Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure)

Join Our Growing Team - Future Opportunities Await!

We are excited to share that our company is experiencing significant growth and expansion, and as a result, we're on the lookout for talented individuals to join our team.

We want to be upfront about our hiring process. At this moment, we are in the process of securing projects that align with our business goals and objectives. Our intention is to ensure that once we bring new team members on board, they will have a meaningful and impactful role to play from day one. While we might not be able to extend an offer immediately, we are highly interested in considering you for these future projects.

If you're open to the idea of potentially joining our team in the future, we encourage you to continue with our interview process. We value your time and effort and believe that getting to know you better will help us make an informed decision.

Once you have effectively concluded the entire recruitment procedure, we will retain your profile and reach out to you once a suitable opportunity emerges. Additional interviews will not be necessary at this stage, and we anticipate being able to extend an offer to you promptly.

What does our recruitment process look like?

1. Recruiter Screen

In the first call, our recruiter will learn more about you and your story to check a potential fit for gravity9. This is also an opportunity to ask your questions about the role and company. This step might take around 60 mins.

2. Tech Interview with our devops consultants

In this meeting your potential future teammate will take a deeper dive into your experience and what you could bring to the team. This step will take around 90 mins.
3. Final Interview

You made it to the very last stage! Here we already strive to cooperate with you and give you an opportunity to meet our leadership team during this informal talk. This step will take around 30 mins.

The salary details for the role will be communicated ahead of the first recruitment meeting.

Thank you for considering the opportunity to be a part of our growing journey. We look forward to the possibility of working together and achieving great things.

Role Description

We are looking for a smart, enthusiastic DevOps engineer with a keen interest in current technology. Using your experience of DevOps and engineering best practices, you will be involved in the design and implementation of secure and scalable applications that are transforming industries. You will take an active part in team discussions and you will work collaboratively with your colleagues to identify, prioritise and deliver features which bring value to our clients.

We believe small, multi-disciplinary teams are most effective in delivering complex change. As such, we are looking for someone with a collaborative mindset who is happy to be flexible and take on different responsibilities over the lifetime of our projects.

Role requirements - technical skills and experience

This role will suit a highly capable DevOps with at least 5 years of experience working with Azure. Skills and experience should include:

• Experience building independent web-based tools, microservices, and solutions.

• Proficient in Terraform and writing scripts and automation using Bash, PowerShell, and Helm.

• Experience working with Azure.

• Configuration of complex CI/CD pipelines, especially Azure DevOps.

• Experience working with Kubernetes and AKS is required.

• Management of source control GIT.

• Good understanding of how IT operations are managed.

• Development methodologies: familiarity with agile working and test-driven development. Use of JIRA.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent command of and proficiency in spoken and written English (working directly with UK/US-based clients).

• Education: An excellent result in computer science or another STEM subject is recommended, either at the MSc or BSc level, but alternative education pathways will be considered.

Nice to have:

• Experience working with other cloud providers (AWS or GCP)

Role requirements –soft skills

Key attributes and behaviours to succeed in this role will be:

• Delivery focus - strong analysis and problem-solving skills. Ability to evaluate, design and implement effective solutions. Flexibility to adapt skills to a spectrum of client engagements, use cases and modes of change delivery.

• Exemplary standards of personal integrity and respect for others – professional approach to all aspects of client engagement and collaborative team working, able to quickly build relationships based on trust and transparency. Strong presentation and written and verbal communication are essential given the client facing nature of the role.

• Value driven - Creative thinking, with aptitude for innovation and strong desire to exceed client expectations.

• Energy – positive attitude and determination to learn and succeed.