· Mid-level, negotiable salary of 60k to 80k

· Medical cover, pension, life insurance, flexible hours, onsite parking

· 3 days a week in the Bristol office, 2 days from home

· Cloud Operations / Dev Ops / SRE

· Well-funded start-up working on Hybrid Collaboration software and systems

· R&D environment researching and developing the latest technologies

This is a rare opportunity to join an early-stage, well-funded start-up working in the growing field of Hybrid Collaboration. Backed by investors that have helped transform multiple tech start-ups into global companies, this small but very talented team aim to solve the many technical challenges faced by remote and in-person workers. With over 20 years of video collaboration experience, together with previous start-up success, they begin their stealth phase of development and are hiring their next wave of founding R&D engineers.

Joining at this early stage comes with many benefits - in addition to the very attractive stock options you will have significant input into the shape and direction of the products working on everything from researching new technologies and designing technical solutions, to testing and delivering features across the product range.

The role

We’re looking for someone experienced in running cloud services to form a centre of excellence around all cloud operations. As part of a dynamic new start-up you will be happy to get stuck into a range of cloud operations and engineering problems. Security and networking expertise are essential, as is a desire for automation and CI/CD principles. Typical day to day activities will include:

· Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code using tools like Terraform

· Build and maintain monitoring and alerting systems

· Troubleshooting issues with R&D services

· Review infrastructure changes maintaining a strong engineering culture

· Work closely with the software engineering team to ensure delivery of a high-quality service

· Researching new technologies

· Perform out-of-hour changes where needed and be part of an on-call rota

Candidate profile

· Bachelors, Masters or PhD in a relevant technical subject

· Strong academic record throughout university and secondary education

· A critical and logical thinker with a desire to learn new technologies

· Proficient in building and scaling Kubernetes clusters

· Experience with Azure, AWS or GCP

· Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform

· A strong understanding of networking concepts (IP, TCP, TLS, DNS, VPNs)

· Familiar with Git and GitHub or GitLab

· Comfortable in a Linux environment using Docker and writing scripts for automation, with experience of Bash, Python or Go programming