Graduate DevOps Software Engineer

Job description

Job Number

2679414

Business

GE Energy Connections

Business Segment

EC-GS Grid Solutions

About Us

GE is the world's Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

It is not about your career… it is not about your job title… it is about who you are…. It is about the impact you are going to make on the world. You want to go into uncharted waters… do things that haven't been done to make yours and someone else's life better. GE has been doing that for decades! We will continue to do so! We are the world's digital industrial company.

Grid Solutions equips 90% of power utilities worldwide to bring power reliably and efficiently from the point of generation to end power consumers. With over 200 years combined experience in providing advanced energy solutions, our products and services enable more resilient, efficient and reliable power systems. For more information, visit www.GEGridSolutions.com

GE is diversity. We aim to employ the worlds' brightest minds to help us create an unlimited source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles - people like you!

Posted Position Title

Graduate DevOps Software Engineer

Career Level

Experienced

Function

Engineering/Technology

Function Segment

Applications and Software

Location(s) Where Opening Is Available

United Kingdom

City

Cambridge

Postal Code

CB24 9BZ

Relocation Assistance

No

Role Summary/Purpose

You will work in our Developer Productivity team, enabling continuous development and delivery of more than 20 released products which are in production at over 1000 customers around the world. You'll be motivated to give the Engineering team the tools and technologies they need to develop software quickly and efficiently, enabling fully automated CI/CD pipelines in a complex product stack.

Essential Responsibilities

You will be comfortable with rapidly changing technology and bring strong cloud delivery skills as well as working with locally hosted systems and solutions.

To succeed in this team, you will need to be comfortable with learning new technologies fast. You will be familiar with scripting languages such as Ruby and Perl, and be aware of build technologies like Ant, Ivy, Mercurial and Git, and tools to support Continuous Integration and Delivery such as Artifactory and Jenkins

You will be willing to take on any challenge, and will expect to combine planned work with ad hoc requests. We are constantly improving our delivery and tools, and you will be confident working in a team, exploring ideas and innovative solutions and then driving them quickly into production.

Essential Responsibilities
• Build automation solutions that will support, enhance and grow our build and deployment systems
• Assist developers by improving productivity through integration and automation
• Listen to, prioritize, and document requests and issues, ensuring resolution and follow-up.
• Participate in the team workflow to drive innovation and improvements in our core automation framework
• Evaluate solutions for implement and scale CI/CD service offerings
• Improve our knowledge base and provide thought leadership in development automation and continuous integration
• Work in an Agile environment where work is delivered using Scrum.
• Work effectively in team, able to led small groups and to be led by others.
• Effective communicator who can help developers t get the most from build and development tools.
• Innovator with a passion for automation and software tools and development.

Desired profile

Qualifications/Requirements

• Knowledge of development tools development using Java, Python, Ruby, Go or other language of choice
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Experience with Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Salt, etc
• Familiarity with Linux and performance optimization and building scalable solutions.
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Self-starter who is motivated to learn and is at ease working as part of a team of highly talented professionals
• Expertise with any of the following: Docker, Cloud Foundry, Mesos, AWS, Jenkins, Artifactory, Git, Electric Cloud, etc.
• Flexibility and willingness to work outside the DevOps arena in technical software delivery

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EU/EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post, as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test. For further information please visit the UK Border Agency website

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/working

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of national security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61212/hmg-personnel-security-controls.pdf

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Strong problem solving skills.