* 12 month contract within the public sector
* Hybrid working Somerset base
* 700 per day Inside IR35
* Active SC Clearance Required

Senior DevOps Engineer

Our public sector client is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join them to support the delivery of digital services by assisting with he implementation and operation of underlying practices, tools and systems, ensuring continuous service improvement and supporting product delivery through development and into Live.

The role will provide assistance and guidance for Delivery teams on processes and best practices, as well as researching new technologies as a subject matter expert to enable Delivery teams to be more effective and provide a better service to customers.

Day to Day

• Build the processes, policy, practices, tools and technologies to improve operational efficiency of running a digital service or product.


• Undertake necessary configuration to support the delivery of specific digital services.


• Take an active role in development and operations events, such as daily scrums, sprint planning, refinement etc., have deep technical knowledge, providing support to delivery teams and solving complex problems


• Ensure ongoing knowledge share and transfer of knowledge to the business and other technical staff


• Ensure all required activities are carried out, auditable and documented in accordance with required standards, methods and procedures.

Skills and Experience

• Practitioner in either infrastructure or development, with skills across wide ranging technologies such as Windows/Linux operating systems, networking, programming/scripting languages, CI/CD and cloud technologies.


• Has a practitioner level understanding of automated testing tools and techniques.


• Working level skills in using infrastructure as code techniques.


• Working level skills in a code-based automation (e.g. PowerShell, Bash, Ansible, Puppet).


• Awareness of containers and orchestration techniques.

There may be requirement for 24*7 support as part of an on-call rota in support of Tech systems, however this is not mandatory and is dependent on skill set.

** Must have Active SC Clearance **

Next Steps

If you have the relevant skills, active SC Clearance, and are interested in finding out more about this role, please apply with your CV and I will endeavour to get back to you.

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