At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and support cloud platforms while driving automation and improving service reliability.
- Company: Join Octave, a global leader in mission-critical software solutions.
- Benefits: Flexible work options, inclusive culture, and resources for personal growth.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace committed to equal opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on cloud capabilities and enhance operational efficiency.
- Qualifications: Knowledge of SRE principles and experience with monitoring tools.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Summary
Join us in a key cloud engineering role where you'll help design, build, and support the platforms and services that power our business.
Working alongside development, architecture, security, and operations teams, you'll drive automation, improve reliability, and champion Dev Ops and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices.
You'll play a pivotal role in enhancing service resilience, observability, and operational efficiency while helping shape the future of our cloud capabilities through continuous improvement and innovation.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and platform services to enable secure, reliable, and scalable application delivery.
- Identify, analyse, and remediate platform, infrastructure, and deployment weaknesses, driving continuous improvement in reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
- Drive automation initiatives that reduce operational overhead, improve deployment quality, and increase the scalability and resilience of cloud-hosted services.
- Collaborate closely with architecture, development, security, and operations teams to establish and promote Dev Ops best practices, standards, and ways of working.
- Contribute to the adoption of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, supporting improvements in observability, monitoring, service reliability, incident management, and operational excellence.
- Implement and support infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and governance solutions using technologies such as Terraform, Open Tofu, Scalr, and Puppet.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance tooling that supports software delivery, platform operations, monitoring, and automated operational processes.
- Support the testing, validation, and deployment of new platform capabilities, assessing operational impact and ensuring production readiness.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues across development, test, and production environments, working proactively to identify and eliminate recurring problems.
- Ensure cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and supporting platform services are secure, resilient, compliant, and aligned with organisational standards and best practices.
Experience
- Knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and practices.
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Grafana, Prometheus, or similar technologies.
- Understanding of incident management, root cause analysis, service reliability metrics, and continuous service improvement.
- Experience with configuration management solutions such as Puppet.
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- About Octave
Octave provides mission-critical software that empowers organizations to make informed decisions across every stage of the asset lifecycle - Design, Build, Operate and Protect - where performance, safety, and reliability are non-negotiable and failure is not an option.
Turning complex operational data into actionable intelligence, Octave connects expertise, real-world conditions and enterprise-scale insight to improve performance, resilience and incident response where it matters most.
Octave has more than 7,000 employees in 45 countries. Learn more at octave. com and follow us on
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Why work for Octave?
All in.
Always forward.
That's the way we do things around here.
We put trust in our people because we believe it's the best way to unleash potential, bring ideas to life, and keep moving ahead.
And it's why we're committed to creating an environment that's truly supportive, providing you with the resources you need to support your ambitions, no matter who you are or where you are in the world.
Everyone is welcome
At Octave, we believe that diverse and inclusive teams are critical to the success of our people and our business.
Here, everyone is welcome.
As an inclusive workplace, we don't discriminate.
In fact, we embrace differences and are fully committed to creating equal opportunities, an inclusive environment, and fairness for all.
Respect is the cornerstone of how we operate, so speak up and be yourself. You're valued here.
DevOps Consultant in Swindon employer: Octave
At Octave, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through continuous learning opportunities and a supportive environment where diverse perspectives are valued. Located in a global setting with over 7,000 employees, we empower our team members to drive meaningful change while enjoying the benefits of a flexible and inclusive workplace.
