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 high standards. The position requires commuting to Leeds twice a month and demands strong communication skills and technical expertise.

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: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT