We are looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to undertake application build and support activities in AWS platform.

• Undertake application build & support activities in AWS platform
• Overseeing the day-to-day operations of the AWS cloud implementations
• Undertake monitoring using AWS CloudWatch and CloudTrail event logs to ensure security of data and access privileges as required
• Hands-on contribution to the technical code and design documentation
• Design & Implement CI/CD pipelines from Development through to Production implementation
• Support & undertake evaluations and technical proof-of-concepts
• Understand / apply reusable code design, leverage application architecture / framework capabilities and functionality, and design / develop solutions that are highly reliable, scalable, and perform to meet business-defined service levels
• Conduct code reviews and ensuring quality solutions are built and tested
• Install/troubleshoot application software, user account management and installation/support of third party services (Lambda / DynamoDB /  S3 / CloudFront)
• Coach other members of the team to undertake user account management (such as Active Directory, Cognito, SAML/SSO and IAM)
• To escalate and report issues that is likely to cause any service outage, and internal service levels not being met
• To develop and engineer system solutions for pre-defined small change and fix-on-fail activities
• Ensuring that all proposed business changes are formally mapped back to strategic goals and have documented risks, which are reviewed and managed.
• To review advice given on any proposed system changes or designs, either throughout the project lifecycle or enhancements worked upon,  The definition of requirements for improving any of the above and the quantification of potential business benefits
• Seeking out, identifying and introducing new techniques and tools to continuously improve the services offered – Be open to ‘open source’ & drive culture of re-use & exploit new technologies for business benefit
• Treating Customers Fairly - contribute to effective communication processes appropriate to the audience situation and the desired outcome in order to manage the smooth delivery of change. In addition, ensure that key stakeholders are engaged in business improvement activities and the adoption thereof

Qualifications:

• AWS certified Developer and/or AWS certified DevOps Engineer

Knowledge:

• Knowledge and hands-on working experience on Amazon Web Services (AWS Cloud)
• Experience in scripting – Shell, Python, JavaScript
• Experience in building pipelines for CI/CD implementations
• AWS based Provisioning (API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, S3, CloudWatch, CloudFront, CloudFo/rmation, Security Groups, Network Routing/ACLs)
• AWS based build, deployment and automation (CodePipeline, CodeBuild)
• Creating automation workflows with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
• Working knowledge of JIRA
• Understanding of development best practices in building a stable, secure & performant application
• Knowledge of Serverless frameworks

Skills:

• Strong software development & implementation skills in AWS using AWS toolset
• Proven Experience in problem analysis and development tools
• Experience with administrating SaaS environments and tuning
• Ability to write advanced level Python and Shell. Basic knowledge of Go and/or nodeJS is a plus
• Experience of using cloud based solutions (AWS-EC2/S3, Azure
• Experience with infrastructure automation, infrastructure as code, automated application deployment, monitoring/telemetry, logging, reporting/dashboarding, and continuous delivery technologies
• Experience with containers and container scheduling and management platforms (such as: Docker, rkt, Mesos, or Kubernetes) would be an added advantage
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Experience with Jenkins will be an added advantage

Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, 25 days' holiday (plus one day after two years), private medical insurance, performance related bonuses, a variety of share schemes, discounts at both a huge range of high street stores and our own great products, your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.