DevOps Engineer

Full Job Description

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!