DevOps Engineer

Description

TL;DR: Kharon is seeking a full-time DevOps Engineer based in London, UK.

Location: London, UK

Annual Remuneration: £90,000–£105,000 and discretionary annual bonus

Pay Frequency: Monthly

Probationary Period: 180 days

Work Arrangement: Hybrid, 3 days per week

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead the design and evolution of cloud infrastructure supporting Kharon's high-performance SaaS applications, with a focus on API-driven, infrastructure-as-code control planes

Build and continuously improve automation for infrastructure provisioning, developer tooling, and internal workflows to increase engineering velocity

Monitor system health and capacity, proactively identifying limitations and alerting on potential production issues to uphold SLA commitments

Embed security-first principles into infrastructure architecture, automation design, and day-to-day operations

Design and maintain systems for operational administration, backup, disaster recovery, and performance/security monitoring

Collaborate cross-functionally as a hands-on contributor - giving and receiving feedback openly, and adapting quickly to new tools and technologies

QUALIFICATIONS:

5+ years of experience in a DevOps, Platform, or Infrastructure Engineering role

Strong software development background, with deep expertise in at least one programming language

Hands-on experience with Docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes preferred)

Experience with a major cloud provider (AWS preferred)

Experience with Infrastructure as Code and cloud automation tooling (OpenTofu preferred)

Experience building fully automated CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions and ArgoCD preferred)

Solid understanding of monitoring, networking, and security, with depth in at least one area

Strong command of Linux systems

Bonus Points:

Experience managing high-availability, multi-AZ, and multi-region environments

Experience architecting and building internal developer tooling

Experience building observability tooling, dashboards, and alerting for application performance and stability

Experience with distributed systems or microservice architecture

ABOUT KHARON:

About Kharon

Kharon operates at the nexus of global security and is on a mission to revolutionize the current landscape. We take complex data as it relates to global security and empower our clients to not only understand the risk associated with their potential business relationships but to operationalize that data so that they can make the best and most informed decisions possible.

From financial crimes and sanctions to export controls and threat identifications, our tools optimize protection against the types of risks that could otherwise be incredibly dangerous and excessively costly to any business. Serving many of today's leading global financial and multinational institutions, Kharon products are the most powerful in the space with a precision and depth that is absolutely unparalleled.

When you look at any major global crisis event, we're providing intelligence that's at the heart of those circumstances. We connect the dots in a way that's meaningful. As the world continues to evolve in complexity, so too does the demand for our products. Given the significance of our work and the increasing global reliance on our insights, we are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join us as we work to shape the way businesses perceive and navigate global risks.

Company Benefits

Fully-sponsored private health insurance

Pension plan with 3% employer contribution

Annual leave plus bank holidays

DISCLOSURES

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants and employees. If you require any adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, please contact apply@kharon.com.

You must have the right to work in the UK. Kharon is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

UNITED KINGDOM Candidate Privacy Notice

Kharon is committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. We collect the personal data you submit as part of your application - including your name, contact details, employment history, and qualifications - to assess your suitability for the role. Our lawful basis for processing is legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR).

If your application is unsuccessful, your data will be retained for up to 12 months before being securely deleted. If you accept a role, your data will transfer to your employee record.

You have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of your data, to object to or restrict its processing, and to lodge a complaint with the UK data protection authority, the ICO, at www.ico.org.uk. To exercise your rights, contact us at apply@kharon.com.

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