Senior DevOps Engineer
Quantum Motion Technologies4 months ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, provision, and manage highly available cloud infrastructure optimized for heavy compute workloads and high-concurrency applications.
- Implement modular infrastructure as code using Terraform or CloudFormation for secure, low-latency, multi-region environments.
- Architect and maintain high-performance cloud storage, data synchronization, backup strategies, and throughput optimization.
- Automate deployment, configuration, and auto-scaling for workload orchestrators, container platforms, and core services.
- Enforce Zero Trust security, secure IAM roles, and automated configuration management for hardened operating-system images.
- Support complex infrastructure and platform issues, document automated workflows, and mentor junior team members.
- Architect and deploy HPC workloads, optimize spot-instance usage and Savings Plans, and monitor infrastructure and application performance.
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for software and infrastructure deployment.
Requirements
- Proven experience architecting, deploying, and maintaining production-grade, highly scalable workloads on AWS.
- Deep expertise in Terraform and CloudFormation for modular, version-controlled infrastructure.
- Strong knowledge of high-performance and distributed cloud storage such as Amazon FSx, EFS, EBS, and NetApp ONTAP.
- Expert proficiency with Enterprise Linux distributions including RHEL, Rocky, and Ubuntu, plus systems-level troubleshooting.
- Professional proficiency in Python or Bash for automation tooling, monitoring scripts, and system integrations.
- Deep understanding of enterprise IAM patterns, including Active Directory and LDAP integration across hybrid environments.
- Ability to explain infrastructure scaling decisions to development teams and leadership.
- Experience with AWS HPC workloads using AWS ParallelCluster, SOCA, or custom Slurm fleets is desirable.
- Experience with cost optimization, monitoring tools, and automated CI/CD pipelines is desirable.
- Relevant certifications include AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional, or AWS Certified Advanced Networking.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and share options scheme.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Private Medical Insurance.
- Choice of laptop or kit.
- Life Assurance.
- Cycle-to-work Scheme.
- Flexible working.
- Central London location.
- Opportunity to work with a world-leading quantum-computing team.
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About Quantum Motion Technologies
Quantum Motion Technologies develops silicon-based quantum processors using CMOS-compatible fabrication, aiming to scale qubit arrays on standard semiconductor processes. The company builds and characterises qubits and supporting electronics for future quantum computing systems, with academic roots at UCL and the University of Oxford. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, it is a privately held hardware company focused on building a commercially viable quantum computing platform.