Key skills
ApacheAWSAzureCloudDNSDockerEC2FirewallsJenkinsKubernetesLAMPLinuxMySQLNGINXPostgresPythonSMTPTCP/IPTerraformWordPressBashK8sEKSLambdaRDSRoute53PostgreSQLGitGitHubVersion ControlVarnishCDNCachingCI/CDCollaborationWAF
About this role
Role Overview
- Set up and configure automated configuration, orchestration, build/release and version control applications and environments
- Day to day collaboration with development teams to promote best practice
- Manage AWS / Azure or other cloud technologies
- Build infrastructure for multiple websites and applications utilising web technologies, databases, API’s and Internet caching & CDN technologies
- Design and manage large scale web hosting environments; triage web connectivity and performance issues and carry out root cause analysis
- Mentor Mid/Junior engineers
- Create and maintain network and system documentation
- Investigate and resolve technical issues
- Manage and Support the CI/CD tools with the team
- DNS Management
- Manage and support the infrastructure, containerisation K8s and Docker.
- Monitor & alert, setting up new dashboards and alerts
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience with cloud technologies, specifically AWS (EC2, Code Pipeline, Lambda, RDS, Route53, ELBs etc.)
- In-depth understanding and knowledge of implementing, building and maintaining automated & scripted configuration, build/release processes and version control applications
- Experience with Python / Bash scripting
- Experience working with: Terraform, Jenkins, Git / GitHub
- Proven experience and knowledge in containerisation technology, Docker & K8s
- In-depth knowledge of LAMP stack administration and common Linux-based web infrastructure and applications – Varnish, Nginx, Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Mongo. Includes scripting, performance tuning and hardening
- Analysing stack traces and performance optimising applications using various monitoring technologies
- In-depth experience of Internet engineering, technologies, processes and protocols, layers 2/3/4/5 incl. TCP/IP, NAT, firewalls, load balancers and WAF
- Comprehensive experience of non-web Internet protocols and technologies, including DNS, SSL/TLS, FTP, SMTP etc.
- Experience designing and administering website and content management publishing systems (WordPress) at scale – CDN-caching/web/application/database
- AWS / EKS Pro qualification
- Solving problems guide the team on best practices and automating the installation / creation of Dashboards
Tech Stack
- Apache
- AWS
- Azure
- Cloud
- DNS
- Docker
- EC2
- Firewalls
- Jenkins
- Kubernetes
- LAMP
- Linux
- MySQL
- NGINX
- Postgres
- Python
- SMTP
- TCP/IP
- Terraform
- WordPress
Benefits
- A relaxed working environment with regular socials including a summer festival
- Supportive well-being initiatives and benefits, talks & workshops, and Mental Health First aiders & Champions
- 25 days holiday plus a day for your birthday. Our offices will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s which are in addition to your annual entitlement
- Tailored training and development through both our inhouse learning platform and LinkedIn Learning
- A progressive and transparent culture focused on your development
- Flexible / hybrid working plus early finish Fridays
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced Family Policies including paternity, adoption and surrogacy leave. We also provide a pregnancy loss, fertility, and carers policy
- Competitive pension plans and Life Assurance
- A newly renovated modern office with lots of collaborative spaces