Senior DevOps Engineer (Java) in Birmingham

Company Description

Join Netcompany in leveraging technological innovations to foster societal transformation. Netcompany was awarded 5th position on the esteemed UK Top 50 Best Places to Work in the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards for 2024. As one of the fastest growing technology companies, we are disrupting the marketplace and revolutionizing the way businesses operate. Our vision is to be the leading digital challenger in Europe whilst evolving the next generation of IT consulting.

Operating across both public and private sectors, we offer a comprehensive range of services from product design and engineering, digital strategy, data services & management, cloud migration to program delivery and service operations, our offerings are designed to meet diverse business needs.

Job Description

Responsible for implementing and supporting improvements, efficiency, enhancing software quality, and accelerate delivery times. Having the shared responsibility between development/operations with a focus on people, process, tools that take a unified customer/user focus. In a multi-disciplinary team with Development, QA, IT Operations, Infosec, UCD etc. all working together to achieve a common goal of applying best practice in DevOps.

Key Responsibilities

• Extensive experience of DevOps tooling, containers and containerisation
• Communication: Able to speak to stakeholders and be able to transfer business requirements into technical implementation
• Facilitate information/business knowledge: Able to act as a business SME and understand what the business needs and how to support this into an efficient DevOps team.
• Stakeholder Management: Able to negotiate and influence with stakeholders to ensure the service runs effectively and efforts are placed correctly.

Qualifications

• 5+ Years as a DevOps Engineer
• Strong knowledge in AWS and CI/CD pipeline creation and maintenance
• Practical experience using Terraform, Kubernetes and Helm
• Knowledge of Java(spring) is ideal
• Extensive experience of cloud computing, and best practices/emerging technologies
• Experienced with multiple eco-system databases, architecture and integration
• Experience with monitoring tools to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Kubernetes & Helm: Strong understanding of container orchestration with Kubernetes and package management using Helm.
• Cloud Services (AWS): Experience with cloud platforms, specifically AWS.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Knowledge of tools like Terraform.
• CI/CD: Proficiency in setting up and maintaining pipelines, particularly with Jenkins.
• Database Management: Experience with schema change management (e.g., Liquibase).
• Scripting: Ability to write automation scripts (e.g., Python).
• GitOps: Understanding of GitOps principles.
• Java & Maven: Experience with Java programming and Maven for builds.
• Core Principles: A mindset focused on automation, proactive monitoring, continuous improvement, and defining best practices.
• Knowledge of GitLab, Bash, ArgoCD, Kafka, or Liquibase is considered beneficial but not essential.

Essentials

• Must have willingness to travel
• Must have the right to work in the UK
• Must be able to attain a UK Security Clearance

Additional Information

• Benefits include Hybrid working model with some flexible working
• 25 days’ holiday
• Private Medical Health care via Vitality
• Pension contribution, Life Assurance
• Professional certifications supported as part of learning and development.
• A range of retail discounts to enhance your lifestyle, encompassing restaurants, supermarkets, travel, leisure activities and health and well-being services.
• Access to our Employee Resource Groups, our groups represent diverse backgrounds and provide a platform for colleagues to connect, learn, and support one another.

Company information

Join Netcompany, where we proudly hold the 5th position on the esteemed UK Top 50 Best Places to Work in the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards for 2024. At Netcompany, we pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit and our capacity for doing things differently. Our culture is built on fostering low bureaucracy, emphasizing high agility and promoting flexibility, enabling everyone to contribute their best.

Our journey began in the UK with the acquisition of Hunter Macdonald in 2017. As one of Northern Europe's most accomplished IT companies, we have expanded our headcount globally to 7400+ employees and have offices in UK, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Holland and Vietnam.

Netcompany is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process for anyone wishing to apply for a job with us. We operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme which means that we offer guaranteed interviews to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for a role. Applicants are asked to opt in, so please let us know if you wish your application to be considered under this scheme. If you need any reasonable adjustments or extra support during the recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected].