Senior Software Infrastructure Developer, Liberty Global
Global telecoms company & tech investor
Open for applications
Global telecoms company & tech investor
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build tomorrow’s connections today, bringing people together through the power of technology.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of experience in working with Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu or similar)
- Hands-on scripting and coding experience in working with Python, Ruby, Shell Scripting or similar
- C++, Java, and GoLang experience is a big plus
- Extensive network knowledge about TCP/IP protocol suites, network security, and experience with tools like Wireshark/tcpdump, mitmproxy, dig, curl or similar
- Production experience and understanding of cluster management systems like Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, Mesos
- Experience with web and HTTP proxy servers, i.e., Tomcat, Apache, Nginx, Varnish, Squid or similar
- Practical knowledge in virtualization and Linux containers, i.e., KVM, Docker, CoreOS rkt or similar
- Proven experience with configuration management tools, i.e., Ansible, Chef, OpsWorks, Puppet or similar
- Knowledge of automated deployment/continuous Integration tools, i.e., Maven, Jenkins, Fabric8 or similar
- Experience with commercial or open source monitoring systems, i.e., Nagios, Zabbix, Open Falcon or similar
- Knowledge of Elastic solutions (Elastic, Kibana, Logstash) and monitor data collection tools is a big plus
- General knowledge of software engineering practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, Agile development, build processes, testing, and operations
- Experience with data storage solutions such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra, Riak and message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ) is a plus
- Effective communication skills, ability to work well in a collaborative, team environment within sometimes tight deadlines is a big plus
- Takes responsibility & feels accountable for own and team actions
- Is a strong team player
- Is confident and a credible influencer, able to command respect
- Is self-disciplined and enforces discipline within his/her teams in terms of processes and work ethics
- Must be able to work under pressure and be prepared to work outside normal working hours when necessary
- Ability to bring clarity to ambiguous situations and to act decisively
- Has a systematic, disciplined, and analytical approach to problem solving
Desirable
- University degree (Bachelor or Masters) in Computer Science, Science, Mathematics or equivalent or be able to demonstrate relevant knowledge
- At least fluent spoken and written English – ideally other European languages
What the job involves
- Design, setup & maintenance of the core infrastructure that runs our online business
- Actively participate in planning and management of platform development process
- Lead continuous delivery and integration pipeline infrastructure development
- Supporting the whole platform, using technical analysis to improve the reliability and scalability of the whole system
- Working closely with the developers to create solutions to deploy and monitor their applications
- Regularly checking the monitor alarms, diagnosing the symptoms, analyzing the root causes and making preventive plans
- Write clean, well-structured and maintainable code when needed
- Explore new latest relevant technology, techniques, frameworks, tools, methodologies and processes
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
Liberty Global is a world leader in broadband, video, and mobile communications, responsible for top brands such as Virgin Media-02 in the UK, VodafoneZiggo in The Netherlands, and Sunrise in Switzerland. The company also actively invests in and launches infrastructure, content, and technology ventures, such as EV charging network company Believ (formerly Liberty Charge), green energy brand Egg, and AtlasEdge Data Centers, among others.
The company has been undeniably successful, having created an impressive family of brands containing both big names and smaller innovators - its investment arm has a portfolio of more than 75 companies ranging from ITV to cloud-native app protection platform Lacework. In its own words, its scale allows it to "transfer knowledge and expertise across our operations and investments", enabling all brands within its roster to benefit from its industry leading experience.
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Company benefits
- Comprehensive health plan
- Paid volunteer time off
- Healthy food and snacks
- Flexible working
- Learning and development opportunities
- Retirement scheme
Company values
- WE ARE STRAIGHT UP: We are authentic, transparent and do the right thing for our customers and our organization.
- WE ARE LIMITLESS: We’re bold and set new standards in all that we do.
- WE ARE UNITED: We collaborate and embrace our differences to achieve our goals.
- WE ARE AGILE: We are resilient. We strive to embrace change, evolve, transform and adapt quickly.
Company HQ
Hammersmith, London, UK
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Founders
Mike Fries
(CEO)Was a member of the Liberty Global founding team, and launched the company’s international expansion. Since then, they have served in various strategic and operating capacities, finally being appointed as CEO in 2005.
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