DevOps Engineer(s)

"it's about getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment & helping to find a way to innovate."

About The Role
You will be joining a team already producing innovative work within the National Security, Intelligence and Law Enforcement sectors. Our teams are efficient (Naimuri means no waste).

The Systems Engineering role will provide a candidate with a chance to work across multiple projects using a wide range of technologies. A regular workday would consist of deployments, code reviews, fixes to existing code (usually IaC), design sessions, and ticket planning.

The role of a Systems Engineer at Naimuri takes many forms, best complementing your Engineering skills and personal working style.

You will need to be a self-starter, and be able to challenge existing knowledge and ideas. You will have experience in cloud technologies (AWS and Azure), Kubernetes and containers, CI/CD, ticket management, Git, open-source technologies.

The Team
The Platform Team is a multi-skilled team working across a wide range of projects at Naimuri to provide consultancy of Cloud Platform and DevSecOps best practices.

A large portion of the role will be participating in design sessions with the whole team. Ensuring you are confident where your gaps in knowledge are is essential.

About You
You may have a degree that may be in a related field. You might not and can demonstrate how you have trodden the path for yourself.

We don’t expect you to have practised all of the following. However, the items listed are likely to be used in this role. It is advised that you should have opinions on several of the topics.

Key Areas

• AWS (other clouds OK too);
• Terraform;
• Git (and the workflows associated);
• CI/CD technologies (GitLab pipelines preferred);
• Kubernetes;
• Docker (knowledge of building, maintaining, and running);
• Ansible;
• Bash/scripting;
• Linux system administration;
• Python (other modern languages OK);
• Team working, able to pick up issues and help when needed;
• Management of tickets, estimates, and workload;
• Challenge designs and speak up;
• Ticket management (GitLab preferred);
• Deployment and release knowledge;
• Planning using Agile methodologies;
• Explaining complex issues to technical people;
• System support (L3/4 only);
• Explaining complex issues to non-technical people;
• Open-source contributions;
• STEM learning.

Above all else, we look for people with the right attitude and tenacity to continually improve themselves. You’ll have the freedom and autonomy to do your best work, with plenty of support along the way.

About Us
Our offices are in Media City and you can work from home too. Most of the company split their time and you can do what works best for you. We are lean and we have a high ratio of ‘do-ers’. You need to be able work as part of a team and take ownership and deliver against your own tasks.

Our values, which have been set by our people (not the management) are Integrity, Accountability, Pride and Passion, Courage, Ambition and Initiative, Collaboration, and Caring.

Everyone has a voice at Naimuri and we are always keen to hear yours. We continue to grow steadily, and are always looking at ways to improve how we share, operate, communicate and learn together. We really believe in helping grow the North West further to become a technical hub, specialising in security and intelligence.

 
Pay and Benefits
Naimuri pays competitively within the industry based on North West rates. The salary for this position is dependent upon your experience and is relative to our current people (who are great btw). It is vital to us that all our people are paid commensurate, to ensure everyone feels valued. We assess seniority relative to the team at Naimuri during the interviewing process.

We expect you to work 37.5 hours per week, and you have flexibility over when you give that time. Our office hours are between 7:30 and 18:30 Monday to Friday. We don’t want you working excessive hours, that is simply not sustainable. You choose if you want to start late and spend breakfast with the family. Be ready for work by allowing yourself the time to get your life sorted however you see fit. You'll also get health insurance, big company style pension (10.5%), plus access to our Bike2Work scheme, free learning materials / certifications, a company bonus and access to our share scheme, holiday buy-back options and discounted electric vehicles.

 
How to Apply
Please send your application in the first instance to craig.watson@naimuri.com or to yourfuture@naimuri.com. Show us your role in Naimuri’s future and Naimuri’s role in yours. Address some of the work we do. Tell us about a newer (less than five years old) technology you like and why.

We’re always considering applications. We invest a lot of time and effort into the whole recruitment process, because the quality of who we bring in determines the future of our company. We’re giving you our full attention.

We look forward to hearing from you!