Devops Engineer

DevOps Engineer
London, UK (3 days in office)
SC Cleared: Required
Experience: 5-8 years

Platform Design & Development:

• Design, develop, and maintain the core platform infrastructure on Azure, including networking, compute, storage, security, and identity management.
  
  
• Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, ARM templates, or Bicep to automate infrastructure provisioning and management.
  
  Azure Databricks Integration & Optimisation:
  
  
• Deeply integrate Azure Databricks into the platform, ensuring seamless access and efficient resource utilisation.
  
  
• Implement automation for Databricks workspace setup, cluster configuration, and job deployments.
  
  
• Optimise Databricks workloads for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
  
  Containerisation & Orchestration:
  
  
• Implement and manage containerised applications and services using Docker and Kubernetes (or Azure Kubernetes Service - AKS).
  
  
• Design and implement container orchestration strategies for deploying and scaling platform components.
  
  CI/CD Pipeline Automation:
  
  
• Design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines for building, testing, and deploying platform components and user applications.
  
  Monitoring, Logging & Alerting:
  
  
• Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to proactively identify and address performance issues, errors, and security threats.
  
  
• Use tools like Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar to collect and analyse metrics, logs, and traces.
  
  
• Configure alerts and notifications to ensure timely responses to critical events.
  
  Documentation & Support:
  
  
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for the platform, including API documentation, user guides, and troubleshooting guides.
  
  Essential Skills & Experience:
  
  
• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps engineering, or a related role.
  
  
• Strong experience with Azure cloud platform and services.
  
  
• Extensive experience with IaC tools like Terraform, ARM templates, or Bicep. Solid understanding of CI/CD principles and experience with CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.
  
  
• Strong experience with containerisation technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes (or AKS).
  
  
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools.
  
  
• Scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash, YAML and Python.
  
  
• Experience with Azure Databricks and its integration with platform tooling
  
  
• Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
  
  
• Azure certifications (e.g., Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert)