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DevOps Engineer

We are recruiting a DevOps Engineer for the Rebellion Group. Based in our studio in Oxford, you will be an essential part of the Web team. The successful applicant will have previous experience in a DevOps role (or experience in a related role but with a keen interest in DevOps) and be passionate about robust testing and deployment processes. You will be able to work with developer specifications and show initiative in suggesting and implementing improvements to existing setups.

What you'll be doing:

• Expand, improve and maintain the existing CI/CD setup
• Improve and increase the level of automated building, testing and deployment processes
• Pro-active communication of technical problems and issues
• Ensure the highest possible availability of live systems under your remit, including willingness to work out-of-hours in urgent circumstances
• Maintain and respond to site and system level monitoring for all hosted services

Requirements

What we're looking for:

• Experience with cloud technologies and infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, Digital Ocean)
• Modern CI/CD experience (gitlab-runner experience desirable)
• Experience with deploying and configuring PHP applications in multiple running environments
• Experience of deploying and updating containerised applications (docker, kubernetes)
• Good linux server administration experience (Debian familiarity desirable)
• Version control management experience (gitlab experience desirable)• Understanding of network protocols (including SSL), DNS, firewalls and routing
• Some scripting experience (Bash and PHP desirable)
• Good problem solving skills
• Clear communication skills
• Ability to work well with individuals and teams
  
  

Desirable Skills:

• Familiarity with virtualisation technologies (such as Xen, VirtualBox, Vagrant)
• Experience with nginx, php-fpm, mysql/mariadb (memcache, redis, beanstalk, elastic also desirable)
• Previous experience of configuration management and remote execution software (such as Salt, Chef, Puppet)
• Experience with maintaining Java applications, in particular ELK
• Previous experience of using and implementing infrastructure monitoring tools (in particular, New Relic and APM)
• Familiarity with JIRA and Confluence

Benefits

• Holiday: 26 holiday days annually, increasing with service to 31 days, plus national public holidays
• Private Medical Insurance: Our PMI scheme offers comprehensive cover to access private medical treatment, taking the stress and strain out of waiting for treatments via the NHS
• Pension Contribution: Tax efficient salary sacrifice contributory pension scheme where Rebellion matches 4% of salary, plus 10% of any contribution you make
• Healthcare Cash Plan: Cash-back on treatment costs, from flu jabs to chiropractors
• Dental & Vision: Cash-back on routine or emergency costs, free eye tests
• Income Protection: Financial help if unable to work due to illness or injury
• Critical Illness: Financial help if diagnosed with critical illness
• Life Assurance: Financial security for your loved ones at a difficult time
• EAP: Wellbeing hub, including confidential telephone support and counselling
• Active Rewards: Earn discounts and other perks for physical activity, from trainers to cinema tickets
• Gym Membership: Discounts to over 3,000 participating UK gyms, pools & fitness events
• Loans: Interest free, tax-free loans
• Relocation: Assistance with relocation planning and costs
• Cycling Cycle Scheme: Save around 30% of the cost of a new bike and equipment though salary sacrifice tax & NI savings, spread repayments over 12 months
• Discounts: 50% off most 2000 AD merchandise, plus Active Rewards and more through health schemes, from high street retail to holidays
• Referral Bonus: Up to £2k bonus for internal staff referrals that lead to hires
• Flexible Hours: Flexible start and finish times
• Great Friendly Culture: Friendly, creative and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and recognition of the importance of work-life balance (anti-crunch)
• Social & Charity Events: Annual Summer BBQ & Christmas Party, social groups such as photography and board games, charity events including football, go-karting and supporting Special Effect
• Digital Freebies: GDC Vault access, all Rebellion Steam titles, digital copies of 2000 AD and Rebellion Publishing comics, graphic novels and ebooks, physical game and film libraries