Senior Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer

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About the role:

As a Senior Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer at BR-DGE, you will be a part of our Platform team helping our application engineers to do their best work by providing them with the tools, systems and container platform cluster needed to build, deploy and run their workloads.  

Our ideal candidate will be an experienced Senior Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer who has a passion for creating scalable, reliable and high-performing solutions and who enjoys either owning or contributing to projects from conception to production. 

This role is ideal for a Senior Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer who is looking to continuously develop their skills and progress their career within a dynamic scale up environment.  We are also open to considering candidates who are operating at a senior level without the title.  Please note, due to the nature of the role, there is a requirement to join an on-call rota to ensure we are responding to any issues outside of standard working hours.

What you’ll be doing:

We currently run multiple OKD clusters in multiple AWS regions globally, supplemented with Opensearch for logging, Prometheus and RabbitMQ amongst other technologies. We are moving towards our long-term goal to “shift-left” as much of our infrastructure as possible so that engineers have what they need, when they need it and with minimal overhead for the Platform Team. This role will play a significant part in helping us achieve this and more as we scale. 

Some of our current projects include:

• Improving our container infrastructure and potentially adopting EKS
• Automating our IaC
• Automated scaling events and resiliency

In addition, you can expect to:

• Work with the team and other stakeholders to design, compare, choose and implement appropriate solutions
• Actively participate in improving the reliability, scalability and security of the container platform
• Proactive monitoring of the health of the platform and improving visibility of this
• Active DB management ensuring availability
• Carrying out logging, routing and general platform asset management tasks
• Investigate platform issues ensuring timely remediation, escalating as necessary
• Coaching and mentoring other engineers, encouraging continuous learning and improvement
• Staying current with trends and best practices in the FinTech industry to continuously improve and development processes
• Take part in the on-call rota

What are we looking for?

• Solid experience with OKD, OpenShift, or Kubernetes administration, including the building, deployment and management of containerised workloads
• Experienced in developing infrastructure as code using common languages and tooling including a working knowledge of Linux
• Background in working with clustered, highly available and fault tolerant systems
• A working knowledge of at least one commercial cloud platform e.g AWS, Azure, Digital Ocean
• A pragmatic problem solver, with good attention to detail and communication skills
• A strong collaborator who enjoys pairing and is eager to share knowledge and expertise with others
• Growth mindset, with an appetite for taking on challenges and leveraging new technologies

What would be great to have?

• Experience working in PCI accredited environments where security is a key consideration
• Knowledge and understanding of the payments industry
• Background in a FinTech start-up/scale up environment
• Practical knowledge of the Atlassian software suite

What we offer:

• Salary up to £70k per annum (dependent on experience)
• Remote working allowance
• 33 days holiday including public holidays
• Birthday off
• Flexible and remote working
• Family healthcare
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance programme  
• A culture that champions rapid career progression 
• Investment in your learning and development
• Regular team events & socials

Interview process:

• 1st stage – Interview with Hiring Manager and a member of the Engineering team - 60 minutes.
• 2nd Stage – Technical interview via Zoom with two engineers from the team – 60 minutes
• Final Stage – Further interview with hiring manager and one other – 30 minutes

Further details will be shared with candidates progressing through the stages.

BR-DGE is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.