DevOps Engineer
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
About SGS
Smarter Grid Solutions is a pioneering technology company that spearheaded the introduction of Active Network Management in the UK, and is now a world-leading provider of DERMS Software to electrical utilities across the UK, Europe and North America. We have a customer base that includes major utilities including UK Power Networks, Western Power Distribution, Consolidated Edison, Hydro One and Southern California Edison and controls over 500 MW of renewable generation, from wind turbines to electric vehicles, across its customer territories.
Role
Smarter Grid Solutions are seeking a DevOps engineer to join our experienced team in Glasgow to support the continued growth of our DevOps team. Reporting to our Principal DevOps Engineer and working alongside our technology teams you will provide a key role in supporting SGS’s product & DevOps strategy.
Your focus will be on supporting the DevOps and wider Technology team with day to day BAU DevOps support and working on Projects that help us deliver our world-class technology to our customers.
You will likely have been in Operations or Development for several years before and will have a passion for automation with good interpersonal skills who can articulate complex technology concepts to key stakeholders. As a DevOps engineer, you will be a keen learner with an aptitude for new technologies and helping others adopt it.
Responsibilities and Objectives
Support, design & maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting both development and production workloads in AWS, Azure and VMware platforms.
Support existing AWS environments and provide training and knowledge transfer to both software development and support teams.
Setup new AWS environments
Working with Architects, Principal DevOps Engineer and Product Owners to refine and manage the DevOps backlog of work.
Recommend best practices and evangelise a DevOps culture within the SGS Software Development team.
Maintain and support development tools including GitLab, Jira and Confluence.
Manage the DevOps tooling suite, ensuring each is running efficiently, and recommending improvements and migration strategies.
Identify and act on opportunities to increase automation and efficiency throughout our software development pipeline
Writing Infrastructure code to implement and support the Development environment infrastructure.
Working with the Security Team to integrate security into the application development environment
Research third party products and services
Work closely with Technology Team members to engage with clients and internal SGS stakeholders to review, revise and improve Technology Development and Test infrastructure that will influence future SGS products
Assist with the feasibility and scoping of technology projects
Ability to work independently, handle multipe tasks simultaneously and adapt quickly to change
Essential Skills
A deep understanding of AWS Knowledge, with a focus on: MSK, S3, IoT, IAM, SNS, Containers, SES, Timestream
IAC deployments with Terraform & CloudFormation
Coding experience in Bash, PowerShell or Python
Building and testing containers (docker)
Expertise diagnosing and troubleshooting complex technical issues
Working knowledge of GIT
Desired Skills
from a Software Engineering background
Certified Solutions Architect or similar
certifications will be advantageous
Certified Associate
& Linux Administration
Administration skills
or Configuration management experience
hands-on experience with AWS or Azure
GitLab CI pipelines
in integrating security scanning into CI/CD pipelines
tools including Vault and Consul
administration experience, SQL Server or PostgreSQL
knowledge of the Atlassian product suite
understanding of networking topologies
in IT automation
In return, you’ll be joining a highly engaged and passionate team that rewards commitment and achievement!
If you’re interested in applying for this position or have any questions about the role or life at Smarter Grid Solutions, we’d love to hear from you!