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Principal DevOps Engineer @Aker Systems

[Hiring] Principal DevOps Engineer @Aker Systems

Apr 07, 2025 - Aker Systems is hiring a remote Principal DevOps Engineer. 💸 Salary: competitive salary with benefits. 📍Location: UK.

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Role Description

As a Principal DevOps Engineer, you will help lead the development and implementation of secure cloud environments hosting data and batch/real-time analytical platforms for public and private sector clients, leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies and techniques.

  • Build, test and deploy cloud-based infrastructure and applications using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code
  • Contribute to the coding of custom test automation frameworks
  • Perform script maintenance and updates due to changes in requirements or implementations
  • Assist with setup/maintenance of environments for both manual and automated testing
  • Assist in production support through the investigation and resolution of incidents
  • Perform ongoing routine application maintenance tasks
  • Assist in conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications
  • Participate in the contingency planning, including reliable backup and restore procedures
  • Document functions and changes to new or modified modules and test activities/results
  • Mentoring and driving the team to deliver to the start our customer's require

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or greater
  • At least 5 years of working experience in a DevOps capacity

Requirements

  • Commercial Experience in deploying and operating infrastructure (network, servers, services) and applications on AWS and other cloud environments
  • Developing and operating using open source and commercial software within a cloud-centric environment
  • Server build and administration, Linux and Windows
  • GitHub/GitLab for source control and performing code reviews as part of the build and deployment cycle
  • CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies, e.g. Terraform and Ansible
  • Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks
  • Experience of cloud orchestration and containerisation technologies, such as Kubernetes and Docker
  • Knowledge of large-scale databases and distributed technologies, such as RDS
  • Knowledge of distributed event streaming technologies, such as Kafka
  • Write/maintain automation script using Bash/Shell or python scripting languages
  • Experience of mentoring and leading people around you and taking point on key decisions

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays)
  • Company Paid Medical Insurance
  • Life Assurance (4x times basic salary)
  • Pension scheme
  • Perks at Work
  • Cycle Scheme
  • Tech Scheme
  • Season Ticket Loan
  • Voluntary benefits including Dental Insurance, Critical illness cover and Virtual GP

Equal Opportunities

Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.

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Salary 💸 competitive salary with benefits
Remote Location
UK
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Posted Apr 07, 2025
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