Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer

About Elsewhen:

Elsewhen, a London-based end to end consultancy, designs digital products and services for clients like Spotify, Google, Inmarsat, and WPP. Over the past decade, we have built a workplace prioritising impact, drive, openness, and friendliness. We value outcomes over hours and agility over rigid processes.

Work Environment:

• Remote-first setup: Fully remote work with the option to use a WeWork membership for those who prefer occasional office access.
• Join our team:https://www.elsewhen.com.

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to evolve and maintain the infrastructure supporting our customer solutions and internal systems. You'll be working in a cross-functional team with Senior DevOps Engineers, Data Engineers, Application Developers, SREs, and Product Managers to ensure optimal solutions.

• Continuously optimise and adapt existing Google Cloud Platform infrastructure using Terraform for enhanced scalability, consistency, efficiency, & security and to meet emerging requirements
• Manage CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD)
• Manage kubernetes clusters (GKE)
• Design and develop new infrastructure components to support system expansion
• Collaborate with other developers to integrate observability tools
• Support SREs by automating and optimising incident management processes
• Establish and maintain structured, efficient documentation practices for infrastructure code
• Collaborate with customer product managers and engineerings across multiple teams to identify, refine and implement platform requirements
• Help drive the evolution of our internal systems and optimisation our our internal processes by leveraging and integrating the latest tech
• Champion good security practices, both internally and on customer projects
• Share expertise and provide support to developers and SREs to enhance team knowledge

• Expert in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure and Terraform, with track record of designing, implementing and scaling globally-deployed production systems
• Proven capability in designing, implementing and optimising Git workflows and CI/CD pipelines for complex, globally-deployed production systems
• Strong background in implementing observability, log management & incident management automation solutions
• Extensive experience of effectively implementing DevSecOps practices
• Proficiency with Python
• Proactive approach to identifying platform enhancements, and pragmatic approach to prioritisation & implementation based on both tactical and strategic technical considerations
• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration across technical and non-technical teams
• Good level of written and verbal English proficiency

Why join Elsewhen:

• We're a flexible-first company. Work face-to-face or from home, whatever suits you best. Either way, we’ll bring people together socially to meet each other and build deeper relationships.
• Opportunity to create work that has impact and is measurable.
• Autonomy - teams are empowered to make decisions regarding the tools and technologies they use.
• End-to-end nature of projects - cross paths with other skill sets and career shapes
• An annual budget for training and up-skilling, including dedicated days so you don’t have to study in your own free time.

Benefits:

• 27 days of holiday, plus bank holidays
• Flexible working - choose how and where you work
• Private health insurance (We value health)
• Comprehensive physical and mental health cover
• Gym membership contribution
• Perks (Amazon Prime, Cinema)
• £2,000 annual L&D budget
• Monthly and quarterly team social events, with an annual team trip
• £500 Feel Better Fund
• Bonus scheme
• 6 weeks paternity & 16 weeks maternity leave
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/shared pay
• 6% employer pension contribution

Our Commitment to Diversity:

Diverse thoughts, backgrounds, and perspectives create stronger teams and better technology. We welcome everyone, regardless of culture, appearance, or perspective, fostering individuality. We empower our team to challenge norms, grow ideas, and produce their best work.

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