Operations / DevOps Engineer - Manchester (Linux, AWS, Python)
Hybrid
Manchester, United Kingdom
£ 45,000 / year
Full Time
07-04-2025
Job Specifications
We are looking for Data Operations / DevOps Engineers for a growing client in Manchester (Hybrid)
Role 1 – Operations Engineer - £40-50k
Operations Engineers will improve, maintain and support these systems, with the support of the other Operations engineers, the Operations Team Lead, the Server Capture technical lead and other colleagues.
The data capture systems are made up of a combination of open source and bespoke software running on the Linux platform. There is heavy use of automation such as Puppet and Terraform to deliver these capabilities.
Beyond the regular maintenance, operations and support tasks there will be ample opportunities to be involved in the development of automation and systems management.
About You: Here’s what we’re looking for:
• Linux – CentOS/Alma preferred
• The ability to solve problems and find out or source information.
• Following established processes
• Good communication skills Preferred:
• Python or other scripting languages
• Experience in running servers at scale
• Experience with VPS and Dedicated server hosting companies worldwide
• Puppet Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools
• Administrative knowledge of common business tools such as Atlassian’s suite Microsoft 365 etc
• Experience with AWS Cloudwatch
Role 2 – DevOps / Data - £60-65k
Your role will primarily be to perform DevOps, backend and cloud development on the data infrastructure to develop innovative solutions to effectively scale and maintain the data platform. You will be working on complex data problems in a challenging and fun environment, using some of the latest Big Data open-source technologies like Apache Spark, as well as Amazon Web Service technologies including Elastic MapReduce, Athena and Lambda to develop scalable data solutions.
About You:
Here's what we’re looking for:
The ability to problem solve.
Knowledge of AWS or equivalent cloud technologies.
Knowledge of Serverless technologies, frameworks and best practices.
Experience using AWS CloudFormation or Terraform for infrastructure automation.
Knowledge of Scala or OO language such as Java or C#.
SQL or Python development experience.
High-quality coding and testing practices.
Willingness to learn new technologies and methodologies.
Knowledge of agile software development practices including continuous integration, automated testing and working with software engineering requirements and specifications.
Good interpersonal skills, positive attitude, willing to help other members of the team.
Experience debugging and dealing with failures on business-critical systems.
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