DevOps Engineer

Job title:

DevOps Engineer

Company:

The National College

Job description

1. Job Purpose / Role OverviewResponsible for automating infrastructure, managing cloud environments, setting up continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, release management, monitoring system performance, ensuring security and compliance.2. Key Responsibilities

Working as part of a scrum team, but collaborating with other development teams, product, design and test teams to ensure the best implementation and highest quality product
Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines. Automate provisioning and configuration of cloud resources
Deploy, manage, and optimise cloud-based infrastructure. With a core focus uptime and performance
Set up and maintain the necessary monitoring, alerting, and logging in our systems to ensure system reliability and performance
Work with product and development to plan, build, execute and manage releases.
Implement security best practices in infrastructure, including vulnerability scanning, IAM, and firewall management

Requirements3. Experience

3+ years’ experience DevOps roles
A track record of successfully managing and delivering the automation of infrastructure and deployment processes

4. Skills and Competencies

A strong ability to work with detail and accuracy
Strong technical skills and understanding of software development and delivery practices
Experience with video delivery platforms or learning management systems a huge benefit
Practical experience working with automated unit and integration testing tools and frameworks such as PHPUnit, PHPStan and Selenium
Experience with agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban, and tools such as Jira and Git
Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
Flexible and able to work in a highly collaborative fast-paced culture
Strong technical capabilities, with the ability to diagnose and resolve issues across multiple systems
Structured and organised approach to ensure issues are managed to completion, prioritised effectively, and reported on to key stakeholders
Experience working with relational databases (preferably MySQL/Aurora)
Development and coding or database experience a strong advantage
Experience with setting up and maintaining continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
Practical experience with AWS, including the management of live, business critical software platforms
Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools, with a clear understanding on maintaining system reliability
Experience with Docker setup and configuration