Site Reliability Engineer/DevOps - 6 months fixed term employment (PAYE)

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. Duration of the contract is 6 months and we are looking for both employees who can take a fixed term 6 months contract either PAYE or contractor.

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
• 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.