DEVOPS ENGINEER
hedgehog lab is a human-centred global tech consultancy. We are looking for a passionate DEVOPS ENGINEER who’s committed to delivering products that cut through the complexities of digital transformation and bring valuable business visions to life.
The Opportunity:
* Our Mission: To become the most respected global digital product consultancy by digitally crafting a better world.
* Your Mission: To architect, implement, and maintain resilient, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure for a wide range of client projects at hedgehog lab.
* Aim:
o Define and support cloud infrastructure that underpins reliable, performant, and secure applications.
o Evolve and enhance internal DevOps culture, tooling, and CI/CD processes.
o Collaborate cross-functionally to continuously innovate and improve development workflows and system operations.
o Foster observability and reliability across live systems through best-in-class monitoring and automation.
* Day to Day:
o Collaborate with engineers and architects to define and implement cloud backend infrastructure.
o Build and maintain cloud environments and deployment pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, Docker, and Terraform.
o Manage and monitor live client systems using tools like Datadog, New Relic, and Sentry.
o Contribute to automated testing, security hardening, and CI/CD efficiency improvements.
o Participate in troubleshooting, performance tuning, and incident resolution.
o Continuously refine internal documentation and DevOps processes.
o Research and introduce new tools and best practices aligned with our DevOps journey.
* Growth/Development Opportunities:
o Work with a wide variety of cloud services and modern DevOps toolchains.
o Gain experience across Azure, GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code.
o Influence and shape DevOps practices and culture at a global, human-centred consultancy.
o Exposure to projects across diverse industries and technical stacks.
o Learn from and contribute to a multidisciplinary team passionate about pushing boundaries in digital innovation.
* Measure of success:
o High availability and performance of deployed applications.
o Timely and secure delivery of infrastructure components across multiple projects.
o Reduction in manual interventions through automation and self-healing systems.
o Positive feedback from engineering teams on the usability and efficiency of DevOps tools and practices.
o Continuous improvement in CI/CD performance and incident response time.
About you:
* Extensive experience with Azure or Google Cloud Platform, with knowledge of alternative cloud providers such as AWS an advantage.
* Comfortable with Linux based operating systems, able to edit, script and use the CLI.
* Familiar with Continuous Integration, Deployment Automation and writing pipelines using Github Actions.
* Strong experience using containerisation tools like Docker and docker compose.
* Hands-on knowledge of container management tools like Azure Container Apps/GCP Cloud Run.
* Experience with GCP features such as Cloud IAM, Organisation Policy Service, Firebase Authentication, Identity Platform, Cloud KMS, Certificate Manager, VPC, Cloud Storage, Cloud CDN, pub/sub, Cloud SQL, Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Run.
* Experience with Azure features such as Azure Active Directory, RBAC, Azure Policy, Azure AD B2C, Azure Key Vault, Azure Virtual Network, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Front Door, Azure CDN, Azure Notification Hubs, Event Grid, Azure Queue Storage, Service Bus Queues, Azure SQL Database, Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Container Environments, Azure Kubernetes Services.
* Experience with building using infrastructure as code tools like Terraform or Azure Resource Manager.
* Demonstrable knowledge of core DevOps principles like Security, Automation, Auto-Scale up/down, networking and Self-Healing techniques.
* Basic understanding of Android and iOS projects and experience on mobile build automation tools like Fastlane.
* Familiarity with monitoring tools (such as Datadog, New Relic, Sentry etc.).
Note: Research shows that women and individuals from underrepresented backgrounds often refrain from applying to positions unless they meet all the specified criteria. If you believe you possess the necessary qualities for this role but do not fulfil every requirement, don't hesitate to apply. We actively encourage you to showcase your skills and what you can contribute.
Our interview process:
Stage 1: Intro Call with a member of the Talent team.
Stage 2: Take home tech test.
Stage 3: Final stage interview with at least 2 members of the hiring team.
Why hedgehog lab?
* Rated #1 in the UK on Clutch for mobile development.
* Our People are our greatest asset, and we are so proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work.
* We’re a fully Flexified Employer, certified by Flexa.
* We received the Advanced Award in the North of Tyne Combined Authority Good Work Pledge.
* Inclusive environment. We never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, genetics, disability or age.
What we offer:
36 days paid holidays (UK), including bank holidays.
30 days paid holidays (Bulgaria), including public holidays and special leave days.
Flexible working environment.
Enhanced parental policies.
Annual learning & development budget plus 4 days L&D leave, which renews every year.
Annual wellbeing budget plus 2 paid wellbeing days to use as you feel fit.
Free therapy sessions with Spill.
Bippit financial wellbeing service (UK).
Bupa health plan (UK).
1 volunteering day a year.
Monthly payday socials and annual Summer and Christmas parties.
Cycle-to-Work scheme (UK).
Multisport card (Bulgaria).
Diversity & inclusion statement
We strongly believe that having diversity within our team is integral to doing our best work and creating the most innovative products for our customers.
If you require any adjustments to submit an application for a vacancy, or if you require any reasonable adjustment should you be invited to interview, please let us know.
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