DevOps Developer

Job type: Full-time

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Developer to help our Platform Engineering team build the foundations of our future cloud platform, as well as assist in the support and maintenance of our existing on-premise solutions.

This is an exciting opportunity to build common capabilities and solutions to accelerate our cloud adoption and improve developer experience.

To be successful in the DevOps Developer role, you must have a strong background working within containerised and virtualised on-premise environments, alongside experience with migration into AWS. A background in software development is desirable.

Technology & Role Profile

Docker
Microsoft Windows Server technologies
Linux Server technologies
Networking, routing and load balancing
Cloud provider: AWS
Compute: ECS Fargate, Lambda
IaC: Terraform
Languages/frameworks: .Net Core (C#), Node.js
UI: Angular, S3, CloudFront, ASP.Net
CI/CD: Azure DevOps
Data: DynamoDB, MongoDB, SQL Server/Postgres, OpenSearch, Redis

Benefits

A competitive basic salary + annual company bonus
Flexible hybrid working model (2 days home, 3 days office)
Career development and promotional opportunities
25 days holidays (increasing to 28 after 5 years of service)
A Moments That Matter Day (annually)
Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
Holiday buy and sell (up to 5 days per year)
3 paid days charity leave
Company events, socials, and incentives
3x annual salary death in service benefit
Company pension scheme
Costco membership
Salary sacrifice, company car scheme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Free breakfast, fruit, and hot/cold beverages
Referral scheme
Employee discount
Private medical insurance (taxable benefit) or healthcare cash plan (costs incurred by employees)

About you

Demonstrable hands-on experience in supporting the development function with a mix of on-premise and cloud-native solutions
Experience with migration strategies of on-premise applications and infrastructure into a cloud environment
Comfortable supporting and diagnosing issues with network connectivity, routing and security
Demonstrable hands-on experience provisioning cloud resources using IaC - Terraform (preferred), CloudFormation or CDK
Experience in building core platform capabilities, e.g. monitoring, logging and alerting solutions, for consumption by service delivery teams
Broad knowledge of hybrid infrastructure, distributed, highly available platforms
Takes a security-first approach to design and development
Experience developing solutions with languages/frameworks such as C#, Java, Node.js or Python
Have worked in teams migrating and modernising monolithic applications
Experience building and operating within an event-driven, microservice architecture
Excellent problem-solving and diagnostic skills

Desirable Skills

Demonstrable hands-on experience building and designing cloud-native solutions in AWS at scale
You have built an observability platform in AWS - monitoring, logging, tracing and alerting
While not essential, an AWS professional-level certification (DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect) would be very beneficial
Experience working within the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Experience in cloud cost forecasting and capacity planning
A background in software developmentDon't delay, apply for this DevOps Developer role today!

About Company

Here at Travel Counsellors, our customers, communities and colleagues lie at the heart of everything that we do - and that's what makes us special. For us, relationships come before transactions, and we are there for our customers, connecting with them on a deeply human level through the moments that matter.

We've been changing lives for over 28 years as the leading travel marketplace for self-employed travel entrepreneurs, empowering over 1,900 global independent travel agents to run successful leisure and corporate travel businesses. We pride ourselves in remaining a company that truly cares and one that has never wavered from its purpose - to redefine what personal means for a travel business.

Our Travel Counsellors are supported by a team of over 250 super-talented people in our support offices to help them create unique, inspiring, and exciting experiences for their customers, building lasting personal relationships that bring them back to us, time and time again.

Our unique approach within the workplace - as well as towards customers - has seen us receive numerous awards and accolades, including being named The Best Place to Work in Travel at the 2022 TTG Travel Industry Awards, as well as being the first travel company to be awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category!

We are expanding at a phenomenal rate - on the back of our record year in terms of revenue (over £800m) and are looking for like-minded individuals to join our dedicated Head Office team to help the company continue to flourish. Join us as a DevOps Developer today

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