DevOps Engineer (FTC)

Location

Bristol | United Kingdom

Job description

Are you a skilled DevOps Engineer looking for your next exciting challenge? Look no further! We are currently seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our outstanding engineering team on a 12-month fixed-term contract in Severn Beach, Bristol. 

As an integral member of our Systems Engineering team, you will have the opportunity to showcase your technical expertise in multiple business-critical platforms. Your administration, operational maintenance, and feature development skills will be put to the test as you work to meet the needs of our growing business. 

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to join a team of talented individuals and make a real impact.

Key Responsibilities :

• Ongoing administration, operational maintenance and feature development of the business critical platforms including, but not limited to;
  • Cost Price Quote (CPQ) platforms
  • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platforms
  • Enterprise and Resource Planning (ERP) Platforms
• Providing first level support, responding to user questions and reported system issues
• Manage the necessary access rights, security settings and privileges for those platforms you own.
• Improve and develop new operating processes as required.
• Provide training for new platform users.
• Be a point of contact for the raising change requests and system defects by other teams.
• Align the scope, resource needs and priority for new change requests and defects.
• Lead the technical rollout of any developments and fixes assigned to you.
• Own the effective communication of those developments or fixes with all stakeholders, ensuring message content and frequency meets the needs of the business, stakeholders and task objectives.
• Identify and conduct data-cleansing initiatives to purge corrupt or redundant information from critical platform databases.
• Liaise with external suppliers or consultants.
• Provide data mining, analysis and report generation support when requested.

Education / Qualifications:

• Degree educated in an engineering, computer science or mathematic discipline.

Professional Skills/ Abilities:

• Previous systems administrator experience
• Experience of programming in VB.Net, JavaScript and C-sharp.
• Experience of working with SQL databases
• Experience of working with CAD software a plus
• Strong knowledge of development methodologies such as Agile
• Project management skills.
• Working knowledge of network and PC operating systems.

Personal Qualities:

• Highly self-motivated
• Has a keen eye for detail and seeks clarity when needed
• Enthusiastic and agile approach to complex tasks
• Can embrace ambiguity, extract necessary information and define clear objectives
• Able to work both as a team and autonomously, manage and prioritise assigned tasks, and raise conflicts effectively.
• Ability to learn new technology and processes quickly.
• Ability to convey ideas both technically and as best suited to the audience.

Apply today and take the next step in your career as a DevOps Engineer!

At Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, we provide tools for the engineering of micro- and nano-structures, with customers using our process solutions to research and produce materials and semiconductors vital for everything from medical devices and diagnostics to electric cars and quantum computers.

Benefits:

In addition to a competitive starting salary, Oxford Instruments also offers structured career development opportunities, a good work-life balance, private healthcare, a share incentive plan, 25 days annual leave, half-days on Fridays, a defined contribution Group Personal Pension Plan, and a flexible benefits package that you can tailor to your own requirements.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and would ask you to get in touch if you are concerned about any barriers you feel you may be facing in your application process with us.

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