Senior DevOps Engineer (Remote UK Only)

Who We Are

At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.

Why Join Us

We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Overview

We’re looking for an experienced DevOps engineer to join our cross-functional software development team to work on the design, deployment, maintenance and optimization of highly scalable, reliable and fault tolerant cloud-based environments. You will work alongside experienced and motivated professionals and will have a big impact on shaping cutting edge online marketing technology within a fast moving and highly effective agile team.

You should have a keen interest in problem solving accompanied by experience working in or around a software development environment as an engineer supporting technical systems and processes, CI/CD pipelines, MySQL database administration, Linux system administration and AWS resource management.

 

As a DevOps Engineer you will:

Build and own tools for provisioning, automation, configuration, integration, deployment and release processes.

Manage and help implement a full monitoring suite to help maintain product stability.

Maintain and provision AWS environments using industry best practices.

Evaluate system stability risk with code and SQL changes proposed by software development teams.

Assist production support engineers by troubleshooting production applications, running database queries, looking up logs.

Keep current with applicable security updates and ensure systems are up to date.

Create technical documentation, including runbooks, system and services details and policies.

Develop and maintain server/system configuration in Ansible.

Support other systems and teams with general System Administration tasks.

 

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Good understanding of general computing concepts including servers, networking, virtualization and security.

Strong Linux administration and network troubleshooting skills.

Knowledge of MySQL database design, replication and administration (familiarity with Percona Toolkit is a plus).

Experience in AWS administration of services including EC2, Route53, S3, Redshift, VPC, and IAM. 

Expertise in operations automation and reporting systems.

Experience with monitoring systems including Nagios, Catchpoint, Cacti, and Prometheus.

Configuration management experience with Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or Salt.

Understanding of web-based applications and software engineering processes.

A calm and logical approach during a critical event.

Ability to troubleshoot, diagnose and solve issues independently.

Self-learner, ability to document learning as experience is gained.

Experience as part of a team supporting and maintaining infrastructure.

A passion for technology.

Technical troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

 

Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Understanding of distributed web applications and related technologies.

Working experience with Jenkins is a plus.

Keen interest in development, new technologies and innovation.

Experience writing quality documentation to distribute to customers and colleagues.

Experience with ticket systems like JIRA and documentation solutions such as Confluence.

UK Benefits & Perks

25 days holiday in addition to bank holidays 

Enhanced Parental Leave: 6 months full pay for birth parent, 4 weeks non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment

5 extra 'Partnerize Parental Days' each year

Private Medical Insurance through Vitality 

Enhanced pension contributions

Cycle to Work scheme 

Eye Care Vouchers 

Life Assurance

Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Programs

Regular company events and activities

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.

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