As a member of the Data Platform & Analytics you will be responsible of architecting the Sky big data solution, collaborating with stakeholders to understand the company needs and designing data pipelines to ensure the delivery of high quality data in a timely manner.
We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer who loves automation and cloud to join our team. An ideal candidate is a person who fully embraces the use of tools such as Kubernetes,Terraform and Docker, with experience handling high-traffic data platforms, supporting highly scalable cloud-based applications. Our newly built Data Platform is hosted on GCP running on Kubernetes and managed services with agile teams pushing to automate everything possible.
Main responsibilities include:
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Contribute to the overall system design/architecture and implementation, with the main goal to provide a solid and reliable solution that satisfies the business needs and that is easy to operate.
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Identify opportunities for standardisation and automation of existing manual processes, automating the infrastructure management whether that’s on the private data centre or a public cloud provider.
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Lead and manage investigation activities, supporting the internal development teams to operate and improve the existing systems.
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Maintain and continue to develop the infrastructure and services on top, with a clear focus on CI/CD pipelines, scalability, high availability, security and operability through containerization.
Requirements:
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Excellent problem solving skills, mastering new complex areas, able to find new solutions to solve unconventional problems.
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Passionate about automation and process improvement with a desire to learn new skills, gain knowledge and innovate.
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Experience operating highly available, scalable and distributed end to end data services on Cloud
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Strong experience in the whole software development lifecycle, including code versioning and CI/CD
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Experience with scripting (Bash, Perl, Python, …) and OO programming (Java, Python, C++, …)
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Computer science or technically related degree
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Professional knowledge of English language, written and spoken
Bonus:
Google Cloud certified
Top Skills
What We Do
Sky is one of Europe’s leading media and entertainment companies and is part of Comcast Corporation, a global media and technology company that connects people to moments and experiences that matter. At Sky, we Believe in Better. It’s in our DNA.
We’re famous for innovation. We offer the world’s smartest TV, Sky Glass; our plug and play streaming puck, Sky Stream; the best aggregation platform, Sky Q; and streaming services NOW and WOW. We provide connectivity you can count on in mobile, fast, secure, reliable residential and business broadband, as well as smart home protection through Sky Protect.
We’re Europe’s premium content producer. We create award-winning original content, produce the biggest live sporting events, and we provide free access to news and the arts.
We believe that we can have a positive impact on society, by supporting and creating tens of thousands of jobs, addressing digital inequality, being a diverse and inclusive employer, and becoming net zero carbon by 2030.
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