As DevOps Engineer, you will be joining our engineering team working on a range of complex system deployments, platform development and enhancement, and system integration projects.
You will assist in the evolution of our CI/CD pipelines with security best practices as a focus. Improve time-to-deploy of infrastructure and services to meet demanding deadlines. Identifying and resolving security or vulnerability concerns within our architecture.
You will build and maintain our multi-cloud platform using IaC (Terraform).
You will assist our development team, answering technical questions, preparing test environments and liaising with our vendors to overcome system integration challenges.
Responsibilities
- Development and maintenance of our CI/CD pipelines (AWS AFT and GitHub Actions).
- Supporting the on-going design and implementation of cloud services through Infrastructure as Code (IaC - Terraform).
- Deploying scalable cloud-based services on AWS, IBM Cloud and GCP.
- Deploy REST API system integrations.
- Working with software developers and architects to ensure that development follows established processes and functions as intended.
- Translating architectural designs into IaC defined solutions.
- Responsible for automation and system provisioning, metrics, monitoring, scalability and security.
- Document work and take part in regular code review with the Cloud Engineering and DevOps teams.
- Contribute to the development and administration of disaster recovery plans.
- Produce documentation to a very high standard.
- Demonstrate a willingness to learn and be flexible.
Requirements
Experience- Minimum three years of experience in a DevOps role.
- Experience with AWS Account Factory for Terraform is highly advantageous.
- Experience with software development, infrastructure development, or system integrations.
- Hands-on experience with building and managing releases, code merging and promotion, and CI/CD workflows and tools.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code.
- Proficient scripting in Python, JavaScript, NodeJS, Bash.
- Experience with REST API integration.
Experience with the following would be advantageous:
- Project/Issue tracking tools (JIRA).
- Agile project management practices.
- Digital Asset Management / Media Asset Management solutions.
- File Transfer solutions.
- Transcoding solutions.
- SSO/MFA (SAML, LDAP, OAuth2).
- Fundamental understanding of Networking – Firewall, NAT, DNS, VPN, Load Balancing etc.
- Experience with SIEM and monitoring solutions (Coralogix, Datadog, Splunk).
Attributes and Career Goals- You will have strong communication skills and be a real team player, able to focus on complex tasks, whilst also maintaining regular collaboration with your fellow colleagues across engineering, support and sales teams.
- You will have a passion for new cloud-based technologies and be excited by the prospect of working within a fast-growing business – helping to redefine the way our clients operate.
- You will be resourceful and have good problem-solving skills.
- You will work well under pressure and be well-organised and capable of meeting project deadlines and delivering work to the highest possible standard.
- You will have confidence speaking directly with clients, explaining complex concepts in easy-to-understand language.
- You will have a willingness to commit to training programs provided by the company to expand your skillset.
- Aspiration to achieve Specialist level AWS accreditation or higher.
Soft Skills- A data obsessed mindset with experience in generation of analytics to monitor and improve both platform health and operational efficiency.
- Excellent leadership and team-building skills with a proactive and collaborative approach.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make decisions under pressure.
- Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to interact
effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. - High degree of customer obsession and experience in managing escalations and challenging
customer scenarios.
Benefits
About Base Media Cloud
Cloud Native Media Services | Reimagining workflows in the cloud Base Media Cloud is on a mission to democratize cloud services for all businesses helping them to store, process and manage content at scale with integrated online media solutions. Base Media Cloud’s one provider model offers affordable cloud storage, media asset management, and media workflow integrations. Each solution includes tailored support strengthened with ISO27001-certified security practices at every layer. We enable our customers to centralize, secure and efficiently index media files in one content hub.
Base Media Cloud provides award-winning cloud services to a range of clients across multiple industries, including global online video brands like LADbible Group, cutting-edge sports podcasts such as High Performance, and prestigious film and broadcast studios such as Twickenham Film Studios and Narrative Entertainment.
The culture at
Base Media Cloud is a core aspect of the business. The following values underpin the day-to-day working culture at the company:
- We are bold.
- We are honest.
- We are empathetic.
- We are collaborative.
- We are curious.
Benefits - 25 days holiday + Public Holidays
- Employer Pension Scheme (we match your pension contributions at 5% every month)
- Life Assurance Scheme x 4 salary
- 360 Wellbeing App - which offers discounts, EAP, Will Writing, Financial advice and gym membership discounts and many more
- Fora – free gym membership and other Fora perks
How to apply: We would love to hear why you want to work for
Base Media Cloud and what you will bring to the table. You can upload a cover letter below and tell us a bit more about you, your interests, and your experience.
If you are successfully short-listed for an interview, one of our team will be in touch to discuss the next steps.
Please note – Base Media Cloud cannot support sponsorship requests and all candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.
Base Media Cloud is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, ethnic origin, disability, age or political or religious belief in its recruitment or other employment policies.