Who are we:
In 2019, our founders were working as engineers solving complex cross domain problems within government organisations
TwinStream was formed to consolidate their collective expertise and experience into one business, providing technical excellence and exceptional service to their clients. We have teams working both on-site with clients and remotely from home.
Details:
£70,000 to £100,000
Fully remote
About the role:
We are looking for skilled engineers to join a new team that will deploy and maintain our established cross-domain system for a customer. The system uses an AMQP event-driven microservices architecture and extensively utilises Docker container services. As a team member, you will maintain a continuous deployment pipeline, work with feature delivery teams to promote component releases into production, and apply configuration management tools to ensure all deployments are consistent and correctly configured.
The system is designed to be highly observable and available. The team will use monitoring tools to verify that all components are meeting SLA/SLO requirements. If any problems are identified, the team will take preventive actions to minimise customer impact and restore service as quickly as possible.
This role is perfect for an experienced engineer who is comfortable working in a managed service environment and wants to gain more experience with best-of-breed DevOps tools and techniques.
Key Responsibilities of the DevOps Engineer:
Collaborate with Feature Development teams to promote new component versions into production as efficiently as possible.
Maintain the system to agreed service level and availability objectives using real-time monitoring tools and system-generated metrics.
Instrumentation of new system metrics and alerts to pre-empt issues and improve performance.
Respond to monitoring alerts and customer incidents, taking preventative/remedial action to minimise customer impact.
Liaising with key customer stakeholders to schedule capability changes and capture new service requirements as they arise.
Apply automation techniques to reduce mthe anual operations burden.
Skills & Experience Required:
Experience in infrastructure automation tools (CloudFormation, Terraform or Ansible)
Experience working with Docker containers & container orchestration tools (such as Kubernetes, OpenShift or Docker Swarm)
Experience using and maintaining CI / CD tools (such as Jenkins or GitHub actions)
Good understanding of relational databases and SQL
Linux command line, administration and shell scripting
Solid understanding of monitoring, auto-scaling, performance tuning, troubleshooting and disaster recovery best practices
Working knowledge of network security protocols
Working knowledge of AWS
Experience with monitoring tools such as InfluxDB, Prometheus or Grafana
Desirable Skills:
Experience of working in a managed service environment
Experience using, developing with and maintaining cloud hosting services (ideally AWS EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda)
Experience of event-driven integration with MQ messaging (RabbitMQ or similar AMQP solution)
Knowledge of cross domain principles & technologies
Industry experience writing well-tested code in one of our platform languages (Java, Go, Python or similar)
There are many great reasons to join our team!
Pension Plan
Secure your future with our competitive pension plan that offers an 8% employer contribution.
Private Medical Healthcare
Your health and well-being are our top priorities. Enjoy comprehensive private medical healthcare, which includes dental and optical care for you and your family.
Learning and Development
Your career is in your hands. We empower you to take charge of your own development, giving you the autonomy to shape your growth. To support this, everyone receives an annual training budget of £1,000.
Flexible Working
We understand the importance of balancing work and life. Flexibility is not just a policy for us; it is part of our culture. We are passionate about helping you seamlessly integrate work with your home life.
Electric Vehicle Scheme
Drive sustainability forward with our electric vehicle leasing scheme. You can take advantage of this initiative through a convenient salary sacrifice program.
Holidays
Enjoy annual leave of 25 days, plus bank holidays, allowing you to recharge and spend time on what matters most.
Team Events
We love celebrating our achievements! In addition to our quarterly meetings, you can look forward to our Christmas and summer parties—opportunities to relax, reflect, and have fun as a team.
Additional Benefits
We provide life assurance for your peace of mind and a cycle-to-work scheme to support your health and sustainability goals.
Further Information:
To meet the security requirements of certain clients and industries we serve, any job offer will be contingent upon the successful completion of a security screening process.
At TwinStream, we take pride in being an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all individuals are valued and respected. We welcome applications from qualified candidates regardless of race, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, or gender.