Engineering Lead - GTO Engineering

Job Title: Engineering Lead – GTO Engineering

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Edinburgh

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 29th October 2024

The Engineering Lead oversees a team of DevOps Engineers to develop, manage and continuously improve core platform capabilities for Containers as a Service (CaaS).

In this role you will ensure that the best practices are adhered to and use techniques such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), unit testing, CI/CD and code reviews. This role will support with troubleshooting of complex issues around networking, databases, storage, serverless components and cloud VMs.

About the role

• Define and implement container-based services including registry and image management, security, and operational container platforms.
• Deploy and manage container orchestration platforms using Kubernetes/K8S or services such as Azure AKS.
• Use Infrastructure as Code including Terraform.
• Run unit tests against newly created Infrastructure.
• Produce consistent and reliable infrastructure for all environments.
• Perform Azure networking, security, load balancing, databases, storage, server and serverless technologies. 
• Work closely with Development and App Support teams.
• Work closely with Group teams including Cloud Platform (Azure), networking, security and VMware.

About you

• Experience in implementing and operating container platforms and services in a controlled environment at scale, defining and implementing container orchestration services (E.g Kubernetes/K8S, VMware Tanzu or Openshift).
• Experience in Terraform; able to create reusable modules, that is scalable and easily maintainable.
• Experience in Azure cloud, good understanding of virtual networks, subnets, firewalls, and Azure policy. Good understanding of Azure cloud and Azure Function Apps.
• Experience of creating cloud images using Packer or similar tools. Good understanding of infrastructure redundancy, scalability, and cost optimisation. 
• Experience of using Git source control, CI/CD processes, YAML builds, Azure cloud scale set build servers.
• Experience of infrastructure monitoring and alert management.
• Strong troubleshooting skills around Azure networking, storage, databases, security, and cloud resources.
• Strong interpersonal skills enabling effective collaboration and effective engagement with stakeholders within RL and external third parties.

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