We’re Hiring – DevOps Engineer

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join The Student Room Group.

Who are we?

The Student Room Group (TSR) is the largest, most useful and best-loved online student community there is. Millions of students turn to us first for advice, info and support on work, learning and life’s ups and downs. And that means we’re uniquely privileged to connect educators, employers and consumer brands to switched-on young people actively seeking out answers and meaningful connections.

What does Devops engineer do at TSR?

Working within our platform team and reporting to the Head of IT, you will help us build and optimise our Private OpenStack Cloud.

We are currently working on several exciting projects, including:

Dockerisation of all services, on development, staging and live servers
Developing our CI and CD pipelines, making sure everything is monitored and secured
Creation of hybrid stack in AWS
Improving the micro-service benchmarking and capacity tracking

You will be responsible for the direction and decision making of the infrastructure and the technologies, including stability, scalability and performance of our products. Even though we are not yet at the scale of the likes of Google of Facebook, we do have exciting figures and will provide you with fun challenges as a DevOps Engineer.

Key role responsibilities

Managing, maintaining and providing training and support for development tools, systems and TSR’s deployment processes
Ensuring the systems are working as efficiently as possible and providing thought leadership on tools that could be used to improve and streamline processes
Taking responsibility for the reliability, efficiency and performance of our services
Reviewing and influencing the architecture, standards, and methods for operating services and systems
Participating in platform performance analysis, software optimisation and tuning, service capacity planning and demand forecasting
Developing effective professional relationships and working alongside our hosting partner to ensure the high level of service is maintained and business needs are met
Thinking strategically around TSR’s set up, operations and delivering on our key KPI’s as defined by management
Participating in out-of-hour support alongside our hosting partner as required
Responsibility for IT Support which includes technical support for internal IT infrastructure and ensuring that internal network, telephony, desktop and servers are running efficiently at all times

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive and will evolve with the ongoing needs of the company.

This will suit someone who has:

Strong experience working with Linux (we use Ubuntu)
Experience working with automation and CI tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins and/or Buildkite
Good understanding of networking and systems architecture
Experience working with Cloud Platforms (we run a Private OpenStack cluster and other services in AWS)
Advocate of the DevOps process and its benefits
Experience with Docker and containerisation (we use Kubernetes)
Self-motivated, driven and goal oriented with a high tempo customer orientated work ethic
Ability to embrace and adapt to change
Social confidence with the ability to connect and understand different types of people
Good communication skills (written and oral)
The ability to work under pressure and is calm and professional
Language experience with PHP and Python (desirable not essential)
IT Related degree or equivalent (desirable not essential)

Working at The Student Room

A competitive salary
25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
Your birthday day off
Opportunities for ongoing learning and development
Flexible working hours and arrangements
Group Life insurance
Generous pension scheme
Private healthcare
Healthcare Cash Plan
Cycle to work Scheme
Pet friendly workplace
Fresh fruit
Friday afternoon drinks
Regular social, team and charity fundraising events

The Student Room is dedicated to providing an inclusive working environment that encourages diversity and equal opportunities for all. We are committed to supporting a team that is representative of a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.

To apply for this position, please send a cover letter (including your salary expectation) and your current CV to hr@thestudentroom.com.

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