Our mission is to break down the barriers of today to release the potential of tomorrow. Join us today and release yours.

About this role

As a DevOps Engineer you will be a key member of the domain responsible for continuous integration, delivery, test automation and release. Your primary responsibility will be to support the delivery of software to all platforms alongside having a focus on improving and automating Plusnet’s releases. The team has an internal continual improvement framework embedded to support delivery and improve Continuous Delivery practices. This role also demands occasional release deployments out of hours. 

You'll have the following responsibilities

To be successful in the role of DevOps Engineer, the role holder will be expected to:

Support and improve our tools for continuous build, automated testing and release management

Own, manage and improve PlusNet’s release process

Responsible for all activities within the release process ensuring both stability and quality is maintained through to delivery

Responsible for software builds and releases

Responsible for the design and development of builds, scripts, installation procedures and systems including source code control and issue tracking

Works closely with the software automation team to ensure the builds and quality of software released is to the desired standard

Review and support all software changes released to the live platform

You'll have the following skills & experience

To be successful in this role you will need to have experience in working in Agile environments to produce detailed and unambiguous design artefacts. An understanding of end to end software development lifecycles used on large scale agile projects and have prior experience of automating release and build processes using enterprise technologies and systems.

You will need to be experienced in working with multi-functional engineering teams and able to work in a self-organized team and pick up new or unfamiliar technical concepts quickly. You’ll have good operational experience and commercial awareness. 

Skills Required:

Experience working with software that automates software provisioning, configuration management and application deployment (e.g Ansible, Chef, Concourse, Docker, Puppet , YAML)

Fluency in modern object-oriented programming languages (e.g. Java, PHP, Python) Also Bash.

Knowledge of Atlassian Suite, specifically Confluence, Jira and Bitbucket as well as experience working with Software code repository, quality and build tools including Nexus, Sonar, Jenkins, Go CD and Bamboo

An appreciation of programming concepts including object-oriented programming, TDD\BDD, CMS, virtualization\containerization, APIs, ReST and Continuous Delivery

Experience with relational databases (MySQL, Oracle)

An understanding of cloud and on-premise infrastructure concepts

Preferred:

Broad knowledge and understanding of SaaS, Paas, Iaas industry

Hands on experience with cloud offerings (AWS, GAE, Azure) 

Oracle Certified Associate Java SE Programmer or experience programming with Java

Red Hat Training certification in Ansible

Proficient in Bash/sh scripting and experience in working in a unix architecture

Holds a technical degree

Benefits

10% on target bonus

25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

Pension scheme

Shares Plan

Flexible benefits: cycle to work, childcare vouchers, healthcare, etc.

Discounted BT products

About BT

BT has a key role in British society, fostering change and leading technology innovation. From delivering the Olympics, to supporting the emergency services, to investing more into research than any other UK technology company, we take pride in everything we do - and in the people who work here.

We're now a global company operating at the forefront of the information age, employing 90,000 people in 180 countries. And we're on a mission. Guided by our core values of Personal, Simple and Brilliant our goal is to help customers, communities and businesses overcome barriers and release their potential.

So, if you're interested in the power of potential, why not join us today and release yours? You can read more here about what it's like to work at BT

How to Apply

It's easy to apply online; you just need a copy of your up-to-date CV and to follow the step-by step process. Don't worry if you need to make changes - you'll have the opportunity to review and edit your work on the final page. We look forward to receiving your application!