Linux Devops Engineer
To apply for this position please send us your curriculum vitae and a covering letter by post or in an email to jobs@alces-software.com.
Linux Devops Engineer
- Availability
- Immediately
- Basis
- Permanent; 37½ hours per week
- Remuneration package
- £27-37k per annum (dependent on experience) plus pension benefit
- Office location
- Bicester, Oxfordshire
What you’ll do
- Work on our key software products by managing internal processes, systems and functions
- Work on live supercomputer systems throughout the UK and Europe
- Research design and implement new methodologies
- Develop and integrate existing software programs and platforms
- Participate in group meetings and make presentations to your peers
- Be exposed to cutting-edge software technologies and methodologies and help to move the business forward
- Hands on design, implementation and testing
- Take full ownership and responsibility for delivery of your projects
- Help improve the team, company and product processes
- Be exposed to large scale computer systems and supercomputers, as well as emerging technologies such as public and private IaaS
What you’re good at
- All things software development, operating systems and systems management
- Working individually as well as part of teams
- Your interests/skills have particular emphasis on Linux environments and using, installing and configuring open source software
- A keen eye for software testing/release management and continuous integration tools
- Working with others both technical and non-technical
- Solving problems; you understand that most business problems can be solved in numerous ways
Our ideal person
- A demonstrable open-source software background, interested in Linux system management using development methodologies, experience in open source tools
- Is a fast mover; you have a strong drive to build a career in cutting-edge development and administration
- Has a can-do personality, comfortable with communication at all levels
- Has degree level education
- Has experience in scripting languages such as Bash, Ruby, Python, Go
- Has hands-on experience of infrastructure-as-a-service (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud/OpenStack/VMWare)
- Can demonstrate experience with IoC and config automation technologies (Ansible/Puppet/Chef/Terraform)
- Experience with container driven workloads (Docker/Kubernetes/Singularity)
- Looking to learn/develop a wide range of technical skills in a challenging environment
- Has a great attitude towards learning new and developing existing skills
Benefits and perks
- Exposure to challenging projects, cutting-edge technologies and daily learning opportunities
- Generous group pension scheme
- Small team with a relaxed working environment in a young up-and-coming company
- Training/book allowance
- Flexible working hours - we promote a healthy work/life balance culture
- Friendly social atmosphere
Other opportunities
We are also seeking candidates for the following positions:
Graduate Software Developer
- £25-32k per annum, dependent on experience
- Develop programming and architectural design skills
- Design, implement, test and deploy software products
- Make use of cutting-edge technologies
- No prior knowledge of HPC required