Inflowmatix designs, builds and consults on the implementation of solutions that enable water utilities to monitor, understand and optimise the performance of their networks.
We are guided at the highest tier of our management and decision making by world-class and pioneering research into water network operation and management.
Our aim is to work with our utility clients and other stakeholders in the water industry to establish and maintain a water supply resource in the integrity and reliability of which all sectors of society can have complete confidence.
arboricity™ is a suite of analytical services offered to the water industry, centred around near realtime, calibrated hydraulic models. This is delivered utilising a cloud platform (congruity™) currently deployed in production on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using Kubernetes (GKE).
Job Description
Purpose of the Role
The DevOps Engineer role for arboricity™ within Inflowmatix will:
- Be part of the core arboricity™ team and participate in the full agile development lifecycle activities of the team
- Be responsible for the cloud infrastructure and associated code required to run, maintain and monitor the congruity™ cloud platform on the public cloud infrastructures required (initially in GCP but also soon on Azure).
Reports to: arboricity™ Technical Lead
Reportees: None at present
Location: Based working from home although it is expected the role will necessitate travelling to meetup with the arboricity™ team from time to time at a mutually convenient location.
Overnight stays will not be necessary to fulfil this role effectively (save for such team sessions indicated above).
Objectives
The objective for the DevOps Engineer role is to achieve a scalable, robust, secure and responsive infrastructure for our congruity™ platform in one or more public cloud offerings (e.g. GCP as of now plus Azure to follow).
This requires the DevOps Engineer to:
- Familiarise themselves with the infrastructure code and deployments that exist today in our development and production environments on GCP;
- Be part of the agile arboricity™ engineering team and participate in all of its ceremonies;
- Educate and train the non DevOps team members in best practices for delivering a secure and maintainable set of artefacts into the infrastructure of congruity™;
- Look to improve and enhance the platform infrastructure, monitoring and deployments via the CI/CD pipeline that exists today;
- Determine the steps required to consider the equivalent infrastructure deployment of congruity™ into a second public cloud provider (most likely, Azure) as an alternative for our Customers.
General
- At all times work in a way that reflects the Company’s values
- Maintain high standards in terms of personal appearance, conduct and respect of Company property.
Skills and Experience: Essential
- At least 3 years production working with;
- Kubernetes and its core functions and components;
- GCP, especially GKE;
- Terraform;
- Prometheus;
- Kibana;
- Git (especially GitHub).
- Clear and precise production of technical documentation;
- Knowledge of Markdown.
- Communication skills in order to present ideas and to respond constructively to challenges from team peers.
Skills and Experience: Desirable
- Azure cloud, especially AKS
- Kong API Gateway
- Amazon cloud services (AWS)
Personal Attributes
- Innovative
- Self-motivated within an agile team setup
Who we are
Inflowmatix Limited is a wholly owned member of the SUEZ Smart and Environmental Solutions family, part of the wider SUEZ group.
At SUEZ the efficient and sustainable management of resources around the globe is at the heart of everything we do. Respect – acting ethically and with integrity – is one of our core values. We’re passionate about the environment and believe in protecting our world. Over 90,000 likeminded people worldwide makes for an incredible team, where collaboration and trust are part of the way we work. With true team spirit, we can give our customers a standard of service that goes above and beyond and ensure that our local communities have access to essential water and waste services
We thank our people for all they do with development opportunities, wide-ranging benefits and rewards that reflect their hard work. In a friendly, supportive environment, you’ll be inspired to grow and play your part in creating a better future for all.
This role profile is not exhaustive; it will be subject to periodic review and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the business. The responsible hired team member will be expected to participate in this process and the Company would aim to reach agreement on the changes.
To apply please email your CV to careers@inflowmatix.com, including the job title in the subject line.
