Senior Airflow/ Cloud Engineer (Workload Automation)
D.B. Group16 days ago
Birmingham, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Develop automation solutions using Python, Kubernetes, cloud services, and integrations.
- Build and orchestrate services across Airflow, Google Cloud Platform, Control-M, and Automic.
- Develop REST API integrations and connect Airflow with the broader platform ecosystem.
- Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption for infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and management.
- Deliver secure, scalable user interfaces, backend services, and APIs.
- Own features from design and coding through testing, deployment, and production monitoring.
- Integrate, configure, upgrade, and maintain workload automation platforms.
- Identify automation opportunities and independently deliver solutions.
- Support platform availability, performance, monitoring, emergency response, capacity planning, and change management.
Requirements
- Strong Python development experience and full-stack development experience.
- Extensive experience with automation and CI/CD tools such as Argos CD, GitHub Actions, GitLab, and Ansible.
- Hands-on Google Cloud Platform experience with Terraform, Cloud Composer, BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Functions, Dataproc, Google Transfer Service, and Postgres.
- Understanding of Airflow REST services and Airflow integration within a platform ecosystem.
- Experience with API integration, orchestration, ServiceNow integration, and Ansible YAML development.
- Ability to use AI tools productively while applying critical judgment for responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.
Benefits
- Hybrid working model with eligible employees able to work remotely for part of their working time.
- Competitive salary and a non-contributory pension.
- 30 days of holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days.
- Life assurance and private healthcare for the employee and family.
- Flexible benefits including retail discounts, a Bike4Work scheme, and gym benefits.
- Opportunity to support a broad CSR program plus two days of volunteering leave per year.
- Training, development, coaching, flexible working, and ongoing career support.
- Reasonable adjustments and assistive equipment are available during the application process where required.
Tech Stack
AnsibleApache AirflowArgo CDGitHub ActionsGoogle BigQueryGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPostgreSQLPythonTerraform
About D.B. Group
D.B. Group is an Italian freight forwarder and logistics provider offering air, ocean, road, and rail transport, customs brokerage, and supply chain management for global shippers. Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Montebelluna, Veneto, it is privately held and operates through 79 subsidiaries with a worldwide partner network. The company delivers end-to-end forwarding and integrated logistics services, from consolidation and warehousing to door-to-door deliveries and trade compliance.