DevOps Engineer

Role: DevOps Engineer
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Hybrid/Remote
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 per year + excellent benefits

iO Associates are seeking a skilled DevOps engineer with a fintech client in Glasgow, Scotland. As a DevOps engineer, you'll be responsible for scaling our infrastructure and supporting the deployment of applications into various environments.

Objectives of this role

• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues using CloudWatch and other observability tools.
• Manage and optimise Kafka clusters for real-time data streaming.
• Oversee and maintain containerized workloads using EKS (Kubernetes on AWS).
• Support data infrastructure, including Amazon Redshift for analytics and storage.
• Implement security best practices and compliance controls within cloud environments.
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to drive DevOps best practices.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.

Responsibilities

• Deploy updates and fixes and provide Level 2 technical support
• Build tools to reduce the occurrence of errors and improve customer experience
• Develop software to integrate with internal back-end systems (data)
• Perform root cause analysis of production errors and resolve technical issues
• Develop scripts to automate visualisation (management tools such as Sentry and Grafana)
• Design procedures for system troubleshooting and maintenance

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience with AWS services, particularly EKS, Kafka, Redshift, and CloudWatch.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar).
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK).
• Solid understanding of monitoring and logging solutions.
• Experience in scripting or programming (Python, Bash, or similar).
• Strong knowledge of networking, security, and cloud architecture best practices.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex system issues in a production environment.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of data pipeline and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with serverless computing (AWS Lambda, Fargate).
• Familiarity with compliance and security frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC2, etc.).
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.