DevOps Engineer [Data] - GammaLabs

A bit about us 

Gamma is a leading supplier of Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS): we provide voice, data and mobile products and services to the UK, German, Spanish and Benelux business markets.

Gamma is expanding its UCaaS presence in Europe with a family of businesses focusing on digital automation, delivering Gamma-powered services to SME customers via a network of channel partners in Germany, Spain, and the Benelux region.

Our team work fast, with a start-up type of mindset but working within a leading European business.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a DevOps engineer as part of a functional squad. You will play a crucial role in delivering our strategy across GammaLabs with an automation first focus. This position will align to a discipline where you will be expected to build and support solutions aligned with SDLC principles, providing technical excellence with a focus on scripting and observability coupled with a security mindset.

What will you be doing day-to-day? 

•  Automation and Orchestration: Streamline the delivery and support processes by leveraging automation and IaC principles.
• Support and Operation: Ensure the operation of the platform on a 24x7 basis where required, taking ownershipfor building and supporting the solutions, systems, and processes that underpin the Gamma network, services, and products within the functional squad.
• Collaboration and Communication: Facilitating collaboration with other engineering teams and squads to understand requirements and build efficient, available, scalable and secure platforms and solutions.
• Monitoring and Alerting: Ensure the platform and associated applications and underpinning processes are monitored and optimised for efficient operation within the squad. Integration with our alerting systems for the respective platform to facilitate effective incident management.
• Tool Development: Build tools aligned with the relevant framework and strategy to support the platform.
• Security and Compliance: Threat modelling and risk assessments.
• Continuous Improvement: Leverage test automation to minimize system downtime and improve uptime metrics by proactively monitoring and resolving issues.
• CI/CD: Write and support automated solutions using Python, Ansible, Terraform, and others documented in our frameworks, based on project requirements using Jira.
• Industry trends: Keep up with emerging technology and understanding of industry best practice.

What you’ll need 

• Comfortable with automation, IaC, and CI/CD principles.
• Understand Network concepts, Infrastructure, and common protocols.
• Able to write basic scripts for automation
• Build dashboards in Grafana and understanding of Prometheus and PromQL.
• Knowledge of SDLC and experience integrating solutions into CI pipelines
• Experience with cloud (AWS, GCP) is beneficial, but not essential.
• Able to self-manage Jira tickets and provide updates to stakeholders
• Experience in data engineering, Openstack, VMWare, and/or Linux.

What do we offer you? 

• Having time away from work is important to allow you to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This is why we offer 25 days Annual Leave. We also believe giving back to the community, which is why in addition to your Annual Leave, we give you a volunteer day to enable you to give back to a charity that is close to your heart.
• Also, go and celebrate your birthday, we give you that off too!
• Family is important to all of us and we want them to feel part of the Gamma community. That’s why we offer enhanced maternity and paternity pay along with childcare vouchers, so you feel supported as both a parent and in your career.
• Future planning is at the back of everyone’s mind and our pension plan is there to help you save for the years ahead. As part of our benefits package, we help you plan for your retirement and support you both today and in the long run.
• You are always protected and can rest knowing your beneficiaries will be taken care of with our group income protection and life assurance schemes whilst being employed at Gamma. 
• We want you to become a shareholder! This is why we offer a tax efficient cash saving scheme which can enable you to be a shareholder. We also offer a share incentive plan which is more flexible way to allow you to purchase Gamma shares.
• We believe that both your physical and mental health is vital to a happy life. This is why we offer leading private medical insurance that provides extensive cover which incentivises better health choices.
• Getting from A to B in an environmentally friendly way to help us reduce our carbon footprint is a huge aim for Gamma. We’ve incorporated into our benefits an Electric Vehicle scheme with our partners at Octopus electric vehicles. If you don’t drive then not to worry our Cycle to work scheme is available for you also.

A few things to note 

• Unfortunately, we can't offer visa sponsorship or relocation support for this role.
• This role is HYBRID from our Manchester office.
• If you feel you could be a good fit for Gamma but do not think that you meet all the requirements, we still encourage you to apply as you could be the person that we are looking for! 

Gamma is an equal-opportunity employer. We care about inclusion and believe in having diverse teams where everyone can be their true authentic selves. We value each person and their range of backgrounds and actively encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. 

We don't discriminate based on any protected characteristics e.g., race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, marital status, disability, or age. We are a family-friendly employer with a culture based on trust, autonomy, and flexibility so that you to create a work-life balance and enjoy working here at Gamma. 

Gamma is incredibly excited to find the right candidate for this role and whilst we do appreciate all the support our brilliant and trusted agency partners give to us, we are handling recruitment for this role ourselves and are not looking for any additional support. Thank you.

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