Senior DevOps Consultant | Up to £460/day

Summary: The role of Senior DevOps Consultant involves leading a significant digital recovery and transformation initiative for a public sector organization. The consultant will engage with stakeholders, assess technical readiness, and develop strategic recovery plans while ensuring compliance with security and performance standards. The position requires commuting to Leeds twice a month and demands strong communication and technical skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a high-profile digital recovery and transformation initiative, taking ownership of a critical discovery and validation phase to reshape a previously stalled project.
• Engage with senior stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams, driving alignment, clear communication, and consensus on delivery priorities, governance, and strategic direction.
• Conduct a comprehensive assessment of technical debt, operational processes, compliance, and delivery readiness, producing a clear roadmap toward a scalable MVP and public Beta launch.
• Develop and present a strategic recovery plan with actionable recommendations on technical direction, prioritisation, delivery approach, and long-term operational sustainability.
• Ensure solutions are built to meet demanding standards for security, data integrity, accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), GDPR, and high-volume performance within a regulated public-sector environment.
• The work will require commuting to Leeds 2 x per month.

Key Skills:

• Terraform
• Azure DevOps
• Github Actions
• Key Vault
• Networking (Private Endpoints)
• IaC
• CI/CD
• Cloud Security
• Deployment Automation

Salary (Rate): £460/day

City: Leeds

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT