Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Arenko Group
£85k
1-2 days a week in office
Automation & optimisation for the energy transition
Posted today
Automation & optimisation for the energy transition
21-100 employees
Posted today
£85k
1-2 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To save the planet by enabling a zero carbon grid world wide.
Role
Who you are
- Excellent working knowledge of the AWS ecosystem and best practices
- Strong knowledge with infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform
- High level of proficiency in containerization using ECS and Docker
- Expertise in implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines
- Proven track record delivering large projects/improvements across complex Infrastructure deployments and platforms
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities
- Effective communication skills for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
What the job involves
- Senior Infrastructure Engineer is a technical role responsible for designing and building new AWS infrastructure alongside the software teams and maintaining the operational excellence of our existing infrastructure on the AWS platform
- The role involves day to day management of our AWS infrastructure, supporting and collaborating with software development teams, considering costs and implementing long term strategic projects to ensure our platform fits Arenko’s future needs
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable and cost-effective AWS cloud architectures
- Implement infrastructure solutions using AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, ECS, Lambda, etc
- Take the lead on key projects, helping to define the appropriate architecture and deliver within timelines and cost constraints
- Utilize Terraform to automate the provisioning, deployment, and management of infrastructure resources
- Implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate infrastructure deployments
- Streamline operational tasks through scripting and automation, enhancing efficiency and reliability
- Play a role in defining best practice, tooling and ways of working to ensure that we continuously improve
- Monitor AWS infrastructure performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement optimizations for cost and performance
- Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions using AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and other monitoring tools
- Conduct periodic reviews of infrastructure to identify opportunities for optimization and cost reduction
- Implement security best practices and compliance standards in AWS environments
- Configure IAM roles, policies, and permissions to ensure least privilege access
- Take the lead on key projects, managing stakeholders, gathering requirements and updating the business on progress
- Help to facilitate team processes and meetings where appropriate, delegating for the Team Lead when needed
- Mentor and guide less experienced team members, helping the whole team to grow and develop as engineers
Application process
- Intro Call (30 min): Informal chat with an engineering leader
- Take-Home Technical Test (~2 hours): Real-world problem-solving challenge
- Technical Interview (1 hour): Discuss your test, approach, and code decisions. We’ll also ask about other technical projects you’ve worked on in your career
- Final Interview (1 hour): Behavioral and leadership discussion with your future manager
- Decision: We aim to provide quick and constructive feedback
Salary benchmarks
Our take
In 2020, renewable energy was the only energy source for which demand increased and it is expected that renewables will account for 90% of capacity increases over the next two years. Arenko Group aims to modernise the infrastructure that ensures this capacity can be optimised.
The company provides software solutions that allow energy operators to increase their grids' flexibility and secure their energy supply more efficiently. Through their AI-powered software system, Arenko supports battery asset owners and operators to optimise their energy storage by allowing them to automatically buy and sell electricity on the grid ensuring they maximise revenue across multiple power and energy markets at the same time.
Arenko currently works with the battery and grid operators across the UK and are part of the National Grid ESO’s Technology Advisory Council, along with the likes of Transport for London and Octopus Energy. With a focus on creating a faster path to net zero and a more resilient energy grid, Arenko aims to become a global leader in this space.
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Insights
14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Opportunities to learn
"Perhaps more relevant to the Data Science team, where there is always more to learn: a heavy focus on individual goals, upgrading skills and..."
Company benefits
- A genuine approach to flexible working - the vast majority of our employees spend at least a day or 2 each week in the office but we’re open to making this work for everyone, their personal circumstances and their workloads
- Enhanced parental leave offerings with 6 months of full salary for the primary caregiver and 1 month for the secondary caregiver
- A discretionary bonus scheme
- A yearly salary review for all employees
- We are proud to support the continuous professional growth of our employees by providing a personal annual learning and development budget and fully covering the costs of professional membership fees and subscriptions relevant to your role
- Access to MindTools on us
- Bike to Work Scheme (because it wouldn’t be very on brand if we didn’t encourage you to think about how your travel affects the environment)
- Octopus EV Scheme (see above!)
- A commitment to your wellbeing, with access to our Employee Assistance Programme and Yourcare via Vivup.
- Internal working groups to focus on the things that matter to you like our “Women of Arenko”, “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” and “Parents of Arenko” groups
- Regular opportunities to blow off some steam engage with our team, including monthly socials, the Winter Party and the Summer Party. We also update our annual wellbeing calendar annually with events to support you physically, socially, mentally and financially
- Weekly snacks and beverages in the office, creating the perfect opportunity to connect with your team while savoring delicious treats
Company values
- Innovation - We empower our people by creating a safe space to take risks
- Ambition - We celebrate collective successes while recognising individual contributions
- Sustainability - We focus on delivering the three pillars of our sustainability strategy (net-zero, people & financial)
- Integrity - We take accountability for our decisions and foster a no-blame culture
- Open & Inclusive - We nurture an inclusive environment by enabling diverse processes/opinion
Company HQ
Temple, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Rupert Newland
(Chief Executive Officer and Board Member)Prior to creating Arenko, Rupert spent seven years in corporate finance, funding and advising renewables and technology businesses and projects.
Roger Hollies
(Chief Technology Officer)Roger joined Arenko in 2015 to solve what he sees as one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today: The rapid development of sustainable energy systems.
Mike Richardson
(Chief Operating Officer)Mike joined Arenko in 2016 and delivered one of the first commercially operating grid-scale battery energy storage systems in the UK.
Eddie Siow
(Chief Financial Officer)Eddie brings over 18 years’ experience working in a variety of senior and board roles in the energy and financial sectors, with an established track record in operational and corporate finance.
People progressing
Alex began her journey as an Accounts Assistant, and became the Assistant Management Accountant within the Finance team. In 2024, she was promoted to Management Accountant.
Peter joined Arenko as a Backend Software Engineer. Within two years, he was promoted to Senior SE, and four months later, he advanced to Software Team Lead, where he now leads a team of engineers.
Margot joined Arenko as a Senior Data Analyst and, in just two years, has risen to lead the data analytics team as the Analytics Lead.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Arenko Group
Deborah Yisa (Office Manager )
- Adapting our recruitment practices to ensure it is a more diverse and inclusive process. Our hiring process and job postings have been designed to reduce biases and encourage a variety of people to apply
- We offer employees the ability to swap bank holidays for days of celebration that are important to them
- We have multiple Mental Health First Aiders and provide employees with the opportunity to have this training. We provide mental health support via mental health days, Wellbeing Wednesdays, our Employee Assistance Program and other wellness initiatives to support team members
- We are signatory for MotherBoard committing to and achieving change to improve the working lives of mums and women within businesses
- We offer enhanced parental leave offerings with 6 months of full salary for the primary caregiver and 1 month for the secondary caregiver
- We also realise that we can always improve and ask the team if they have any ideas or suggestions to improve out cultures. We'd love to hear about any ideas you have!
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