Research Software Engineer (Core Web Platforms)

Job description

• Self-service dashboard for MFA management 
• Self-service dashboard to manage proxying to and vulnerability scanning of OpenStack hosted projects 
• Web based virtual desktop functionality using Apache Guacamole 
• A platform for automatically deploying security hardened and isolated WordPress sites using a Kubernetes cluster 

• Development: python, git, ansible, puppet, SQL, PHP/Laravel 
• Virtualisation and Cloud: OpenStack, ProxMox VE, Azure, AWS 
• Containers: docker, kubernetes, singularity 
• Monitoring and metrics: Icinga, Prometheus, Grafana, InfluxDB 

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and enhance e-Research core web platforms and frameworks 
• Support on-boarding of specific research project to e-Research core web platforms 
• Add functionality to existing platforms as required by specific research projects or develop stand-alone web based solutions as appropriate 
• Support existing web based research projects in ongoing maintenance tasks and security incident response 
• Improve automated test case coverage and CI/CD across all e-Research managed web applications 
  The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.  

Skills, knowledge, and experience

1. Frontend web development experience (JavaScript/CSS/HTML5/Bootstrap)
2. PHP substantial development experience
3.  Experience working with MVC frameworks such as Laravel
4. Experience writing unit tests (e.g. PHPUnit)
5. Experience using version control systems such as git 
6. Strong verbal and written communication skills 

1. Basic understanding of MySQL 
2. Experience working with, and developing, REST APIs
3. Substantial experience working with Python 
4. Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines
5. An interest in developing UI/UX skills

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