About the job
Who we are
Neptune North is a newly created joint venture between Oliver Wyman, a global leader in management consulting and part of the NYSE listed Marsh McLennan, and Rokos Capital Management (RCM), a global alternative investment fund manager.
We pride ourselves on employing and developing only the very best talent in the North East, ensuring unparalleled quality and expertise in every project we undertake so that we can surpass our clients expectations, solve challenging problems and deliver innovative solutions.
If you’re a great DevOps Engineer and a great communicator who loves working on demanding initiatives and solving challenging problems that need to be delivered at pace, then Neptune North could be the right place for you
We do everything from our home in the heart of Newcastle City Centre, where we are building a team of exceptional people and an intellectually stimulating environment from which to work.
Responsibilities
Infrastructure and environment automation
Owning, managing, and maintaining our Continuous Integration Infrastructure
Development of our monitoring and diagnostics
Delivery of end-user automation solutions
What makes a great candidate?
PowerShell/ scripting language knowledge
C#, Java, or Python – prior history as developer or the ability to code
Infrastructure as Code – Ansible, Terraform or equivalent
Containerisation using Docker, and orchestration via Kubernetes or Docker Swarm
Monitoring with ELK, Grafana or equivalent
Windows and Linux administration experience
The ability to communicate clearly and professionally with our clients as well as team members
Financial Services experience is a bonus, but not essential
A minimum 2:1 degree obtained in Computer Science, or a related field, ideally from a Russell Group University
We would also prefer you to have:
Atlassian knowledge – Bitbucket, JIRA
Artifact storage using Artifactory
Static analysis tools e.g., SonarQube
Cloud experience (Azure, AWS or GCP)
VMware (vSphere) and SAN experience
Why join us?
You can have an impact from day one – we empower and trust our colleagues to leverage their skillsets
Work on a wide variety of initiatives alongside exceptionally talented people, often closely related to world events and trends
Deliver demonstrable business value working hand-in-hand with the customer
Learn from industry experts on how financial markets and world economies work
Ownership of technical products and projects – our teams actively engage with a wide range of business functions to leverage their knowledge and exposure
Exercising judgement and acumen to understand the true business need beyond the stated requirements
Our Culture
An exciting aspect of joining a newly created business at this stage is the opportunity to be in from the start and help define the culture.
There are things we won’t compromise on though:
We are looking for exceptional talent with excellent communication skills
Collaboration is key, both internally and with our clients. We believe we do our best work when we are together and working hand in hand with business users
Curiosity is something we embrace and value highly
We want people who are positive and passionate, have proven problem solving capabilities, can work quickly to find solutions to complex challenges and unlock opportunities
People need to be able to take ownership and be trusted to deliver, going the extra mile when needed
We want people who are highly motivated and have a high desire to learn