Dev Ops Engineer NEW

City, Belfast
StormHarvester
DevOps Engineer

Location: Belfast (On site)

About StormHarvester

StormHarvester helps wastewater utilities predict and prevent issues like flooding and pollution before they happen, protecting communities and reducing costs. We are the market leader in this space. At its core, StormHarvester’s advanced anomaly detection system analyses data from thousands of sensors, turning it into precise, actionable insights that drive smarter decisions.

About the role

We are seeking a skilled Technical Operations Engineer to join our IT team. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience in AWS, deployment processes, containerization, testing automation, and CI/CD pipeline management. You will be responsible for maintaining and improving our technical infrastructure, ensuring smooth deployment of applications, and supporting our development teams.

Essential Criteria

• Degree level education in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience
• Minimum 12 months experience in a DevOps role or a developer role with significant DevOps responsibilities
• Experienced in at least one of the main cloud technologies – AWS, Azure, RedHat, GCP, IBM Cloud
• Strong working knowledge of Linux
• Experience building and implementing CI/CD pipelines including working with repos, build automation tools, build orchestration and environment automation (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, CloudFormation, Others)
• Experience implementing tools for logging, monitoring and alerting (e.g. Prometheus, Splunk, CloudWatch, Nagios)
• Experience creating and automating virtual machines in public and private clouds
• Understanding of high availability, business continuity and disaster recovery solutions in the cloud

Desirable Criteria

• Recognised DevOps or SysOps certification (e.g. AWS)
• Experience developing custom scripts in Python, Bash, PowerShell, GoLang or similar language
• Experience implementing cloud infrastructure and networking required to host services, including storage, firewall and network configuration
• Experience deploying serverless functions (e.g. AWS Lambda)
• Experience with Agile Scrum, Lean or Kanban using JIRA or similar agile tracking tools

Job Responsibilities

AWS Infrastructure Management

• Design, implement and manage AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Optimize AWS resources to ensure cost-effective and scalable solutions.
• Monitor and maintain AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda and more.

Deployment and Release Management

• Develop and maintain automated deployment scripts.
• Ensure smooth and efficient deployment processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve deployment issues in a timely manner.

Containerization

• Implement and manage container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, Docker and EKS.
• Ensure containerized applications are secure, scalable and efficiently managed.

CI/CD Pipeline Management

• Design, implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, Bitbucket.
• Ensure efficient and reliable build, test and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve CI/CD practices.

Monitoring and Performance Optimization

• Implement monitoring tools and practices to ensure the reliability and performance of infrastructure and applications.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and system failures.

Collaboration and Support

• Work closely with development, QA to support their infrastructure and deployment needs.
• Provide technical guidance and support to team members and stakeholders.

Testing Automation

• Develop and implement automated testing frameworks.
• Work with development teams to integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Ensure high test coverage and reliable test results.

Job Benefits

• Free parking at our Belfast office.
• Private medical and dental insurance.
• 24+ days annual leave.
• Electric vehicle scheme, tech scheme, cycle scheme.