Devops/Techops Engineer 6 Month FTC £75,000
Overview
We’re working on behalf of a high-growth technology company operating at significant scale, and are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to help evolve a critical platform supporting data-intensive and ML-driven systems. This is a hands-on role with real ownership, operating in a production environment where reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency genuinely matter.
Description
Architect and implement infrastructure running 24/7, supporting ingestion of data initially from an extremely successful, privacy-focused mobile telemetry product
Provide input to AI and Data software teams as they build out ML systems on top of the infrastructure
Take part in building an SRE culture across infrastructure teams, including systems that identify issues before they impact users
Own a plan for onboarding existing systems and customers onto the new platform
Contribute to maturing release and deployment processes across the organisation
Optimise infrastructure costs and improve reuse wherever possible
Provide general operational support
Requirements
6+ years’ experience in software or infrastructure engineering roles
Experience with at least one major public cloud provider (AWS preferred)
Understanding of how infrastructure and platform decisions impact downstream systems
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containers, and Terraform
Hands-on experience with Kafka and infrastructure deployments
Scripting or software development experience using Python
Familiarity with Databricks
Familiarity with OpenShift
Experience working within an infrastructure team supporting high-scale data and/or ML systems