We are looking for a highly motivated Senior DevOps Engineer to join our development team as we build the latest innovation from Strategic Imperatives; The Fibre Cafe. Built as a cloud native serverless SaaS product on AWS, The Fibre Cafe is a unified gateway to the UK's fibre ecosystem in use by some of the largest ISPs in the UK.
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will take ownership and drive the scalability, security, and efficiency of our infrastructure. This role demands a seasoned professional who can design and implement cutting-edge infrastructure solutions, lead system reliability initiatives, and mentor team members to foster a high-performing culture. You will work closely in a cross-functional team, aligning technical priorities with organisational goals while ensuring smooth operations and robust systems.
Responsibilities
* Architect, implement, and maintain scalable, high-quality Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
* Lead infrastructure and influence architectural decisions, focusing on system scalability, reliability, and security.
* Take ownership of CI/CD pipelines to ensure seamless, resilient builds & deployments.
* Develop and refine observability strategies to proactively monitor system health using tools such as Grafana, Postman, and CloudWatch.
* Lead efforts to resolve critical system issues and minimise or prevent downtime while maintaining high operational standards.
* Embed robust security measures into all DevOps workflows to safeguard infrastructure and ensure compliance with industry standards.
* Manage complex projects, prioritising tasks and dependencies to align DevOps efforts with business goals.
* Mentor team members, fostering skill development, knowledge sharing, and a feedback-driven culture.
* Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and clearly communicate DevOps concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Continuously evaluate and optimise workflows to enhance efficiency, scalability, and resource utilisation.
* Collaborate with SRE and DevOps engineers across the company, promoting best practices and standards.
Experience Required
Must have:
* Proven expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with CloudFormation and Terraform.
* Experienced with cloud platforms and their associated services, with recent experience in AWS.
* Strong experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Bitbucket) and ideally orchestration automation tools (e.g. SpaceLift).
* Advanced skills in observability, monitoring, and debugging tools (e.g., Grafana, Splunk, CloudWatch).
* Demonstrated ability to architect scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure solutions.
* Hands-on implementation of advanced security measures in CI/CD and infrastructure workflows.
* Strong problem-solving mindset, with experience managing, supporting and delivering large-scale projects or ongoing products.
* Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in a team using collaboration tools like Jira and Confluence.
* Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Experience mentoring team members, fostering continuous learning, and promoting knowledge sharing.
* Background in software engineering and/or computer science.
* Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
Good-to-have:
* Programming experience with JavaScript/TypeScript.
* Proficiency with scripting languages (e.g., Ruby, Bash, or )
* Exposure to serverless paradigm and ideally the Serverless Framework.
* Experience with database systems (SQL, DynamoDB, Redis) and their integration with infrastructure.
* Exposure to configuration management tools like Puppet or Ansible.
* Awareness of economic thinking and evaluating the ROI of DevOps initiatives.
About Us
Strategic Imperatives are recognised as the UK market leaders in fixed line provisioning with award-winning multi-carrier solutions for Local Loop Unbundling, Wholesale Line Rental, Fibre and traditional broadband as well as the channel premier SaaS billing platform.
Our products are used by 200 of the UK's largest communication providers to manage millions of lines, traditional broadband and fibre connections.
Our SaaS billing platform Elevate, has shaken the stagnant billing market and brought an outdated process up to date and into the heart of our customer's processes.
Our most recent innovation is the wholesale fibre aggregation gateway, The Fibre Café. This is a ground-breaking solution to the challenge of connecting multiple AltNets and Service Providers rapidly and cost-effectively. It eliminates the "spaghetti" approach to integration and provides a single interface underpinned by a modern API, common processes and a unified order journey.
Who will you work with?
Our international development team spans the UK, Ireland and Lisbon.
Our goal is to have a constant focus on delivering business value through delivering useful features earlier and with less wasted effort. We believe in an inclusive working environment where everyone feels they belong without having to conform, that their contribution matters and they are able to perform to their full potential, no matter their background, identity or circumstances.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
* Additional leave
* Company events
* Company pension
* Discounted or free food
* Life insurance
* On-site parking
* Private medical insurance
* Transport links
* Work from home
Ability to commute/relocate:
* Woking: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
* DevOps: 3 years (preferred)
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Woking