DevOps Engineer

Lloyd's List Intelligence are the trusted experts delivering transparent and actionable maritime data empowering 60,000 professionals around the globe to make confident decisions that drive the safe, efficient, and lawful movement of trade by sea. Our advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and industry expertise transform our unparalleled data into unique insight delivered through data and analytics services, news and commentary, and publications.

We have teams working across the globe in data and analytics, product management, editorial and market analysis, technology, marketing, sales, and customer success.

Role Profile

Reporting into the Head of Software Engineering, this role combines the management application systems, deployment processes to ensure accurate and efficient releases of new features and the maintenance of uptime, performance, and reliability.

The successful candidate will join a team of engineers responsible for maintaining current and future technical platforms conduct fault diagnosis and remediation activities as well as ensure and maintain the security of platforms across the Lloyd's List Intelligence technical estate.

This role is balanced working model between home and in our modern and centrally located Singapore office with an excellent and a wide variety of services and transport links situated nearby.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with Product teams, Software, and Data engineers to maintain and develop tools and infrastructure, driving innovation and optimising existing and new product value streams.
• Lead and advise on the modernisation of end-to-end ETL and real-time streaming pipelines, refining development processes, and introducing relevant technologies and tools.
• Work extensively with AWS cloud platforms and tools, applying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practicesparticularly with Terraformand prioritising both cost optimisation and secure network configurations.
• Ensure robust security by implementing and managing cybersecurity frameworks and tools, including [specific security tools currently in use], to protect systems against threats.
• Apply network knowledge to optimise and secure infrastructure, ensuring efficient communication and data flow across systems.
• Implement a proactive patch management strategy to keep all systems updated with the latest security patches.
• Adhere to change management protocols and version control standards, ensuring a secure code repository with reliable backup strategies for key intellectual property. (maybe we can rephrase it better)
• Effectively present and explain advanced technical designs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What we are looking for:

Essential

• Bachelor's degree in software, network, or cybersecurity (or demonstrable equal experience)
• At least 2 years experience in a DevOps Engineer role
• Proven experience or certification in AWS
• Proven experience in troubleshooting and debugging SQL, SNS, SQS, Kinesis, C# (.net Core), S3, FTP, AWS Lambda. HTTP level REST API experience (and previous API standards, e.g SOAP)
• Proven experience in operating system administration (on both Wintel and Linux).
• Proven experience in networking components and systems, including webservers, firewalls and network routing.
• Familiarity with automation tooling (such as Jenkins) and runtime integrated analysis tooling (such as New Relic)
• Familiarity with the design, development and maintenance of best-in-class analytical capabilities, including data warehousing (Redshift, OpenSearch, Athena, SQL, etc)
• Familiarity of architectural design patterns for micro-services leveraging relational and big data technologies
• Disciplined, self-starter attitude driven to improve systems and processes and a willingness to learn
• Excellent documentation of processes

Desirable

• Provisioning new technical assets (e.g EC2 build), Kubernetes, Docker and associated virtualisation or containerisation technology.
• Complete familiarity with Agile development process
• Excellent documentation of processes

Our Promise to You Benefits

• Day off for your birthday
• Work anywhere policy (up to 4 weeks per year, subject to approval)
• Up to 4 days paid volunteering
• Balanced working
• Healthcare Insurance Plan
• 20 days of annual leave
• 14 days of outpatient sick leave
• 60 days of hospitalization leave (inclusive of 14 days sick leave)

We know that sometimes the perfect candidate doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't fit all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have most, but not all of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need!

We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under federal, state or local law.

Please let us know of any adjustments we need to make for you to show us your best self.