Senior Site Reliability Engineer

London, England, United Kingdom

9/28/2024

Application Deadline: 31 October 2024

Department: Technology

Location: UK- London

Description

🚢 Discover OTG :Ocean Technologies Group (OTG) is a leading provider of maritime software solutions. Our foundation is rooted in historic and iconic maritime brands with over 100 years of collective experience, including Seagull, Videotel, Marlins, MTS, Tero Marine, and COMPAS. These brands were founded on the principle of delivering advanced performance through superior technology.

At OTG, we're more than a company; we're a collective of maritime enthusiasts, tech innovators, and visionaries. With a century-long legacy, we have been guiding the industry toward safety and operational excellence. From fleet management to unparalleled learning resources, OTG is shaping the future of maritime solutions and forming strategic alliances with global organizations.


🎯 Our Mission: Our mission is clear; to provide comprehensive software and training solutions to diverse organizations in the global maritime sector. Recognizing the maritime industry's global significance, our goal is to empower its professionals by equipping them with the skills and tools to maximize their potential, optimize ship performance, and ensure the safe and efficient operation of marine assets.

To date, we have built a strong network, serving over 1,400 clients, reaching 20,000 vessels, and positively impacting the lives of more than 1,000,000 seafarers. Join us on our journey to make a significant difference in the maritime industry.

Our portfolio includes Learning & Assessment, Fleet Management, and Crew Management, uniting seven iconic maritime brands with over a century of collective experience.

🔍 Why Join OTG's Crew?

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  Legacy & Innovation: A century of maritime prowess meets cutting-edge solutions.


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  Global Impact: Serving 1,400+ clients, 20,000 vessels, and over a million seafarers.


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  Inclusive Culture: United by passion, Join an impact-driven crew and bask in our inclusive cultural tide.


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  Backed & Bold: Powered by Private Equity, we're charting a thrilling course to reshape the industry.


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  Growth Aboard: Sail into opportunities with our culture of continuous learning and internal progression.

Tech meets Maritime: Dive into a vibrant atmosphere where passion for Maritime and technology merges seamlessly.

🧭 Navigating the position: Senior AWS Engineer

The Infrastructure and Operations team are seeking an experienced SRE to take a lead role in a new and upcoming product from OTG, built upon the AWS platform.

As a Senior Engineer, you will work alongside Product, Development and DevOps teams to monitor and maintain the platform and ensure all AWS best-practices are implemented where possible. You will be responsible for ensuring overall reliability of the platform, through monitoring and attending to issues/alarms and regular testing of BC/DR processes as well as maintenance tasks such as system updates and security audits.

You will be joining a team of experienced Cloud Engineers in a lead role, so you will be expected to build and document processes and runbooks and give guidance to other engineers as we transition to the new platform.

Are you ready to make waves in the tech world? Apply now and be part of our exciting mission! 🌊💻

🚢 Your Voyage Ahead:

Platform Maintenance

• Ensuring overall maintenance and reliability of the new platform on AWS.


• Define and build maintenance processes to be automated where possible.


• Implement appropriate systems and application monitoring and alarms where necessary.

Collaboration and Best Practices

• Coordinate with DevOps team for new deployments and upgrades.


• Work with Development and Product team to advise AWS best-practices in line with OTG requirements.

Incident Management

• Escalation route for incidents and alarms while working with Development to resolve recurring problems.


• Attending critical incidents 24/7 where appropriate following on-call escalation.

🚢 Recommended to bring on board: 

Qualifications and Experience

• AWS Certification at Professional level, with a preference for Networking and/or Databases (DocumentDB).


• At least 5 years experience working as a Cloud Engineer or any other SRE-related role.


• Understanding of BCDR (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery) principles and experience of implementing and testing.

Leadership and Management

• Ability to take lead on projects and guide other engineers and stakeholders to required outcomes.


• Willingness to train and mentor team members to follow processes and practices that you have defined.

Skills and Abilities

• Strong desire for problem-solving and diving into issues which are difficult to resolve.
  
  

🛳️Navigating Life with OTG: Unveil a Treasure Trove of Benefits

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  🏡 Flexibility at its finest! Work from the comforts of home or at any of our global ports (offices).


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  🩺 VIP Health by Vitality: Comprehensive medical insurance, 24/7 GP helpline, and perks like cinema nights , coffee treats , Apple watch offers , fitness discounts , and spa indulgences.


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  💰 BUPA's Cashback Currents: Get cashback on dental , eyewear , physio , and enjoy thorough BUPA health assessments to keep you in prime sailing condition.


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  🗼 EAP: Your Guiding Beacon: For life's turbulent tides, access our Employee Assistance Programme – from confidential counselling to financial and legal guidance.


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  ⚓ Aviva Anchored Pensions: Embark on a pension journey that matches 5% contributions. Dive into Aviva's investment gems and savings insights.
  


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  🌌 Life Assurance: Your Safety Net : Secure 4x your base salary, ensuring tranquil waters ahead for your family. Chart your course in BambooHR.

⭐ OTG's Guiding Stars:

• ⭐Pioneering: Constantly charting new courses in innovation.


• ⭐Caring: Keeping the maritime community's safety and sustainability at the helm.


• ⭐Collaborating: Navigating together with clear communication and shared goals.


• ⭐Optimizing: Always in pursuit of excellence and constructive evolution.

🚢 Will You Navigate the Next Chapter with Us

Cast your resume into our waters and embark on a journey that transcends a mere job - it's an adventure in innovation and support. Visit us at Ocean Technologies Group and see if your compass aligns with ours. We're excited to welcome our next Oceaneer onboard.

✊🏼 All Hands on Deck: We steer with equality and celebrate the diversity of our Oceaneer's. OTG is a proud equal opportunity employer, where passion unites and differences are celebrated.

About Ocean Technologies Group

The Ocean Technologies Group is a global learning and operational technology company dedicated to realising the potential of every seafarer and every ship.

The group is built on historic and iconic maritime brands with over 60 years' collective experience of helping the most successful ship operators achieve the highest standards of safety and operational excellence.

Together, our companies boast an unrivalled network of over 1,400 customers, 20,000 vessels and over 1,000,000 seafarers with the biggest data rich picture of learning and development behaviour in maritime history.

It is this collective knowledge, experience and ability to collaborate with our partners, that will empower the Ocean Technologies Group to help to make the industry safer, stronger and able to excel.