We are looking for an experiences Staff Engineer to join our Cloud Platform Team and help develop and deploy clouds and services. The role requires a solid background in the use of cloud infrastructure, deployment using Infrastructure-as-Code, observability, high-performance networking and storage systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a relevant subject
- Solid infrastructure or IT experience with a proven track record of delivering technical output as an individual contributor
- Experience managing or operating on-premises or private-cloud environments
- Experience specifying, scoping, estimating and detailing work plans in an AGILE and SCRUM framework
- Strong proven Linux scripting ability (bash and python required)
- Strong proven Linux system administration (Ubuntu, RHEL and variants)
- Experience with a version control system (preferably Git) and using it to manage system configuration or automation
- Experience with Continuous Integration or testing pipelines using GitLab, GitHub or similar
- Hands-on experience deploying services into public or private clouds using Infrastructure-as-Code (IAC)
- A solid understanding of the technologies underpinning cloud services (APIs, virtualisation of CPUs, IO, systems), virtual networks, block storage, resource management and monitoring
- Experience with IAC automation tools (e.g. Terraform/OpenTofu, Ansible, Packer)
- Experience with container deployment and management tools (e.g. docker, podman, apptainer)
- Experience with solutions for monitoring and observability. e.g. Grafana, Prometheus, OpenSearch/ElasticSearch, Loki, Mimir, OpenTelemetry, Fluentd,Kafka
- Good communication and presentation skills, and experience dealing with end-users of IT or cloud services
- An ability to work independently on critical infrastructure without oversight, and with a focus on end-user availability
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Flexible working
- Generous annual leave policy
- Private medical insurance and health cash plan
- Dental plan
- Pension (matched up to 5%)
- Life assurance and income protection
- Generous parental leave policy
- Employee assistance programme
