DevOps Engineer

Waracle are looking for a DevOps Engineer for an exciting new role joining our world-class digital technology consultancy and home to a diverse, smart, curious and ambitious community of specialists in technology-driven transformation.

We work with ambitious clients to help them solve their biggest business and customer challenges. We help our clients to innovate and create intelligent digital products and services. We thrive on complex challenges and deliver business-critical IT transformation projects, moving seamlessly from strategy, design and delivery to operations.

This is a hybrid role working from any of our Scotland offices (Edinburgh, Glasgow or Dundee) but also involves travel to other offices when required.

As a mid-level DevOps Engineer you will play a crucial role in building, maintaining, and optimising cloud infrastructure and deployment processes, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of applications. You will work collaboratively with development teams and engage with clients to understand their needs and deliver effective DevOps solutions.

You’ll be expected to:

• Independently gather and comprehend client DevOps requirements, translating technical aspects into clear and concise language.
• Present technical DevOps solutions effectively to clients, offering relevant insights and options.
• Demonstrate proficiency in setting up, configuring and integrating various DevOps tools within the toolchain, and develop automation scripts for deployment and infrastructure management.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines, automating integration and deployment processes using relevant tools.
• Configure and manage infrastructure components using automation tools and monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimisations.
• Implement security tools and practices, including vulnerability scanning and static code analysis.
• Communicate with development teams to understand their requirements and align DevOps processes.
• Configure and maintain monitoring systems for log aggregation and lead incident response for known issues, following established protocols and driving improvements.
• Develop and maintain detailed documentation for system configurations and procedures.

Job Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in designing, deploying, and managing infrastructure and applications on both AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, etc
• Experience with CI/CD tools for building and managing automated continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with containerization tools and platforms such as Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, etc
• Experienced in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, Powershell or similar.
• Skilled in monitoring/logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Azure Monitor).
• Jira administration skills, including workflow and integration management.
• Proactive individual who actively seeks to expand knowledge and keep up with industry trends.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to understand complex requirements and offer comprehensive solutions.

The recruitment process you can expect for this role is an initial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner who will chat with you about Waracle, what you are looking for in a new position, the salary for the role, notice period and benefits (the important stuff!). After that, you'll be invited to a two-stage interview process where you have an opportunity to find out more about the role and showcase your skills and experience. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will guide you through the whole process to your first day with us.

We have various events, days out, competitions and incentives throughout the year and here are some other benefits you can expect as permanent team member at Waracle:

• 🏡Flexible and Hybrid working
• 🏖35 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
• 💸Matched Pension up to 5%
• 🤒Medicash Proactive Health Cover
• 🧘‍♀️Health and Wellbeing Support through Unum
• 📈Access to 1000s Personal Development Courses
• 🏥Group Life and Sickness Cover
• 🍼Enhanced parental leave
• 🤑Access to exclusive savings and discounts on top brands

Plus many more!

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.