Devops Engineer

Job summary

SOCOTEC UK is seeking a motivated DevOps Engineer to support their IT Operations team in maintaining and evolving their technology infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Linux server administration in a production environment
• Strong understanding of containerisation and experience managing workloads in a Kubernetes cluster
• Experience with Rancher for Kubernetes cluster management
• Experience configuring and maintaining Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring
• Experience with VMware vSphere / ESXi for virtualisation management
• Good working knowledge of the Microsoft stack: Active Directory, Entra ID, Azure AD, Microsoft 365, and Azure
• Ability to write scripts and automate tasks using Bash, PowerShell, or Python

Responsibilities

• Assist in infrastructure and application deployment using Infrastructure as Code tools, particularly Terraform
• Implement, maintain, and develop the modern application hosting environment, including RKE2, Rancher, Longhorn, Docker, and source control
• Provide third-line support for the Kubernetes environment and management tools, including reacting to observability alerts
• Implement, maintain, and develop the Observability platform, including Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and Alert Manager
• Provision, configure, and maintain Ubuntu servers; investigate Linux-level performance and connectivity issues
• Assist with monitoring and alert management for infrastructure and applications
• Provide 2nd/3rd line technical support for infrastructure-related issues

Skills

Relocation