DevOps Engineer

Friend MTS ,
Birmingham, West Midlands

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Job Description

Description Who are we? Friend MTS is the Emmy award winning leading global provider of content protection solutions to the media and entertainment industry. Specialising in video security, we provide integrated technology products and security services to a global client base. That client base includes many of the world's largest pay-TV broadcasters and OTT platforms, as well as content owners ranging from television and movie producers to the world's most prestigious sports leagues and event operators. In a sentence . . . We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic DevOps Engineer to join our DevOps team offering the opportunity to work on a large-scale cloud-hosted application in use by many major global media companies from satellite / cable broadcasters to sports rights owners and movie studios. What will your job look like? This role reports to the DevOps Team Leader and will be based in our Birmingham office. The successful candidate will be involved in maintaining and developing cloud-based infrastructure services while making continued service improvements. You will have a strong Linux background, and will have experience supporting complex multi-tiered services. You will also be expected to develop your skills in multiple challenging disciplines to work as part of a rapidly growing technical organisation. Key daily tasks involve * Working as part of a team on a large-scale application in use daily by major global media companies. * Planning deployment of new / updated infrastructure components. * System monitoring and day-to-day management. * Working with technology and infrastructure vendors. * Management of data synchronisation and backup processes. Requirements What you need * BEng / MEng / BSc / MSc in relevant subject or equivalent experience. * Some commercial DevOps experience. * Strong Linux experience with shell scripting skills. * In depth knowledge of cloud service management systems and APIs, especially AWS services such as EC2, ECS, S3, RDS / Aurora, Route 53. Desirable skills and tool Ubuntu Linux / Nginx / Apache / Memcache / Redis / PHP / DNS / Prometheus / OpenVPN / Puppet / Jenkins / Gitlab / MySQL / Docker / Virtual Box / Terraform / Packer / Beanstalk Benefits Why work with us? * You will work with a fast-growing dynamic team, working closely with great technical colleagues. * You will work at the cutting edge of a high growth industry with an opportunity to shape the technical vision of a large cloud-based platform. * You will have the opportunity to work on solutions for some of the biggest and most well known sports and entertainment brands in the world. * Very competitive salaries amongst many other fantastic benefits. If you are keen to work with the leading global provider of channel, content and platform protection services - get in touch today!