DevOps Engineer (Cube Academy)

DevOps Engineer (Cube Academy)

📍 Location: Bournemouth Office, hybrid
🕒 Type: Part-time, 2–3 days per week (flexible scheduling - we’ll work around your course or exam timetable if you’re studying)

💰 Salary: From £13 per hour

Keep the infrastructure running. Help build things that matter. 

At Cube, we build digital products that make a real difference, from life saving first aid apps to platforms that help people stay connected when it matters most. The infrastructure that powers those products needs to be reliable, secure, and always on. That's where you come in. 

We're looking for a DevOps Engineer to join us through Cube Academy, our pathway that gives people the opportunity to build real-world experience alongside ongoing study or people earlier in their careers. Cube Academy is about being embedded in delivery teams and contributing to real client projects, working day-to-day with experienced engineers across cloud infrastructure, security, and platform tooling. 

You'll build strong foundations in cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, and systems thinking through hands on work, with support along the way. It's about understanding how systems behave, asking the right questions, and helping teams ship and operate software they can trust.

What You’ll Be Doing 🧪

As a DevOps Engineer, you’ll be:

• Supporting the setup and maintenance of cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP, learning how real-world systems are designed and operated. 

• Assisting with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, helping manage and automate infrastructure deployments.

• Contributing to CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, helping development teams deploy faster and more reliably.

• Helping monitor system health and performance using tools such as AWS Cloudtrail and Cloudwatch, and learning to respond to alerts.

• Supporting VPS setup, maintenance, and recovery — keeping environments stable and well documented.

• Assisting with hosting cost reviews, helping identify anomalies and opportunities for efficiency improvements.

• Supporting security maintenance tasks, including keeping tooling like SonarQube up to date and helping investigate issues as they arise.

• Collaborating with backend developers, project managers, and the wider platform team to ensure infrastructure supports delivery needs.

• Contributing to documentation of infrastructure setups, processes, and runbooks, so knowledge is shared and accessible.

• Continuously learning, reflecting on incidents, feedback, and outcomes to improve how we build and operate systems.

Who You Are 🧩

You're curious, methodical, and motivated to learn. You care about how systems work, and you want to understand the infrastructure behind the products you use, not just whether something is up or down.

✅ Essentials:

• An interest in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or systems administration and a desire to build real world experience.

• Some exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Some exposure to a scripting or programming language (e.g. Python, Bash, or similar) through education, personal projects, or early-career roles.

• A curious, analytical mindset. You like understanding how things work and why they break.

• Great communication skills and a willingness to ask questions and speak up when something doesn't seem right.

• An eagerness to learn how cloud infrastructure is built and operated, including the basics of Linux, networking, and deployment pipelines

• Comfort using AI tools to support learning and day-to-day work, alongside an understanding of the importance of human judgement.

• Organised, adaptable, and happy to ask for guidance when things aren’t clear.

• Alignment with Cube’s values: empathy, curiosity, and accountability.

🌱 Nice to Have (but not required):

• Familiarity with version control (Git) and basic command line usage.

• Experience working in a digital delivery environment (agency, consultancy, placement, or team-based project).

• Early exposure to containers (Docker) or infrastructure concepts such as CI/CD or IaC.

• Relevant IT certifications (e.g. AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Linux Foundation, CompTIA).
  

What We Offer 💚

• 🏡 Flexibility at its Best – Hybrid or remote working, flexible hours, bank holidays, and a £250 remote working budget

• 🕒 Time to Recharge – 23 days holiday (plus 1 extra day each year up to 28), with the option to buy more

• 💸 Company Pension Scheme – Salary sacrifice up to 10%, with Cube contributing up to 8%

• 🌍 Work Abroad – After probation, request up to 2 months working from abroad per year

• 👶 Enhanced Parental Leave – Up to 20 weeks full pay for maternity leave and up to 8 weeks for secondary caregivers

• 🧠 Wellbeing Support – Unlimited access to OpenUp, Cycle to Work scheme, free eye tests, and Company Friday lunches

• 💖 Giving Back – 3 paid volunteering days per year and a birthday charity donation

• 📚 Invest in Your Growth – Up to £1000 per year for training, books, or conferences

• 🐾 Vibrant Workspace – Relaxed, pet-friendly office, great coffee, free parking, and regular events

• 🎉 Socials & Celebrations – Team activities, beach cleans, BBQs, and our annual Awards Ceremony

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