[JOB] Lead Operations Engineer at FutureLearn

[Matt Valentine-House]

Hi All

We're looking for a Lead Ops Engineer at FutureLearn, more 

info from the actual job post below but to summarise:

FutureLearn is a social learning platform, backed by the Open

University and based in the British Library. We offer free online

courses run by an increasing network of partner universities from

around the globe. and we're looking for someone who can take the

lead on our infrastructure development and growth to help us

scale globally.

We're primarily using Ruby and currently have a single Rails application

running in AWS.

We are looking for someone who can provide a lot of guidance and

take ownership of Ops decisions so there is plenty of flexibility

on tooling and approaches.

Sorry, we're not considering remote positions, but on the plus

side, you get to work in the British Library :)

Any more questions or want to apply: please get in touch at

tech...@futurelearn.com

Advert from:

https://about.futurelearn.com/about/jobs/lead-operations-engineer/

Thanks

Matt.

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FutureLearn is a social learning platform, backed by the Open

University and based in the British Library. We offer free online

courses run by many leading universities from around the globe.

Since our launch two years ago, we’ve run hundreds of courses

that have attracted about two million learners to our

platform. They come to study a diverse range of topics, from the

archeology of ancient Rome to psychology and modern medicine. We

have a growing following from around the world, with people of

all genders and age groups well-represented. We help them learn

by provoking conversation around the course material, so that

learners and educators learn as much from each other as from the

material itself.  We try to mirror this environment within our

company. We work together to help people improve their skills,

and we reflect on our work processes improve the product and the

way we work. It is a collaborative environment where designers,

developers and product managers work in small multidisciplinary

teams and all contribute to the product’s direction.  We’re

looking for a Lead operations engineer to help us expand and

improve the platform and scale it to serve our growing global

community of learners.

Requirements

You should

* have experience of architecting and building scalable web sites in the cloud

* have experience using automated config management systems to manage and version cloud instances

* be confident in basic network configuration

* be comfortable working with developers to solve problems and offer guidance on infrastructure related decisions

Description

In this role, you will be:

* Collaborating with our backend Ruby developers to implement your ideas

* Building a scalable, maintainable AWS stack

* Using efficient config management to speed up and automate the deployment and provisioning process of our Ruby on Rails applications.

* Working in a continuous deployment environment

* Building and using tools to collect and analyse data to improve products and software

* Maintaining the internal network and phone infrastructure for the team

Any previous experience in any of these areas would be a bonus,

but there’s plenty of scope to learn these skills as you work.

You'll be responsible for defining the direction that our

infrastructure takes as we grow the platform, but you won't be

working alone. We're keen to maintain our existing culture of

collaboration and shared responsibility.  Above all, we are

looking for people who are curious, think critically, are eager

to learn and keen to use their experience to help and support

others. You will need to be able to communicate and explain

things clearly and work well in a collaborative environment.

Location

The role will be based in our office in the British Library, near St. Pancras, London.

Salary and benefits

* 40-70k dependant on experience

* 28 days holiday

* Flexible working environment/hours

* Pension (4% employer contribution)

* Childcare tax vouchers/Season ticket loans/Bike to work scheme

* You get to choose your own computing environment

* You get to choose your own training

* You get to buy any tech books, magazines etc that you need

* Subsidised Peyton & Byrne canteen for breakfast and lunch at the British Library

Further information

You can read our

blog (https://about.futurelearn.com/blog/?category=making-futurelearn)

to find out more about how we we make FutureLearn and if you have

any queries about this role do not hesitate to contact us at

tech...@futurelearn.com.

How to apply

Please send a CV and covering letter to

tech...@futurelearn.com.  Please note: This is not a remote

working position and you must have the right to work in the UK to

apply. No recruitment agents please.