Summary: The Software Engineer role focuses on designing, building, and testing software applications specifically for a Kubernetes environment. The position involves end-to-end ownership of migration processes, ensuring high availability and performance while driving automation and efficiency. Additionally, the role requires collaboration and mentoring of engineers on best practices and migration techniques. This contract position is set for a duration of 6 months.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, test, and refactor software applications for optimal performance in a Kubernetes environment.
• Own services end-to-end during migration, implementing strategies for high availability.
• Drive automation efforts to streamline migration tasks and operational processes.
• Architect robust and scalable solutions tailored for the Kubernetes platform.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies for observability during migration.
• Analyze migration workflows to identify bottlenecks and implement process improvements.
• Communicate migration plans and collaborate across teams while mentoring engineers.

Key Skills:

• Proficiency in software development and adaptation for Kubernetes.
• Experience with migration strategies and ensuring service reliability.
• Strong automation skills and familiarity with infrastructure-as-code.
• Ability to design scalable and observable systems.
• Knowledge of monitoring and incident management practices.
• Critical thinking for process improvement and problem-solving.
• Effective communication and mentoring abilities.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Manchester Area

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT