Job Description

Values are extremely important to our culture and success. As a key member of the team, you will enjoy working in a team that is continually evolving, working at pace, and sometimes thinking outside the box to make things happen. You will be keen to learn and develop in your role; we understand this may be at your own pace and role dependent. You will be open and honest and show that you are reliable.




The

Senior DevOps Engineer

role sits within our Systems & Development team and you will report into the Head of Systems and Development. You will work with our other developers and our infrastructure engineer to maintain and improve our Kubernetes, AWS, and on-premise environments for application deployment; you'll ensure we operate all our applications in a cost-efficient, reliable, and maintainable manner. You will manage and maintain our CI/CD process and tools, setting standards for other developers to follow and supporting them in making use of the platforms.




As part of a small but capable team, acting as the lead on our cloud infrastructure and a key developer in the team, you'll be a self-starter with the ability to independently investigate, diagnose, troubleshoot, and progress your work, and support others with complex issues. You'll have an eye for detail and a passion for getting things right, building reliable and robust products that just work and deliver the required business outcomes.




FullFibre prides itself on openness and reliability, amongst its other values. When it comes to data that means that we manage our customer's data and our systems carefully and responsibly, with privacy and security at the heart of all our analysis and engineering. You'll share these values, care about responsible use of data, and have a good technical understanding of data and system security best practices.

Ideal Profile...

The ability to collaborate with technical and operations teams with a range of technical skill levels An inquiring attitude - you don't like things that you can't explain, figure stuff out if you don't know, and try to get to the bottom of odd glitches Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to map out processes using diagramming tools, to present technical changes to non-technical stakeholders, At least 5 years of professional experience in development and operational roles Strong understanding of good data governance and relevant legislation (UK GDPR etc) Fluent proficiency in Python, with experience in modern Python (we use 3.12 onwards) and language features such as type hinting, async, etc Experience with GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket/other SCM/devops platforms Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Github Actions, GitLab pipelines, Bitbucket pipelines, Jenkins, etc Experience with Kubernetes workload management and administration Experience with administering Linux systems directly and with config management systems such as Ansible and Puppet. Degree-level qualification in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or similar equivalent professional experience demonstrating your ability to work and think in an analytical manner

Your key responsibilities as

Senior DevOps Engineer

will be...

Development and maintenance of our continuous integration and deployment toolchains Support and maintenance of our Kubernetes cluster and AWS cloud environments Development of best practice guidance and support documentation for other software engineers Development of software applications for the business, ranging from APIs for wholesale partners to network provisioning tools to customer support tools, and any other components as required Collaboration with stakeholders to understand and verify requirements or desired system behaviour throughout the development process Support and mentoring of junior members of the team, helping to build a stronger team and increase our capacity

Company Benefits...

Base salary of up to 80,000 depending of qualifications/experience. 25 Days Holiday Birthday off Private healthcare Pension scheme Life insurance Training and career development Working with us, you will learn new skills on the job, diversify your abilities and enjoy building a new future for the UK's broadband network, one town at a time, and have a great time.
FullFibre provides you with the flexibility to work in a way that will help you grow and develop. As well as having clear responsibilities, you will get extensive training to help you develop, and you will be building a legacy here as we build the Full Fibre broadband network of the future