Infrastructure Engineer

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Infrastructure Engineer - web infrastructure, hardware/software upgrades, - 6 months - Edinburgh - Up to £450 per day

The Company

Spring Technology's client, a public sector body in Edinburgh, is looking for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join them on an initial 6 month contract.

The client is currently going through an exciting period of change as a result of a large digital transformation project.

The Role: Infrastructure Engineer

As a successful Infrastructure Engineer, you will be crucial in the implementation, operation and maintenance of a large programme of web based systems.

Responsibilities include:

*Implementing and optimising development, testing, production and web infrastructure across a collection of systems in the programme

*Establishing monitoring tools and systems to detect problems in the operation of the web project

*Identifying risks to system security and performance and proposing solutions

*Working closely with release engineers to launch a continuous delivery approach to release management

*Launching a reporting solution to gather operational data from the current systems

*Managing the expectations of stakeholders and agreeing suitable SLA targets whilst reporting back on updates

*Monitoring end user experiences for the systems and ensuring the best possible performance at all times

*Overseeing the infrastructure support helpdesk function, ensuring the logging, prioritisation and resolution of reported issues

*Investigating areas of continuous improvement and preventative maintenance across the current systems

*Working closely with other teams in the negotiation of contracts with 3rd party vendors

*Installing services and supporting related activities during the software development life cycle

*Providing a consultative approach to other public sector organisations on similar digital transformation projects

Essential skills and experience will include:

*Extensive experience in web infrastructure and operating/supporting high traffic web applications

*Previous experience in deploying and optimising web application architecture including web servers, reverse proxy cashes, web accelerators, Linux, Java and relational database servers

*Demonstrable experience in cloud computing delivery models including SaaS, IaaS and PaaS

*Administering computer networks using TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS and SSL

*Task automation using Bash scripts

*Previous experience of configuration management tools including Puppet

*Agile and Waterfall methodologies in project management and software development

Desirable skills

*Previous use of continuous delivery methods including declarative system configuration, autonomic infrastructure and automated provisioning

*Deploying web applications in Amazon Web Services environments and using EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, Route53 and VPC

*Previous software development or testing exposure

Benefits

*Competitive day rate

*Extension potential

*Central location

*Close to public transport links

Any Infrastructure Engineers that are interested in the role are encouraged to make an application with an up to date CV and details on desired daily rate. All Infrastructure Engineers shall be subject to Disclosure Scotland checks.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday the 28th of September, 2016 at 11am. Any applications received after this time cannot be considered.

Spring Technology is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Spring Technology is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.