Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer

• Exeter, Devon (must be UK-based, office attendance won’t be regular maybe only once a month)
  
• Up to £55,000 per year
  The Opportunity:
  My client working within the public services sector are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer where you will be responsible for the definition and adherence of DevOps standards as well as overseeing daily operations, ensuring targets are met, in a positive work environment.
  In addition, the role will assume responsibility for the availability, performance, resilience and security of the core platform and infrastructure and will undertake whatever actions necessary to ensure this is within the agreed operating constraints and budget.
  You will design, build and maintain our client’s Cloud Infrastructure, optimising for cost, security and performance, monitoring system performance, security and availability, ensuring security best practices are followed for AWS resources, including IAM policies, encryption and network security.
  Skills and Experience:
  
• Proven experience as a DevOps Senior Engineer, demonstrating strong mentoring skills across multiple initiatives, with deep expertise in AWS must have a minimum of 3 years.
  
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, ECS, ECR, and CloudFront
  
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
  
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Bitbucket, managing and creating as required.
  
• Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration technologies (Docker)
  
• Strong scripting and automation skills like bash, PowerShell and python.
  
• Experience with configuration management tool like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
  
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana).
  
• Certified AWS Solutions Architect associate or equivalent experience.
  
• Strong knowledge of Linux operating systems including security features such as iptables and routing tables.
  
• Knowledge of Windows operating systems including its associated security features.
  
• Good knowledge in network engineering in order to manage VPCs and SGs within AWS.
  
• Flexibility to work outside normal working hours as demands of the service dictate.
  
• Flexibility to travel between core sites in the UK to assist with new service implementation and support issues.
  
• Ability and desire to learn new technologies.
  Please contact John here at ISR to learn more about our exciting client based in Devon and their ongoing growth plans??