Technical Lead - London, United Kingdom - Marco Polo Network

Description

• A global, multi cloud infrastructure with over 60 Kubernetes clusters
• Growing the network to 600+ Kubernetes clusters
• Implementing new features for Polaris, the network management system
• Implementing canary deployment and automated canary analysis systems
• Integrating key systems with third party tools following best practices
• Maintaining immutable infrastructure with tools like Helm / Terraform
• Providing technical leadership for the systems behind the Marco Polo Network
• Collaborating with engineering leadership and assisting engineering teams in the use of technologies such as Go, Python, Groovy, Postgres, Kubernetes
• Reporting the right things in the right way at the right time
• Effectively execute any special projects or adhoc tasks as assigned

• Analyse complex problems and come up with efficient and effective solutions
• Look for new ways to improve key systems, tools and processes
• Collaborate with development teams to deliver new features and releases
• Work closely with architecture, development, delivery, product and leadership
• Support technical people in identifying and overcoming complex obstacles
• Facilitate onboarding of new engineering team members
• Help celebrate individuals and the teams' successes
• Refine new work, break it down into small manageable tasks and ensure execution in a timely fashion

• An eagerness to learn, grow your career and take on greater responsibility
• 3+ years of experience in a technical leadership position
• 10+ years of experience in a systems engineering / devops engineering role
• Proven track record managing distributed systems at scale
• Must have experience with Golang, Python or similar
• Strong experience with cloud technologies (Azure, GCP, IBM Cloud)
• Strong experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Elasticsearch)
• Strong experience with scripting languages (Python, Bash)
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with Terraform or other configuration management tools
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline tools and best practices

• Life in a fastmoving startup environment and all that entails.
• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• 2x Wellbeing Days
• 1x Birthday Day off
• Flexilifestyle benefits (tailor your options to what is important to you; ie. Health care, fitness, travel, continuous professional development etc)
• Pension Scheme
• MacBook or Dell? You choose the type of equipment you need to work more efficiently
• Keep active with numerous fitness team events and challenges organised throughout the year
• Growing your family? We know how important those first few months are for both parents and we are offering paid leave for both mums and dads so you can enjoy the new arrival
• All the tools and supports needed to do an excellent job
• Ability to make a difference
• A dynamic workplace with a great balance of hard work and fun
• A culture of innovation and a structure in which to innovate
• A nurturing teamoriented environment with mentorship as a key feature of the dynamic