DevOps Engineer

Description:

DevOps Engineer

- Kubernetes, TerraForm, CI / CD, GCP

- Fareham. This role is fully on site.

- Salary circa £60,000 plus benefits

Build the Infrastructure Behind Critical Payment Systems!

On the lookout for a hands-on DevOps Engineer to take ownership of the infrastructure, deployment pipelines and production environments that power my clients growing suite of payment technology products.

This is an opportunity to join a business where infrastructure is central to the success of the product. Reporting directly to the CIO, you'll have genuine influence over technical decisions and the autonomy to shape how systems are deployed, secured and operated.

The Role

You'll be responsible for ensuring software can be deployed quickly, safely and reliably, while maintaining the high levels of security and compliance required within payment processing environments.

This is a highly technical, hands-on position where you'll spend your time building, improving and operating infrastructure rather than sitting in meetings discussing it.

Working closely with software engineers, you'll help create a seamless developer experience while ensuring production environments remain secure, scalable and resilient.

Key Responsibilities

Own and maintain production Kubernetes environments, ensuring reliability, security and cost efficiency
Design, build and improve CI/CD pipelines that enable fast, safe deployments
Manage infrastructure as code across Google Cloud Platform environments using Terraform
Maintain and improve local development environments so engineers can run the full platform effectively
Enhance monitoring, alerting and observability across all services
Support PCI-DSS compliance requirements through secure infrastructure design and operational controls
Implement and manage network segmentation, secrets management, access controls and audit processes
Collaborate with engineering teams to improve deployment processes and platform reliabilitySkills & Experience

Looking for someone with strong experience operating cloud-native production environments, including:

Kubernetes in production environments (GKE preferred)
Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
CI/CD pipeline design and maintenance
Docker and container lifecycle management
GitOps workflows using tools such as ArgoCD and Kustomize
Strong networking knowledge including DNS, TLS/mTLS, load balancing, VPCs and firewalls
Comfortable working from the command line and using Git-based workflowsDesirable Experience

Experience in any of the following areas would be advantageous:

Istio or other service mesh technologies
PCI-DSS or other regulated/compliance-driven environments
Google Cloud Platform services including KMS, Cloud Armor, Binary Authorization and Datastore
Go or PHP debugging capability
Local Kubernetes development tooling such as Tilt
Monitoring and observability platforms including Prometheus and GrafanaWhat's on offer

Direct access to the CIO and influence over infrastructure strategy
Significant autonomy and ownership
Opportunity to shape tooling, architecture and platform direction
Work on business-critical payment systems operating at scale
Challenging technical problems with real-world impact
A collaborative engineering culture focused on quality, reliability and continuous improvementIf you're passionate about cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, automation and secure systems please send your CV through to

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