Senior DevOps Engineer

November 6

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Digital Science

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Science • Education • Enterprise

Digital Science is a company dedicated to enhancing the research lifecycle through innovative technology solutions. They aim to make research processes more efficient, data more effective, and collaboration more seamless, thus driving progress in academic and industry settings. Their product portfolio includes services such as Altmetric, Dimensions, Figshare, Overleaf, and more, which support various research stages from data management to publication. They focus on advancing open and responsible research while maintaining partnerships across academic, governmental, and industrial sectors. Digital Science actively contributes to the evolution of open access and research integrity standards.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2015

🔬 Science

📚 Education

🏢 Enterprise

📋 Description

• Own our infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform and the Terraform codebase, managing critical components including VPCs, Compute Engine, Kubernetes Clusters, Cloud SQL/Redis, Load balancers, Cloud Armor, logging/monitoring pipelines, and IAM. • Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or similar tools, and automate routine operations with shell scripts where appropriate. • Implement and manage monitoring, alerting, and incident response systems using Google Cloud Monitoring and similar tools. You will be part of a rotating on-call schedule for critical infrastructure issues outside normal business hours. • Ensure the performance, reliability, and uptime of PostgreSQL and Mongo databases with proactive monitoring and tuning. • Oversee resource usage on GCP to ensure we are managing our costs efficiently. • Take a collegiate approach to sharing knowledge with engineers, building consensus for change, and writing excellent documentation.

🎯 Requirements

• Significant working knowledge of cloud-computing environments such as GCP or AWS. • Strong hands-on expertise in Kubernetes and Docker. • Strong hands-on expertise in Terraform. • Solid Linux/Unix systems knowledge and scripting skills (Bash/Python). • Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins) and monitoring platforms (e.g., Grafana, Google Cloud Monitoring). • Experience working with databases such as Mongo, PostgreSQL, and Redis. • Know how to implement best-practice alerting, monitoring, and observability on applications that experience high load. • An excellent track record of dealing with production incidents and post-incident analysis. • Significant experience working in an Agile methodology and implementing best practices in version control and code review. • A security-first mindset at all times, covering confidentiality, integrity, and availability. • A commitment to staying up-to-date with emerging technologies and implementing innovative cloud solutions. • Understand error budgets, SLI, and SLOs. • Understand how to manage cloud computing costs effectively. • Experience coding in a language such as JavaScript.

🏖️ Benefits

• We invest in, nurture and support innovative businesses and technologies that make all parts of the research process more open, efficient and effective. • The talent we secure is fundamental to us achieving our vision and our growth plans. The values we live by are: • We are brave in the pursuit of better • We are collaborative and inclusive • We are always open-minded • We are from and for the community • At Digital Science, our vision is to see research flow seamlessly – trusted, collaborative, and accessible – fueling breakthroughs that push humanity forward. This ambitious mission is one we achieve together, by enabling open, collaborative, inclusive research. • We firmly believe that to truly innovate and solve the complex challenges faced by our customers, from researchers and universities to funders and publishers, we need diverse perspectives, experiences, and ideas. A rich mix of voices drives quality insights, fosters enhanced collaboration, and ultimately pushes knowledge forward more effectively. • As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to building and nurturing a workplace where every individual feels valued and belongs. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status. Beyond recruitment, we strive to cultivate an environment where inclusivity is woven into the fabric of our culture, enabling everyone to be their best self and do their best work.