Platform Management: Take ownership of the management and ongoing maintenance of our Kubernetes platforms.
Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with multiple development squads to identify requirements for building and deploying complex applications.
AWS Automation: Design and implement the automated deployment and configuration of cloud-application workloads within AWS.
Observability: Develop, advise on, and troubleshoot monitoring and management frameworks for cloud-resident workloads.
Consultancy: Assist engineering teams in architecting manageable, scalable, and highly observable cloud-native applications.
Incident Resolution: Troubleshoot and resolve environment and configuration issues. Analyse logs and monitoring data to proactively communicate potential risks to stakeholders.
Environment Orchestration: Manage and communicate the state, versioning, and availability of various environments to Developers, QA, and wider team members.
Tooling Excellence: Maintain and optimise shared development tools for branching, tagging, building, releasing, and reporting.
Willingness to provide on-call support on weekend (once in a month)

Containerisation: Practical experience with Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, or Rancher.
Technical Background: Proficiency in Python, Bash, or similar languages to automate repetitive tasks.
Linux Mastery: Proficiency with Linux distributions (e.g., Ubuntu, CentOS).
CI/CD: A deep understanding of continuous integration and continuous delivery principles.
AWS Expertise: A broad knowledge of AWS services, specifically CloudFormation, EC2, ECS, and EKS.
Version Control: Expert use of Git and GitHub within a distributed team environment.
Monitoring & Alerting: Strong understanding of monitoring and alerting using tools like PagerDuty, Zabbix, and LogicMonitor for system health visibility, alerting, and incident response.
Certification: CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), AWS Solutions Architect, AWS SysOps Administration.
Ansible experience
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Experience with CloudFormation or Terraform.
Soft Skills: Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions both internally and externally.

Sophos operates a remote-first working model
Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing

DevOps Engineer

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