Head of DevOps (offline)

About the Transport Exchange Group
Transport Exchange Group provides best-in-class software solutions for the transport industry. Based in West London we provide the UK’s largest freight exchange.

What would you be doing?
You will lead our DevOps team (currently 3 people)
You will help us to migrate from Amazon ECS to Kubernetes
You will support us in the transition from a monolithic architecture to microservices
Create and maintain our pipelines
Coach, mentor and develop the other DevOps engineers
Conduct regular 1 to 1 sessions with DevOps engineers
You will ensure our entire infrastructure is codified and can be provisioned with a single command
Continuously improve DevOps engineering practices
Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity
Managing performance and provide constructive feedback, helping the members of your team become the best they can
Define your career path and embrace the opportunity to grow and learn
Benefit from working in a multi-disciplinary team, that uses modern software and product development techniques, and values continuous improvement
You will report to the CTO


What are we expecting from you?
7+ years in a DevOps role, 3+ years as DevOps Lead or Head of DevOps
Superior knowledge of working in cloud based infrastructure, in particular
Outstanding experience deploying and managing Kubernetes/Docker clusters
Demonstrable knowledge of microservices oriented architectures
Familiarity with Multi Region Topologies, Auto Scaling, Load Balancers, Proxy Servers, SNS, SQS, DNS, CDNs and WAFs
Capable of architecting frictionless security and compliance best practices into global cloud infrastructure
At ease with troubleshooting in complex environments through experience using monitoring and logging tools such as New Relic One, Prometheus and Kibana
Master of Infrastructure as Code, in particular with and Terragrunt
Good knowledge of configuration management tools, preferably Ansible
Vast experience with build tools, especially with Jenkins
Guardian of secrets, hands-on experience with HashiCorp Vault
Custodian of artifacts, experience with Amazon ECR
Solid understanding of service discovery and distributed key-value stores
Experience working with RDBMS like PostgreSQL, MySQL
Experienced working in/with Lean, DevOps culture

Nice to have
Solid knowledge of Nginx and Apache HTTP Server
You deployed on production at least one of the following message brokers: Kafka, Pulsar, Pravega, with the preference to the last one
You deployed on production, and upgraded Apache Flink
Hands-on experience with Tekton and Argo CD
Solid understanding of service discovery and distributed key-value stores
At easy using Python and/or Groovy

What do we offer?
Full remote, you will work from home, you have to be in the office once in a while
The best salary Ukraine can offer you
You’ll work directly for us, no intermediate company
5 days of sick leave
20 days of holidays + public holidays
You will be able to test and experiment with a lot of new stuff

About iDeals

Our Culture

Commitment, Excellence, Collaboration, Trust and Care are core values to the iDeals team. For us, these are the principles that every iDealer lives and breathes. We are on the lookout for like-minded individuals who share our values. By doing so, we are able to create a team where talents feel at ease and are able to work to the best of their abilities.

Commitment and Excellence inspire us to set the bar high, achieve the most ambitious goals and push the limits further. Our diversity and different perspectives are the foundation of our success.

Collaboration and Trust ensure that everyone has access to all the information, proactively shares thoughts, and leverages the teammates’ diverse opinions, experiences, and backgrounds. Both values help us to solve the most challenging problems.

Care drives us to create a positive work environment and make everyone feel valued. We also stand for iDealers’ physical, mental, financial, and personal well-being and encourage a healthy lifestyle and active living.

iDealers work in a remote-first model, meaning we collaborate from anywhere – either at home, cafe, co-working space, or in one of our offices. Some roles may have specific location-based requirements, including in-office and client interactions. Despite being located across the globe, we stay connected through the latest tools and technologies, ensuring that everyone on our team feels surrounded by teammates and engaged with our common goals.

iDeals is an equal opportunity employer

iDeals is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people from all walks of life. We don’t discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship.

Company website:
https://ideals.jobs

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/ideals-solutions/