DevOps Engineer – London

My client has a great opportunity for a DevOps Engineer with Linux system support/engineer with AWS experience to work in their London office. This would be a great opportunity for someone who is looking for a challenging role where they can progress and develop.

Technical skills for the DevOps Linux systems support engineer

• Experience doing Helpdesk support. Knowledge of Office365, Active Directory, Windows 10, VPNs and support end-users.
• Experience in banking or corporate environment.
• Experience building/setting up Microsoft Windows servers and laptops.
• Experience ordering equipment and dealing with third party companies for 2nd/3rd line support.
• Understanding of WAN & LAN networking concepts including: TCP/IP, DHCP, WINS, DNS.
• Networking Experience (routers, switches, firewalls, access points).
• Understanding of Group Policy and File Permission.
• DevOps knowledge.
• Systems support / engineer.
• Conceptual knowledge of server virtualization technology. A keen interest, working knowledge in virtual infrastructure technologies (Cloud, e.g. Microsoft Azure or AWS) and an understanding of best practices.
• Continuous integration system (Jenkins) performing and automating systems administration tasks in Ansible and Terraform.
• Experience installing, administering and configuring SQL Servers (MySQL).
• Strong analytical and technical skills with clear understanding of the lifecycle of software projects, integrations (XML/JSON) and services.
• Experience working with Agile methodologies (e.g. Kanban, Scrum).
• Experience testing systems (software and infrastructure).

Personal profile

• Personal drive (proactive), flexible, creative (thinks out of the box), result driven, responsible, curious, team player and fast learner.
• Hands on attitude, willing/capable to understand the big picture.
• Ability to succeed in a culture where change and speed are part of daily work.