocols JasperReports Python (Programming Language) Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP) PostgreSQL Simple Mail Transfer Protocols Microsoft Office Network Protocols Nginx Node.Js Performance Tuning Windows PowerShell Prometheus Software Deployment SQL Databases Squid (Proxy Server) Vagrant Scripting File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Enterprise Software Applications Grafana Firewalls (Computer Science) Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Postfix Git Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Patch Management Nessus Route53 Cloudwatch Terraform DFS Replication Network Server Docker Jenkins Servicenow Vulnerability Analysis

Job description

As a DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for creating the right environment for your multidisciplinary team to succeed, helping them to self-organize whilst fostering a culture of learning and transparency. You’ll be a key part of one of the UK’s biggest and most high-profile digital transformation programs, a once-in-a-generation reform of government products and services., * Develop high quality and maintainable code with automation first approach.

Provide in-depth insight into DevOps issues and strong technical experience.
Maintain an open-minded attitude and ability to rapidly adapt and learn in line with DevOps culture.
Facilitate workshops, meetings with a variety of stakeholders, show and tell, and drive outcomes.
Manage technology change, issues, and escalations (external and internal), taking responsibility by owning them until they are mitigated or resolved.
Lead by example, acting as a servant-leader, demonstrating the right behaviours, dealing with conflict, and helping establish a team culture that allows for constructive criticism.

Requirements

10+ years of experience with a broad range of AWS technologies (eg, EC2, ECS, RDS, ELB, EBS, EFS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS, SSM, HSM) to develop and maintain an AWS-based cloud solution, with an emphasis on best practice cloud security.
Expertise in AWS networking using VPC, NACLs, route53, transit gateways and VIFs.
Expertise in provisioning infrastructure using Terraform and VMs with tools such as Vagrant.
Experience with using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to support automation
Solid experience as a DevOps Engineer in a 24x7 uptime AWS environment, including automation experience with configuration management tools.
Strong Scripting skills (eg Shell, Python, PowerShell) and automation skills.
Experience in configuring Open LDAP
Thorough knowledge of Jenkins and CI/CD pipeline using Groovy script.
Experience with Docker containers and Amazon Linux 2023 AMI.
Experience with system monitoring tools (eg, Grafana, Alert Manager, Prometheus, and Node exporter).
Experience in deploying and configuring Postfix SMTP and Dovecot IMAP Servers.
Experience configuring mail clients like Thunderbird and outlook office 365.
Experience working with implementing COTS products.
Experience in configuring and maintain Nginx and Squid Proxy with mTLS.
Ability to analyse and resolve complex infrastructure resource and application deployment issues.
Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow for incident and change management.
Experience in automating and codifying the installation of software packages.
Nessus security scanning and antivirus experience with ClamAV and MS defender.

Desired Skills and Experience:

Experience in Jaspersoft reporting tool.
DBA experience in performance tuning SQL queries and Postgres/Aurora DB config.
Experience in setting up Proxmox cluster with ubuntu OS.
Knowledge of Windows System Update Service and DFS Replication.
Experience with Windows Group Policy Objects and access/permissions control via GPO.
Firewall and switch configuration and patch management.
Understanding of network topologies and common network protocols and services (DNS, HTTP(S), SSH, FTP, SMTP).
Hands-on DevOps delivery experience working on digital or technology projects at a leading consultancy, agency, or government organization.
AWS or Azure certification, or willingness to attain the certification.
Self-starter, comfortable working in both process-driven and ambiguous environments.
Experience and passion for working within Central Government and other sectors.
Proven capability of working successfully with senior client stakeholders and end-users, quickly building successful relationships, and establishing credibility.
Passion for digital and technology, with the drive and determination to continually learn new things and develop yourself and others.
Strong written, presentation, and verbal communication skills, with a high degree of attention to detail.
Strong organizational skills, with the ability to work independently in a highly collaborative, team-based environment.