DevOps Engineer

About SGS 

Smarter Grid Solutions is a pioneering technology company that spearheaded the introduction of Active Network Management in the UK, and is now a world-leading provider of DERMS Software to electrical utilities across the UK, Europe and North America. We have a customer base that includes major utilities including UK Power Networks, Western Power Distribution, Consolidated Edison, Hydro One and Southern California Edison and controls over 500 MW of renewable generation, from wind turbines to electric vehicles, across its customer territories. 

The Role  

Smarter Grid Solutions are seeking a DevOps engineer to join our experienced team in Glasgow to support the continued growth of our DevOps team. Reporting to our Principal DevOps Engineer and working alongside our technology teams you will provide a key role in supporting SGS’s product & DevOps strategy.  

Your focus will be on supporting the DevOps and wider Technology team with day to day BAU DevOps support and working on Projects that help us deliver our world-class technology to our customers.  

This is a hybrid role, you will be required to work 1 day per week from our Glasgow office.
 

About you 

You will have come from a DevOps role. You will likely have been in Operations or Development and will have a passion for automation with good interpersonal skills who can articulate complex technology concepts to key stakeholders. As a DevOps engineer, you will be a keen learner with an aptitude for new technologies and helping others adopt it.  

Responsibilities and Objectives 

• Support, design & maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting both development and production workloads in AWS, Azure and VMware platforms. 

• Support existing AWS environments and provide training and knowledge transfer to both software development and support teams. 

• Setup new AWS environments 

• Working with Architects, Principal DevOps Engineer and Product Owners to refine and manage the DevOps backlog of work. 

• Recommend best practices and evangelise a DevOps culture within the SGS Software Development team. 

• Maintain and support development tools including GitLab, Jira and Confluence. 

• Manage the DevOps tooling suite, ensuring each is running efficiently, and recommending improvements and migration strategies.  

• Identify and act on opportunities to increase automation and efficiency throughout our software development pipeline 

• Writing Infrastructure code to implement and support the Development environment infrastructure. 

• Working with the Security Team to integrate security into the application development environment 

• Research third party products and services 

• Work closely with Technology Team members to engage with clients and internal SGS stakeholders to review, revise and improve Technology Development and Test infrastructure that will influence future SGS products 

• Assist with the feasibility and scoping of technology projects 

• Ability to work independently, handle multiple tasks simultaneously and adapt quickly to change 
   

Essential Skills  

• A deep understanding of AWS Knowledge, with a focus on: EC2, RDS, VPC, MSK, S3, IoT, IAM, SNS, Containers, SES, Timestream

• IAC deployments with Terraform & CloudFormation 

• Coding experience in Bash, PowerShell or Python 

• Building and testing containers (docker)  

• Expertise diagnosing and troubleshooting complex technical issues 

• Working knowledge of GIT 

Desired Skills 

• Ideally from a Software Engineering background 

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or similar 

• HashiCorp certifications will be advantageous 

• Docker Certified Associate 

• Windows & Linux Administration 

• Database Administration skills 

• Ansible or Configuration management experience 

• Previous hands-on experience with AWS or Azure 

• Building GitLab CI pipelines 

• Experience in integrating security scanning into CI/CD pipelines 

• Hashicorp tools including Vault and Consul 

• Database administration experience, SQL Server or PostgreSQL 

• Working knowledge of the Atlassian product suite 

• Solid understanding of networking topologies 

• Experience in IT automation 

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 33 days holiday
• 5% matched Employer pension scheme
• Opportunity to participate in the Company’s Profit-Sharing Incentive Bonus scheme, up to a maximum of 12% of base salary
• Private Medical Insurance through Vitality
• Life Cover (3x)
• Cyclescheme
• EV Scheme

Smarter Grid Solutions is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to working in an environment that is free from all types of discrimination, is inclusive and empowers our people to bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential. At Smarter Grid Solutions, we recognise that we can grow and thrive with a diverse team of people. We hire great people from a variety of backgrounds not just because it is the right thing to do, but because it makes our Company stronger.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments during our recruitment process. If you need support, please reach out to recruitment@smartergridsolutions.com.

Should your application be successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks before you join us too.