Location: London, Potters Bar, Bristol or Isle of Man (Hybrid working options available)
We are looking for DevOps/SRE Engineers with proven DevSecOps skills, to support our transformation and the future growth of the Canada Life UK business. We are on a journey of simplifying our IT estate, removing our legacy systems and delivering innovative solutions through Cloud adoption, AI and expanding our digital services.
As a member of the CLUK Product Engineering team, you will be involved in every stage of the product lifecycle from conception, design, implementation, testing, through to operational support.
With automation at the heart of everything we are doing, you should have a strong hands-on understanding of CI/CD tools, to build secure and reliable applications.
We are looking for Azure experience, though strong experience in any cloud is welcome.
Key responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain applications in Cloud and On-prem, through CI/CD pipelines
- Develop automation scripts for deployment and maintenance of applications
- Monitor system performance and health; identify opportunities for optimization
- Ensure compliance with all security policies and standards
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues, identify root causes
- Participate in technical discussions and provide recommendations for improvements
- Document system configurations and processes
- Provide support to other teams as needed
- Provide guidance to less experienced Product Engineering team members to help them learn and develop their own skills
Essential skills needed
- Application support within a Financial Services context (SaaS, PaaS, Cloud, On-Prem hosted applications)
- Relevant experience as a DevOps or SRE Engineer
- Highly proficient in scripting languages like Powershell, Python, Ruby, Bash, and programming languages like C# for automating tasks and creating tools.
- Strong experience in a cloud-based environment e.g. Azure/AWS/GCP and related services
- Experience of cloud engineering within containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Demonstrates following sound engineering practices, especially utilising automation tools, working knowledge of CI/CD pipeline tools such as Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy, Jenkins or GitHub Actions (or similar)
- Possess first class API and interfacing skills
- Used to working within Agile frameworks and can coach others to do the same
- Good understanding of networks, firewalls, load balancers and associated infrastructure needs
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
- Effective communication and enjoys collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
Desirable skills
- Experience of migrating on-premises infrastructure to the cloud and understanding the challenges involved
- Familiarity with cloud security best practices, identity and access management (IAM), and encryption techniques
- Microsoft Azure certifications are a plus