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Europe, United Kingdom, Oxford
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Posted 79 days ago
🏢 Oxford Ionics
Role Type
Role Focus
Seniority
Employer Type
This role seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to be the first dedicated DevOps specialist at Oxford Ionics, responsible for shaping the development and deployment infrastructure for cutting-edge trapped-ion quantum systems. Key tasks include managing CI/CD pipelines, designing deployment procedures for both on-site and off-site quantum systems, and maintaining monitoring infrastructure for system health and operational parameters. This position offers a chance to significantly impact how the company builds, delivers, and scales its technology.
Key Responsibilities
Manage and improve the development infrastructure, including CI/CD pipelines and the build toolchain.
Design and implement secure deployment procedures for both on-site and off-site quantum systems.
Maintain and extend the monitoring infrastructure to track the health and operational parameters of services and quantum computing systems.
Take ownership of internal systems like the local Python package index and GitHub Actions Runners.
Collaborate closely with technical teams to enhance development workflows, focusing on automation, quality, and efficiency.
Required Skills
Five or more years of DevOps experience
Expertise in administering and maintaining Linux-based systems
Strong programming and scripting ability, specifically Python and shell scripting
Proven experience with configuration management or infrastructure-as-code tools
Familiarity with Git workflows
Familiarity with containerization tools, such as Docker or Podman
Sound understanding of security principles and best practices
Nice-to-have Skills
Experience specifically using Ansible for configuration management or infrastructure-as-code
Technology Tags
The role directly supports the infrastructure for cutting-edge quantum computing systems.
The company's core technology, Oxford Ionics (now IonQ), is explicitly stated to be world-leading trapped-ion technology.
The primary function is managing and improving the development and deployment infrastructure and internal systems.
Strong programming and scripting ability, specifically Python and shell scripting, are required skills for automation and administration.
Python is explicitly listed as a primary language used in the technology stack and required programming ability.
Rust is explicitly mentioned as one of the languages in the technology stack.
The DevOps role manages infrastructure for deploying and monitoring services covering the operational parameters of the quantum computers.