Senior Software Infrastructure Developer - London, United Kingdom - Virgin Media Business Ireland

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Senior Software Infrastructure Developer

As a Senior Devops Engineer you are a key member of the T&I Technology Video Back Office Platforms Development Team and focus on bringing the Liberty Global media products vision to life. You are involved in full development lifecycle of the microservices platforms from architecture, design and reliability engineering to deployment, monitoring and integration. We are looking for comprehensive experience in building and production support on engineering level of various high availability distributed systems.

This is a key role for the Entertainment Backoffice platform development. Dedicated development teams build and release through their technology delivery and operations lifecycle. In that process they lean heavily on microservices platforms which provide frameworks for timely delivery of technically ready products and services that can be taken to market in countries across Liberty Global's footprint.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Design, setup & maintenance of the core infrastructure that runs our online business
• Actively participate in planning and management of platform development process
• Lead continuous delivery and integration pipeline infrastructure development
• Supporting the whole platform, using technical analysis to improve the reliability and scalability of the whole system
• Working closely with the developers to create solutions to deploy and monitor their applications.
• Regularly checking the monitor alarms, diagnosing the symptoms, analyzing the root causes and making preventive plans
• Write clean, well-structured and maintainable code when needed
• Explore new latest relevant technology, techniques, frameworks, tools, methodologies and processes

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

PREFERRED EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS:

• University degree (Bachelor or Masters) in Computer Science, Science, Mathematics or equivalent or be able to demonstrate relevant knowledge
• At least fluent spoken and written English – ideally other European languages

SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• 4+ years of experience in working with Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu or similar)
• Hands-on scripting and coding experience in working with Python, Ruby, Shell Scripting or similar
• C++, Java, and GoLang experience is a big plus
• Extensive network knowledge about TCP/IP protocol suites, network security, and experience with tools like Wireshark/tcpdump, mitmproxy, dig, curl or similar
• Production experience and understanding of cluster management systems like Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, Mesos
• Experience with web and proxy servers, i.e., Tomcat, Apache, Nginx, Varnish, Squid or similar
• Practical knowledge in virtualization and Linux containers, i.e., KVM, Docker, CoreOS rkt or similar
• Proven experience with configuration management tools, i.e., Ansible, Chef, OpsWorks, Puppet or similar
• Knowledge of automated deployment/continuous Integration tools, i.e., Maven, Jenkins, Fabric8 or similar
• Experience with commercial or open source monitoring systems, i.e., Nagios, Zabbix, Open Falcon or similar
• Knowledge of Elastic solutions (Elastic, Kibana, Logstash) and monitor data collection tools is a big plus
• General knowledge of software engineering practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, Agile development, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience with data storage solutions such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra, Riak and message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ) is a plus
• Effective communication skills, ability to work well in a collaborative, team environment within sometimes tight deadlines is a big plus

SOFTSKILLS:

• Takes responsibility & feels accountable for own and team actions
• Is a strong team player
• Is confident and a credible influencer, able to command respect
• Is self-disciplined and enforces discipline within his/her teams in terms of processes and work ethics
• Must be able to work under pressure and be prepared to work outside normal working hours when necessary
• Ability to bring clarity to ambiguous situations and to act decisively
• Has a systematic, disciplined, and analytical approach to problem solving

Our Team is a part of the Technology & Innovation department of Liberty Global. We are working on the server-side components for different media & entertainment products like Horizon Go, Horizon set-top box as well as the new EOS set-top box. Range of potential involvements differs from real-time communication to big data processing and analysis. We value professional growth and development, proactivity and critical mindset

We are looking forward to seeing you here

About Us

Our Story

We're building Tomorrow's Connections Today, bringing people together through the power of our technology.

Liberty Global is a world leader in converged broadband, video and mobile communications and an active investor in cutting-edge infrastructure, content and technology ventures.

With our investments in fibre-based and 5G networks we play a vital role in society, currently providing over 85 million fixed and mobile connections and rolling out the next generation of products and services, while readying our networks for 10 Gbps and beyond.

We're creating national champions, combining the best broadband and mobile networks under brands such as Virgin Media-02 in the UK, VodafoneZiggo in The Netherlands, Telenet in Belgium, Sunrise in Switzerland, Virgin Media in Ireland and UPC in Slovakia.

Liberty Global Ventures, our global investment arm, has a portfolio of more than 75 companies and funds across content, technology and infrastructure, including strategic stakes in ITV, Univision, Plume, Lionsgate and the Formula E racing series.

Our scale enables us to transfer knowledge and expertise across our operations and investments, creating a dynamic family of brands united in the pursuit of innovation and excellence.

And we're prioritising diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace and communities, while reducing our impact on the environment. We are using technology as a force for good; for our people, our partners and the planet.

OUR FUTURE OUTLOOK IS EXCITING, TOGETHER

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