SRE DevOps Engineer
Hybrid
London, United Kingdom
Freelance
17-03-2025
Job Specifications
About Us:
At Dabster, we specialize in connecting top talent with leading global companies. Our mission is to be the foremost recruitment specialist in securing exceptional talent for a diverse range of global clients.
Overview:
The DevOps at Client's R&D is the cornerstone of the SaaS initiative, driving deployment excellence and product quality through a software-defined approach to operations and infrastructure. We are looking for an individual with a passion for both development and infrastructure, who dreams of programmatically controlling the full stack needed to run high quality SaaS products.
The Principal DevOps engineer will be part of a dynamic team, collaborating with the Client's Cloud Application Delivery to build out a release pipeline for their products and services. The DevOps engineer will be participating by helping to ensure the infrastructure portion of the service stack has an SDLC and that the processes and environments force quality and correctness into the delivery cycle prioritizing service Availability, Performance, Capacity, Security and Compliance.
The successful candidate will be recognized as a powerful voice in the devops/infrastructure-as-code domain, able to articulate deep and broad knowledge in a SaaS environment. You will take complete ownership of issues and of the success of your customers and peers in the build and support of this internal PaaS offering.
Responsibilities:
Build, deploy and maintain our infrastructure as code on large scale multi-site deployments using Terraform.
Develop CI/CD pipelines to deploy software in a cloud native platform (Azure, Kubernetes)
Automate workflows to help pushing the limit of the infrastructure - Troubleshoot issues until root causes are understood on high traffic production systems.
Implement and enforce best DevOps and security practices.
Be responsible for identifying bottlenecks and improving performance of our infrastructure.
Choose, deploy and manage tools and technologies to build and support a robust infrastructure (Monitoring/Deployment/self-healing)
Automation of business/deployment/validation processes
Develop/Test/Apply software configuration management.
Develop/Test/Run Software release procedures/pipelines.
Interact with users to coordinate infrastructure changes.
Participate in the testing of functionality, operability, deployment, and performance for application or infrastructure changes.
Evangelize SDLC processes for infrastructure change.
Participate in tool authoring, integration and extension via REST or SOAP.
Drive, define and deploy system monitoring with thresholds and actionable alerts.
Provide supports for production deployments.
Mentor junior engineers and those to whom SDLC over Infrastructure is still unknown
Perform tasks related to securing and keeping the products, tools, and processes that you are responsible for securing.
Qualifications:
BS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent technical degree.
5-7+ Years experience in a DevOps role
Required Skills:
Knowledge and hands on experience with Linux (admin, networking, scripting)
Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Azure ARM
Knowledge and hands-on experience with Cloud infrastructure (Azure)
Knowledge and hands-on experience with Cloud Native Technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes/AKS, LXC, Helm, Prometheus
Understanding Java, JVM and application servers concepts
Basic knowledge of networking (TCP/IP, UDP, VPN, DNS, TLS)
Basic knowledge of Computer security
Demonstrated troubleshooting and problem solving skills
Self-motivated & willing to learn
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Able to take direction and then deliver work autonomously
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal).
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment
Comfortable working remotely with people in other geographic regions
Preferred Skills:
Cloud native deployment: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform
CI/CD: GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Harness, Jenkins
Monitoring: Grafana, FluentD, ElasticStack, Prometheus, SumoLogic, Azure Analytics
Database: SQL
Storage: Blob, Min.io
Linux: Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian
What We Offer:
• Competitive contract pay
• Opportunity to work with a leading company.
• Flexible working environment
How to Apply
Apply by submitting your resume today, showcasing your relevant experience and passion for the position via LinkedIn Easy Apply or directly to vijaya.lakshmi@dabster.net.
#Note:- Only candidates with UK Born/UK Nationals/UK citizenship will be considered.
"We do not provide any sponsorship to the job aspirants"
About the Company
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