Senior Software Engineer (Kubernetes)

 Tangent International are currently searching for a Senior Software Engineer on behalf of our client who are the global leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operations for Earth Observation, persistent monitoring, and natural catastrophe solutions, owning and operating the world’s largest SAR constellation.

You will be part of making the impossible possible, whilst shaping the Earth Observation industry.

As a Software Engineer (Kubernetes), your job is to make sure that the on-premise Kubernetes clusters and the products running on it are configured and maintained so that downtime is minimized, security is ensured, and SLAs are met.

Responsibilities:

• Installation, configuration, maintenance, and administration of production-grade Kubernetes clusters.
• Automation of deployments on the services level – GitOps approach.
• Participate in designing, implementing, and maintaining our on-premise products.
• Response and management of production incidents.
• Work with the customers to form a mutual understanding of their needs, capabilities, and constraints.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers (mostly Software Engineers) to build the features that this customer needs in our product.
• Work with our customer deliveries team to make sure that the system gets delivered and will be maintained.
• These deliveries require you to be very hands-on, e.g. running demos and pilots to meet customer requirements and cooperating with customer’s technical teams, ensuring a successful deployment.
• Right now, you will be one of the first people to take this role in our company. As our business grows, you have the opportunity to affect the role and processes used.

Requirements:

What will you need to be successful in this role?

• Strong expertise in maintenance and administration of production-grade Kubernetes clusters
• Experience in programming languages [Python or Go] with strong ability to debug code.
• Expertise in DevOps and CI/CD implementation (deployments automation)
• Experience with Linux system administration in production.
• Understanding of microservice design and architectural patterns.
• Experience in coding/scripting for automation (“Infrastructure as Code” -mindset).
• Experience with Configuration Management / Deployment tools.
• Experience with orchestration tools – e.g. Hashicorp Terraform, Packer, Ansible.
• Experience with logging and monitoring solutions.
• Emphasis of security in your actions.
• Readiness to occasionally visit customer premises around the world.
• Ability to learn quickly both technical and business domains in an ever-evolving startup environment.
• Strong English communication skills (our company’s official language is English)
• Ability to explain issues clearly and concisely and establish effective working relationships in a distributed team.
• Ability to multitask, shift gears quickly, work independently and collaboratively, adapt easily to shifting priorities, process changes, and schedule changes.
• Readiness to participate in an on-call rotation providing 24-hour, 7-day support and off-hours maintenance windows.