Senior DevOps Engineer

  • Job Reference: 654597
  • Date Posted: 18 October 2024
  • Recruiter: ShareForce
  • Location: United Kingdom - All Regions
  • Salary: £55,000 to £65,000
  • Bonus/Benefits: (based on exp) + bens + bonus
  • Sector: IT and Telecomms
  • Job Type: Permanent

Job Description

This is an opportunity to work with cutting edge technologies on projects that make a tangible difference to people's lives. The Senior DevOps Consultant fulfils an important role, working with clients and colleagues to embrace modern principles for the development and deployment of software and machine learning platforms. Our client has seen extensive success building data and cloud solutions over the last decade and with increasing pipeline, we are growing the DevOps & Infrastructure team who will continue to build the bedrock that these platforms sit on.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a high growth team already transforming the IT landscape for Defence organisations across the UK and Europe.

Responsibilities:
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure platforms. 
  • Develop automation scripts and tools to streamline operations and improve efficiency. 
  • Collaborate with software development teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of applications. 
  • Manage cloud infrastructure on platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. 
  • Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth and continuous delivery of software updates. 
  • Ensure infrastructure security best practices are followed and maintained. 
  • Regularly update systems to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations. 
  • Implement robust monitoring and performance tuning to maintain high availability and accommodate capacity for future growth. 
  • Support a culture of continuous learning by staying up to date with tools and technologies, participation in training and development and the coaching of other engineers. 

Required Experience/Skills:
For this opportunity we seek a range of experience and capability broadly aligned to SFIA framework levels 4-5. 
  • Circa 3-5yrs+ commercial DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure experience, preferably gained in a professional services environment. 
  • Experience of designing and delivering scalable DevOps solutions in a mission-critical environment such as Defence, Healthcare or Financial Services. 
  • Developed technical skills leveraging modern platform / containerisation / IaaS technologies including AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, VMWare, Terraform, Ansible  
  • Strong foundation infrastructure technical skills including command line configuration, networking, firewalls, hardware and systems administration in MS / Linux OS environments. 
  • Experience working in public sector environments and strong appreciation for working to Government Digital Standards and as part of multi-disciplinary teams.  
  • This is a role for an enthusiastic, pro-active, and inquisitive person with a passion for the exploitation of modern technologies and delivery practices. 

Additional Information 
  • Salary: £55k – £65k & excellent benefits package
  • Location: Hybrid/ 2-3 days per week onsite in Hampshire / London / Bristol
  • All applicants must have the right to work without sponsorship in the UK and also be eligible to go through Security Clearance