Site Reliability Engineer/DevOps

Infleqtion delivers high-value quantum information precisely where it is needed. By operating at the Edge, our software-configured, quantum-enabled products deliver unmatched levels of precision and power, generating streams of high-value information from commercial organizations, the United States, and allied governments.

With 16 years of ColdQuanta's pioneering quantum research as our foundation, our hardware products and AI-Powered solutions address critical market needs in PNT, global communication security and efficiency, resilient energy distribution, and accelerated quantum computing.

We currently have offices in Austin, TX; Boulder, CO; Chicago, IL; Louisville, CO; Madison, WI; Melbourne, AU; and Oxford, UK. Learn how Infleqtion is revolutionizing how we communicate, navigate, and discover at www.infleqtion.com.

Location
This position is a full-time, hybrid position and is split between our Oxford, United Kingdom office and our remote site at Didcot.

Job Summary

As part of our strategy for growth at Infleqtion UK, we are expanding our engineering team and recruiting a Site Reliability Engineer with DevOps skills.

For this role, you will bring a mix of technical skills, problem-solving ability and effective communication, playing a pivotal role in operational reliability and code velocity for our quantum research and device development.

This role involves a combination of network management, server administration, and proactive involvement in our continuous integration and deployment processes. The successful candidate will ideally possess a solid technical background in both systems engineering and software development.

Key Responsibilities

• Network Management: Design, implement, and manage robust networks, including configuring switches and managing network-connected devices.
• Software Deployment: Manage Docker containers and orchestrate CI/CD pipelines for efficient software deployment and updates.
• Collaboration and Documentation: Collaborate with both software developers and hardware engineers in a lab environment, documenting processes and system configurations for ongoing projects.
• Proactive Problem-Solving Skills: (A proclivity to 'Get Things working'): Integrating complex systems that include embedded boards, computer systems, and hardware interfaces. Your role will focus on seamlessly coordinating these components to ensure the system is consistently operational and optimised.
• 'System-down' planning and response - manage and respond to efficiently maintain high up-times.

Technical Knowledge

• Excellent understanding of networking technologies, connecting computers and embedded devices
• Proficiency with:
• Python, developing & maintaining code, managing packages and dependencies
• Linux systems
• Bash scripting
• Docker and/or Kubernetes
• Git and version control-centric workflows
• Good collaboration skills, able to work in a team environment where engagement and participation are an expected part of successful job performance

Experience  

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience working in related engineering field
• Proven experience working with complex systems consisting of a number of networked nodes, and including embedded systems (such as raspberry Pi, IoT devices)
• Professional-level verbal and written communication skills, able to effectively share information with technical and non-technical staff

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or other related field, (or equivalent), or extensive experience
• Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) required (we will arrange for successful candidate).

Desirable:

• Experience with ARTIQ systems, or controlling hardware via python API
• Experience with a deployment and configuration management framework e.g. Ansible
• A background/interest in Quantum Physics/Quantum computing

In addition to your base compensation, we offer a generous Total Rewards program which includes:  

• Competitive salary
• Unlimited PTO
• Generous company pension contribution
• Cycle to work and Technology schemes
• Incentive Stock Option Plan
• BUPA medical insurance upon successful completion of probationary period

Location:

This role will be split across two sites, Oxford and Didcot. Candidate will need to be able to travel independently to these locations, as required.