Undergraduate Year in Industry 2015-2016
Industrial Placement Position Template
Completed templates should be emailed to: Rowena.osullivan@estnet.uk.net by 12.5.15
For further information contact the ESTnet on 02920 0297000
Company Name
__DevOpsGuys
Company Details
(to appear on the vacancy page of the ESTnet and USW website)
Address:
Nature of Business:
DevOpsGuys Limited
Imperial House
Trade Street
CF10 5DT
Web Application Management
IT Managed Services
Contact Details (to appear on the vacancy page of the ESTnet and USW website)
Contact Name
Endaff Bowen
Tel:
0800 368 7378
Job Title:
Operations
Manager
Email:
Endaff.bowen@devopsguy
s.com
Web Address
www.devopsguys.
com
(Home Page)
Nominated Supervisor (if different from above)
Contact Name
Tel:
Job Title:
Email:
Job Title:
Under Graduate DevOps Engineer
Location: Cardiff (see above address)
Job Description – The Role:
Do you like the idea of fixing a rocket while it’s flying?
If that sounds fun and exciting to you, then prepare to go on a wild ride of development, deployment, and
continuous learning as a Graduate DevOps Engineer.
You’ll be part of the team that builds and supports the infrastructure platforms for our customers.
You’ll work closely with our customer’s development teams to building servers and platforms which run
customer applications – from managing operating systems, networking to provisioning servers and monitoring.
Prepare to be elbows-deep in developing automation, system tools and monitoring-which operates the platform.
You’ll also take part in continuously identifying areas of improvement and working to increase the stability,
availability and performance of our customer’s platforms.
We require everyone to be well-rounded and continuously learn new things. With so many skilled technology
people already here and willing to share, what you learn is only limited by your desire to do so. Innovation and
continuous improvement are what motivate us, so if you're up for it, you can do it all here with us!
Responsibilities:
(up to 8 bullet points please)
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Build the next generation of customers’ production and non-production infrastructure.
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Support infrastructure and services to maximize uptime and minimize impact
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Develop modules for configuration management systems
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Manage your workload, balancing major improvements with 3rd-level production issues
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Provide operations and support teams with specific knowledge about infrastructure and platform
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Act as an escalation point for incidents outside of normal hours as part of an on-call roster
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Develop automation, system tools and monitoring which operates the platform
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Continuously identify areas of improvement and work to improve the stability, availability security and
performance of the platform
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
(up to 8 bullet points please)
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Knowledge of Linux or Windows Systems Administration Scripting and programming using shell or python, PowerShell or similar
Analysing and troubleshooting problems comes as an exciting challenge for you
You value facts over opinions
You are passionate about customer experience You ask tough questions
You can debate ideas
You communicate well in writing, and are a confident public speaker Salary and Benefits:
We’re offering a salary of £15,000 per annum but that’s not the best part of working at DevOpsGuys......
We’re at the heart of the Cardiff Tech Hub and we’re surrounded by industry pros and techsperts from every
field. Trade Street Café is also a definite bonus (esp. the chicken, bacon and avocado salad).
Our offices are open, highly collaborative and yes, fun and only five minutes from the shopping centre, cafes
and pubs.
To support you at work (and play) we offer some killer perks: ample time off to relax and recharge, plenty
amazing coffee, an unending supply of Graze snacks, a fridge full of pop and even our own DevHops beer from
Pipes.
Restrictions / Screening:
(only if applicable)
Closing date : 22nd May 2015.