DevOps Consultant
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Location: Knutsford, Northwest England
Work Arrangement: Blended (3 days onsite, 2 days remote)
Contract length - 6 month
Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Consultant for a project starting ASAP in the Northwest of England. This role is ideal for individuals with a strong background in financial services and expertise in various technical domains.
Key Responsibilities:
* Deliver automation solutions using a software engineering approach, balancing security, maintainability, and resiliency.
* Architect, build, and maintain cloud-native applications, including event-driven and microservice-based architectures.
* Utilize infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) and CI/CD tooling (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab).
* Ensure effective monitoring, logging, and observability of applications for quick recovery from failures.
* Communicate effectively with senior executives and key stakeholders, presenting initiatives and leading issue resolution.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams on complex, multi-threaded projects.
Essential Skills:
* Significant experience in infrastructure automation and software development (Python, Go is a plus).
* Proficiency with IaaC tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
* Expertise in cloud-native application development and management (Red Hat Openshift, Kafka).
* Strong knowledge of CI/CD practices and tooling.
* Experience with alerting, logging, and monitoring frameworks.