This role is an inter-company, cross-functional role that requires the building of effective relationships with key individuals in multiple domains and in all countries where Wireless Logic operates. The DevOps Engineer will work closely with peers and managers in the same division, covering both development and systems operations. The role is required to be the main technical interface with all the company’s cloud-based and on-premise infrastructure.
The roleThe DevOps Engineer will help us to build efficient, highly transactional systems that provide sound resilience and performance for the company’s platforms. The DevOps role is key to the successful automation of our continuous development and integration (CD/CI) pipeline. The DevOps Engineers are ultimately responsible for defining and implementing a robust, scalable, pragmatic and realistic cloud solution that works for us with our private cloud offering and bespoke platform development.
Responsibilities include:- Design and implement cloud solutions which are secure, scalable, resilient, monitored, auditable and cost optimized.
- Write Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Industry standard tools and services.
- Write application deployment automation using industry standard deployment and configuration tools.
- Design and implement continuous delivery pipelines that serve the purpose of provisioning and operating client test as well as production environments.
- Provide systems support including responding to monitoring alerts.
- Implement and stay abreast of Cloud and DevOps industry best practices and tooling.
- Manage and monitor our development environments using best practices in Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker.
- Imagine, architect, develop, deploy, and evolve CI and CD systems deployments.
- Work with developers to identify necessary AWS and Azure resources and automate their provisioning.
- Develop and implement new services, including Docker images, Helm charts and Jenkins pipelines, to support our product roadmap.
- Architect and deploy resilient multi-site Kafka clusters.
- Identify and correct any single points of failure.
- Create appropriate cost optimization plans and working scripts to minimize resource consumption.
- Work with development team and key stake holders to create plan for monitoring AWS and to a lesser extent, Azure resources.
- Work closely with key stakeholders to capture, analyse, and derive DevOps requirements.
- Maintain knowledge of domain best practice and methodology appropriate to the business process architecture and the telecoms industry
- Work closely with other technology professionals within the company to ensure that processes are designed appropriately, and associated process implementations are working properly.
- Ensure that effective security is prioritized and included in the design of all integrations and process changes.
- Translate business needs into requirements documentation.
Skills required:Expertise Required (Some of these may be evolved over time in role/training)
- BSc in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field
- 3-5 years’ experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar software engineering role
- Strong expertise in Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, Jenkins, and Ansible.
- Proficiency with monitoring and alerting tools, such as Prometheus and Grafana.
- Experience of Terraform and cloud formation scripting
- Proficient with Apache Kafka
- Experience with database technologies, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Solr.
- Proficient with git and git workflows
- Experience with Selenium for automated testing purposes.
- Good knowledge of Ruby or Python
- Experience with software engineering and development of applications for high transaction volumes
- Extensive knowledge of the principles and methodologies of process transformation
- Knowledge of business systems
- Experience of working with management information systems
- An understanding of best practices regarding system security measures
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Time management and leadership skills.
- Positive outlook in meeting challenges and working to a high level.
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong prioritisation skills and ability to work with stakeholders to agree key priorities.
- Ability to work across teams and departments to gain input and feedback.
- Detail-oriented and capable of delivering a high level of accuracy.
Why work with us?- The opportunity to work for an entrepreneurial Company
- Full training, ongoing support, and the tools you need to grow and develop in your role
- We are a company with a heart and who genuinely values and respects its employees
Wireless Logic – IoT connectivity for any device, anywhereWe are a leading global IoT connectivity platform provider that simplifies and automates IoT management for any device, anywhere. With more than 10 million IoT subscriptions active in 165 countries and direct partnerships with 50 mobile networks, we provide reach into more than 750 networks across the globe and deliver value throughout the IoT connectivity chain.
Our purpose-built platform offers a single window to securely connect and manage assets across any network and number of deployments. For our customers, this serves to simplify supply chains, accelerate time to market, lower the total cost of ownership and deliver connectivity that just works.
We are entirely customer and market-driven, meeting our 25,000+ customers where they are to help them innovate by providing industry expertise, service support and the most flexible, resilient and secure connectivity solutions in the market. Our broad sector expertise includes industry, agriculture, healthcare, security, transport, utilities and smart cities.
We are backed by Montagu Private Equity, one of the world’s leading private equity-backed investors, giving Wireless Logic Group unrivalled financial strength.
Where do I apply?If this sounds like a role, you are interested in please submit your application directly through our website including your CV.
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