Junior DevOps Engineer

About us

Xiatech is the pioneer of Xfuze, the world’s first AI-powered composable Integration, Data Management, Analytics and Orchestration Platform that innovatively connects systems, creates a single view of data and delivers actionable insights in one cloud-native, SaaS solution.  Business, technology and data teams use Xfuze to shorten time-to-insights, accelerate digital transformation, and extend the value of their legacy technology investments.

We’re a culture-first organisation and put our people at the forefront of everything we do. We believe that a great working environment leads to a happy and productive team, which is why we offer our staff the flexibility to work remotely or from our beautiful office in Fitzrovia, Central London.

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join Xiatech as a Junior DevOps Engineer. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to kick start their career in a forward-thinking and rapidly expanding organisation.

As a Junior DevOps Engineer at Xiatech, you will support the design, development, and maintenance of scalable infrastructure in the cloud. You’ll be an integral part of our DevOps team and work closely with peers to assist in developing infrastructure orchestration and continuous integration systems.

You will have a keen interest in problem-solving and learning new technologies and you will be eager to contribute to building reliable systems and continuously improving deployment processes.

Key Responsibilities
Platform Engineering & Automation

• Work with the rest of the DevOps team to build and configure new development tools and infrastructure.

• Help ensure that all critical platform processes, from provisioning to scale out, maintain and continuously improve to a high level of automation to avoid reactive problem solving.

• Identify technical problems and develop updates and resolutions.

• Help define and implement the onboarding process for new customers to the platform from the platform infrastructure and automation perspective to create a seamless experience.

• Participate in testing and examining code written by others and analysing results.

Security

• Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats.

• Participate by being hands-on in the implementation of the roadmap items and marshall these items to production.

Cross-Functional Support

• Work with Software Engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended.

• Align platform roadmap priorities with the needs of Software Engineers and QA teams to drive an infrastructure strategy that consistently enhances engineering productivity and effectiveness.

Sizing, Forecasting and FinOps

• Assist in monitoring strong financial control capabilities for platform instances and contribute to price performance optimisation of infrastructure and software.

• Learn about the right sizing, capacity planning and capacity forecasting efforts for the platform.

Your Knowledge & Experience

Must-have 

• Prior experience in a DevOps or Infrastructure role

• Experience with Github or any other source control

• Previous experience working with with YAML or JSON files

• Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform or experience with Amazon Web Services

• Familiarity with Kubernetes and Docker

• Familiarity with any CI/CD tools (CircleCI, ArgoCD, Jenkins, etc.)

• Knowledge of infrastructure management with Terraform

• Basic Linux knowledge

• Strong desire to learn and grow within a technical team

• Strong problem solving skills

• Excellent teamwork and communication skills

• Strong attention to detail and excellent time management skills

Desirable 

• Exposure to big data technologies such as MongoDB, Databricks or Bigquery

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as CircleCI, Jenkins or ArgoCD

• Experience working within an agile environment

• Degree in a related field such as Computer Science or Engineering.

• Knowledge of scripting/coding languages such as Golang, Bash, or Python

• Prior exposure to systems integration across cloud providers

• Experience with AWS databases such as RDS, DynamoDB or DocumentDB

• Exposure to diagnostic and analytical troubleshooting skills

Your Personality

• Energetic & driven

• Innovative

• Resilient

• Insightful

• Creative

• Problem solver

• Analytical

• Ambitious to learn

If you would like the opportunity to join an established UK-based Software as a Service organisation who believe in using the latest leading-edge technology to drive business growth, please apply now.

If you receive an offer of employment, this will be conditional upon satisfactory completion of a right to work & identity check, a reference check and a basic criminal record check for any unspent convictions.

Xiatech is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.

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