We are Lightfoot, a high-growth technology company based just outside Exeter that is trying to make a difference worldwide, one driver at a time.
We help businesses and private motorists improve performance and safety. Our technology has been proven to reduce fuel use and emissions rates by 10-20%, and at-fault accidents and wear and tear by 40-50%.
Our technology connects to your vehicle's onboard computer and uses the live data it produces to analyze how efficiently you are driving. It's like the way performance is analyzed in Formula 1. Lightfoot turns all that data into simple feedback for you the driver so you know when you're pushing your vehicle too far and can bring it back to maximum efficiency.
We're a fun-loving bunch who are growing at an astonishing rate. We've moved into a brand-new, state-of-the-art office near Exeter and are excited to keep growing the Lightfoot team with like-minded, passionate individuals.
Job Outline
As a DevOps Engineer, you will be a key part of our Engineering team building a new gamification engine, working with the Software Engineering Manager and Head of Data Engineering to architect and build a modern scalable infrastructure hosted in AWS. You will be migrating from a manually created infrastructure to one created using IAC and built for scale. The successful candidate will have a passion for DevOps and championing DevOps practices throughout the tech stack. You will be a skilled practitioner in AWS, IAC, CI/CD, and modern tech such as Kubernetes, Kafka, and Kinesis, focused on observability, scalability, and maintainability. You will be willing to challenge the status quo and innovate, always striving for continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
* Contribute to architect the cloud platform strategy and implementation.
* Champion DevSecOps best practices throughout engineering.
* Work closely with engineering teams to deploy new features and functionality.
* Improve the existing infrastructure.
* Build out the infrastructure with IAC, Terraform, and the Terragrunt framework.
* Champion automated testing for IAC with tools like Terratest.
* Improve the current CI/CD process to allow multiple non-disruptive deployments.
* Implement best practices into Kubernetes deployments using tools like Helm.
* Employ best practice observability and monitoring to inform proactive maintenance.
Desired qualifications, skills, and experience
* 5+ years working in an AWS DevOps or related infrastructure role is essential.
* Experience with Terraform or CloudFormation is essential.
* Experience with Terragrunt and Terratest is beneficial.
* Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines is essential.
* Excellent communication skills with all levels of stakeholders is essential.
* Experience championing security best practices is beneficial.
* Experience with Kubernetes is essential.
* Scripting (Python or Bash) is essential.
* Working experience of agile methodologies is beneficial.
Personal Characteristics
* Ability to communicate effectively with other engineers, both verbal and written.
* Supportive of our core values: To Care, To Deliver, To Innovate.
* Comfortable working in a fast-paced collaborative environment with a large degree of autonomy.
* Willing to take the initiative.
Benefits
* Annual bonus scheme.
* 24 days of annual leave (plus bank holidays).
* Birthday leave - an extra day off to celebrate.
* End-of-year company closure between Christmas and New Year.
* Holiday buy-back scheme - the opportunity to buy up to an extra week’s leave per annum.
* Company sick pay.
* Bravo benefits including:
o Cycle-to-work scheme.
o Financial wellbeing resources.
o Gym discounts.
o MyMindPal app.
o Retail discount scheme.
o Tech benefits.
* Simplyhealth Optimise health plan.
* Simplyhealth Denplan dental plan.
* Group life insurance (death-in-service).
* Company pension.
* Long service awards.
* Refer-A-Friend scheme.
* On-site parking.
* Casual dress.
* Company social events and activities.
* A personal Lightfoot device.
* Hybrid working: Office space located on the outskirts of Exeter.
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