DevOps Engineer

Ripjar was founded by veterans of GCHQ to bring national security-grade intelligence tools to the fight against financial crime. Financial crime funds human trafficking, terrorism, corruption and sanctions evasion on a global scale, and the organisations on the front line need technology built to match the threat.

Today, Ripjar's AI-native software and data fusion products are used by governments, the world's largest banks, and global enterprises to automate the detection, investigation and monitoring of serious financial crime. Every day, hundreds of customers and thousands of daily active users rely on the platform to screen hundreds of millions of names for risk in real time, prevent money laundering and stop terrorist financing.

If you want your work to matter, this is where it happens.

We are a remote first team, with a head office based in Cheltenham. This position is open to UK wide candidates. If you are based near Cheltenham, you are more than welcome to work from our office at any time.

Team mission:

Our team enables the delivery of high-quality software to a variety of environments through technical skills, process implementation and software management, anchored in a continuous innovation culture.

What you’ll be doing:

As a DevOps Engineer at Ripjar you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability and security of the infrastructure that underpins our development and operational services. You will play an active role in supporting and continuously improving our core infrastructure offering, providing a solid foundation upon which we can deliver cutting-edge solutions to our customers.

 Key tasks:

• Automate the deployment, operation and maintenance of systems in a hybrid cloud environment using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tooling.
• Administer systems and applications hosted on Linux-based systems.
• Design, deploy and maintain IP networks.
• Create robust automated solutions to allow development teams to self-serve routine infrastructure requests.
• Improve code security by integrating security testing tools into build and deployment pipelines.
• Implement effective monitoring of the reliability and security of applications and infrastructure services.

The successful candidate should have these skills:

We recognise that demonstrable skills in all these technologies is not easy to find. Don’t let that stop you from applying! We can work in partnership to identify your strengths and provide you with the training necessary to fill any gaps.

• Strong experience of administering and securing Linux hosts on both virtual and physical infrastructure.
• Extensive experience using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tooling, e.g. Ansible, Terraform, Helm.
• Experience of configuring, managing and securing public cloud infrastructure, e.g. AWS, Azure.
• Experience of administering containerised applications using Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience of administering IP networking in a corporate environment.
• Experience of automating tasks using languages and tools such as Bash, Python, JavaScript, and GitHub Actions.
• Knowledge of how to effectively use security testing and monitoring tooling, e.g. SAST and SIEM products.
• Knowledge of how to configure monitoring tooling for application and infrastructure metrics, e.g. Prometheus, Datadog, Open Telemetry

 Candidates with the following background will be of particular interest:

• Experience contributing to incident response across a complex microservice-based application
• Application Security best practice including identifying potential threats and vulnerabilities in applications and cloud infrastructure, designing secure software systems, and implementing robust security measures

Why we think you’ll enjoy it here:

• Competitive base salary per year DOE
• Fully remote working
• 25 days annual leave + your birthday off, rising to 30 days after 5 years of service
• 35 hour working week
• Flexible working hours
• Life assurance
• Private Family Healthcare
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Company contributions to your pension
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• The latest tech including a top of the range MacBook Pro
• Offices equipped with well-stocked pantries with food, snacks and drinks when in the office