Operations and DevOps Engineer

About StormHarvester:

Our products deliver on real-world issues, solving water company and industry problems with existing and new infrastructure which is critical to the environment, economy and everyday living.

We are primarily data driven with  domain expertise delivering insights to water networks and assets using analytics, presentation, machine learning and AI that is SAAS and cloud based.

We are building on our existing team to onward develop our existing products, and continue growing our customer offerings, base and revenues.

THE ROLE:

We are seeking a skilled Technical Operations Engineer to join our IT team. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience in AWS, deployment processes, containerization, Testing automation, and CI/CD pipeline management. You will be responsible for maintaining and improving our technical infrastructure, ensuring smooth deployment of applications, and supporting our development teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• AWS Infrastructure Management:
  • Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure.
  • Optimize AWS resources to ensure cost-effective and scalable solutions.
  • Monitor and maintain AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and more.
• Deployment and Release Management:
  • Develop and maintain automated deployment scripts.
  • Ensure smooth and efficient deployment processes.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve deployment issues in a timely manner.
• Containerization:
  • Implement and manage container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes , Docker EBS.
  • Ensure containerized applications are secure, scalable, and efficiently managed.
• CI/CD Pipeline Management:
  • Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, Bitbucket
  • Ensure efficient and reliable build, test, and deployment processes.
  • Collaborate with development teams to improve CI/CD practices.
• Monitoring and Performance Optimization:
  • Implement monitoring tools and practices to ensure the reliability and performance of infrastructure and applications.
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and system failures.
• Collaboration and Support:
  • Work closely with development, QA to support their infrastructure and deployment needs.
  • Provide technical guidance and support to team members and stakeholders.
• Testing Automation:
  • Develop and implement automated testing frameworks .
  • Work with development teams to integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline.
  • Ensure high test coverage and reliable test results.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Degree level education in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience
• Min 12 months experience in a DevOps role or a developer role involving significant DevOps responsibilities
• Experienced in at least one of the main cloud technologies – AWS, Azure, RedHat, GCP, IBM Cloud
• Strong working knowledge of Linux
• Experience of building and implementing CI/CD pipelines including working with repos, build automation tools, build orchestration and environment automation. e.g. Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, CloudFormation, Others
• Experience in implementing tools for logging, monitoring and alerting. e.g. Prometheus, Splunk, CloudWatch, Nagios
• Experience in creating and automating virtual machines in public and private clouds
• An understanding or experience of high availability, business continuity and disaster recovery solutions in the cloud

DESIRABLE CRITERIA:

• A recognised DevOps or SysOps certification from e.g. AWS
• Experience developing custom scripts in Python, Bash, PowerShell, GoLang or similar language
• Experience implementing cloud infrastructure and networking required to host services, including storage, firewall and network configuration
• Experience in deploying serverless functions e.g. AWS Lambda
• Experience of Agile Scrum, Lean or Kanban using JIRA, or similar agile tracking tools

BENEFITS:

• Free parking at our Belfast office
• Private medical and dental insurance
• 24 days+ annual leave
• Electric vehicle scheme