DevOps Engineer

ECS Resource Group — United Kingdom, GB
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About the Role

We’re looking for a hands-on DevOps Engineer or Site Reliability Engineer with a solid foundation in cloud infrastructure and software development, and a strong emphasis on TypeScript, GitHub, and Terraform. You’ll be joining a growing Cloud Engineering team dedicated to building scalable internal platforms and tools that empower DevOps teams across the organization. You’ll be instrumental in designing and operating high-availability, multi-cloud systems, collaborating across security, strategy, and architecture teams to deliver robust infrastructure and automation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and manage internal cloud platforms (AWS and Azure) used by engineering teams.
  • Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions primarily using Terraform.
  • Build, deploy, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and other tooling.
  • Implement and support systems for secrets management, observability, and service meshes.
  • Collaborate with InfoSec, Architecture, and Product Strategy teams to ensure platform alignment with business and security needs.
  • Write and maintain TypeScript code, including custom GitHub Actions.
  • Troubleshoot and support production systems at scale.
  • Drive operational excellence and uphold best practices for security, scalability, and resilience.

Core Skills & Experience

  • 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Systems Administration.
  • 3+ years of experience with cloud computing (AWS and/or Azure in a production environment).
  • Expertise in Terraform and a strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles.
  • Real-world experience developing TypeScript applications (both backend and automation scripts).
  • Proficient with GitHub workflows, GitHub Actions (especially custom-written in TypeScript).
  • Strong Unix/Linux system administration background.
  • Experience with high-traffic, high-availability web systems.
  • Scripting and automation using TypeScript, Go, Python, or Ruby.
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD practices, with experience in systems like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins.
  • Experience with monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
  • Familiarity with secrets management and service mesh technologies.
  • NoSQL experience (e.g., Cassandra is a plus).

Cloud & DevOps Tooling

  • AWS services, including API Gateway and AppSync (preferred).
  • Azure cloud tools and networking fundamentals.
  • GitHub & GitHub Actions (must be proficient).
  • IaC: Terraform (primary), Puppet, or CloudFormation.
  • Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.
  • CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI.
  • Security tooling, firewalls, ACLs, and compliance workflows.
  • Collaboration with security/compliance teams (e.g., InfoSec).

Software Development Skills

  • Strong hands-on development with TypeScript (backend and DevOps tooling).
  • RESTful API and GraphQL API design and implementation.
  • OpenAPI specification knowledge.
  • Python experience is a plus.
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