DevOps Engineer

Job Category: DevOps / Sysadmin

About the Company:
Our client, a forward-thinking Fintech innovator, is pushing the boundaries with their cutting-edge CRM platform that's transforming how financial services operate! They're on a mission to deliver game-changing features to both residential and commercial customers.

About the Role:
As an experienced DevOps Engineer, you'll be at the heart of innovation, architecting and optimising the cloud infrastructure that powers their proprietary CRM platform.

Your Exciting Mission:

• Design and implement groundbreaking platform services that fuel product development and feature expansion.
• Master and enhance CI/CD pipelines to supercharge development across multiple internal projects.
• Optimise cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) to deliver unmatched performance, scalability, and security.
• Configure and manage AWS Connect contact centre solutions to enhance customer communication capabilities.
• Transform routine tasks through automation, dramatically improving system efficiency.
• Leverage cutting-edge monitoring tools including Grafana, CloudWatch, and DataDog to ensure peak system performance.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure challenges across development, testing, and production environments.
• Implement fortress-like security practices across all infrastructure and services.
• Collaborate with brilliant development teams to build robust, high-performance environments.
• Drive innovation by staying ahead of emerging technologies and implementing creative solutions.

Requirements (What We’re Looking For):

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as a Senior DevOps Engineer or in a related role.
• Proficient with Unix operating system administration.
• Strong experience with CI/CD tools such as, GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI etc.
• Proficiency with containerisation technologies specifically Docker, Amazon ECS and ECR.
• Excellent understanding of cloud platforms (specifically AWS) including services such as EC2, ECS, RDS, S3, OpenSearch, ElastiCache etc.
• Extensive experience with AWS Connect for contact centre solutions, call routing, and customer communication workflows.
• Extensive relational database knowledge (e.g. MySQL, MariaDB), as well as NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB, DynamoDB).
• Experience with search (e.g. Elasticsearch) and caching (e.g. Redis) technologies.
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform.
• Strong understanding of networking (VPCs, SGs etc), firewalls, VPN, and DNS.
• Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Sentry, Grafana and CloudWatch.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g. GitLab) and best practices for branching, merging, and versioning.
• Extensive coding experiencing using Python, Javascript, Bash and PHP.

Bonus Points For:

• Certifications in cloud platforms (AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect etc).
• Experience with automated testing and code quality tools.
• Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform and related services.
• Advanced AWS Connect certifications and experience with Kinesis integration.
• Experience with contact centre analytics and reporting tools.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary that rewards your exceptional skills.
• Comprehensive pension plan for your future.
• Bupa healthcare coverage for your wellbeing.
• Access to a premium flexible benefits platform.
• True work-life balance with remote working opportunities across the UK.
• Be part of a revolutionary Fintech company that's leading innovation.
• Collaborative, progressive environment focused on your growth and development.
• Clear pathways for career advancement and certifications.

Additional Information:

• Applicants must have eligibility to work within the UK without restrictions.