DevOps Engineer (Startup)

Job Type:
Full Time
Salary:
£45,000 to £50,000 DOE
Team:
IT Team
Location:
Newport - Hybrid
Reports To:
Group IT Director

Job Description

Convey365 

Convey365 is a cutting-edge technology startup company looking to specialise in AI-driven solutions – which is where you come in. An exciting opportunity exists to join an industry leading PropTech company based in South Wales, for a talented and enthusiastic DevOps Engineer to join our growing IT and Development team. 

Our philosophy is to be the very best at what we do, revolutionise the conveyancing industry and most importantly exceed our client expectations. 

We achieve this through our exceptional employees who also have our passion to be the best version of themselves and share our core values of integrity, competence, openness, and benevolence. 

Whilst we pride ourselves on our high performing culture, we love to have fun in work and enjoy collaboration days where we all get together for training and team building activities to support our regular charity fundraising. 

The Role 

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic DevOps Engineer to join our growing IT team in which you will be given exposure to new and exciting technologies and the opportunity for continual development and learning. This is an exciting role in developing systems to support cutting edge technology within the sphere of legal conveyancing systems. Among your key responsibilities will be: 

  • AWS Cloud Infrastructure Management: Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud resources using best practices to ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and security. 
  • CI/CD Pipelines: Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid and reliable code deployments using tools such as Jenkins, Github Actions, AWS CodePipeline. 
  • Monitoring and Logging: Manage monitoring tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Grafana, Datadog, Prometheus) to proactively detect and troubleshoot performance issues, as well as maintain a robust logging infrastructure. 
  • Disaster Recovery and Backup Solutions: Design and implement disaster recovery solutions to ensure business continuity, including RTO/RPO objectives. 
  • Linux System Administration to maintain, configure, and troubleshoot Linux environment, focusing on performance, security, and reliability. 
  • Scripting and Automation: Develop scripts (e.g. Python, Ruby, Bash) to automate routine tasks and improve deployment speed and accuracy. 
  • Collaborate with senior leadership, sales, and operations teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions, ensuring alignment with commercial goals. 
  • Ensure compliance and security standards are met across the infrastructure, adhering to best practices in data protection and cloud security, in line with Cyber Essentials Plus and ISO27001, and implement compliance measures (e.g., GDPR, SOC 2). 
  • Analyse performance metrics and make data-driven decisions to improve platform performance, stability, and cost-efficiency. 
  • Engage with stakeholders (internal and external) to communicate technical decisions, strategies, and roadmaps clearly and effectively, ensuring buy-in from both technical and non-technical teams. 
  • Manage own work allocation, productivity, and quality of work with minimum supervision. 

 

The Rewards 

Working for Convey365 will give you a rewarding career with a competitive salary. In addition to being part of a Company that will support you through our training and wellbeing programmes and recognition schemes, we offer a substantial benefits provision. This includes flexibility in working arrangements, company sick pay, discount schemes and the ability to purchase additional leave. We also feel birthdays are to be celebrated so give you an additional leave day in the month of your birthday. 

The Individual 

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable values and ethics that mirror our own culture values and to be successful in the recruitment process you will need to evidence at least 5 years’ experience of the following in your CV: 

  • hands-on experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar role, with a focus on AWS environments. 
  • Extensive experience with AWS, including services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Elastic Beanstalk, EFS, VPC, Lambda, ECS, and CloudFormation or similar service. 
  • Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools and best practices (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Github Actions, AWS CodePipeline, etc.). 
  • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or similar tools. 
  • Experience with monitoring and alerting tools like CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, or Grafana. 
  • Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, Bash for automation. 
  • Strong knowledge of tools such as Jira and Confluence.  
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex issues and implement solutions rapidly. 
  • Strong communication, documentation, and collaboration skills. 
  • AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer) are a plus. 
  • Advanced Linux administration skills and experience with shell scripting and automation 

 

Next Steps 

If you have the qualities that we are looking for, share our Company values and feel this is the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you. 

Join us in building the future of Convey365, and help us scale to new heights! 

Apply To Join Convey365

01633 261770
recruit@Convey365.com
Maxwell Chambers, 34-38 Stow Hill, Newport, South Wales, NP20 1JE

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