The Role
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will lead and develop DevOps practices, ensuring systems and services are reliable, scalable and fit for purpose.
You will provide technical leadership to a small team of DevOps Engineers, working closely with engineering and architecture colleagues to shape technical strategy and deliver high-quality digital services.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach and mentor a team of DevOps Engineers.
- Own and develop DevOps processes, strategies and engineering standards.
- Design, implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
- Develop reusable libraries, templates and deployment services.
- Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines.
- Lead release planning, deployment activities and risk assessments.
- Drive automation and continuous improvement across engineering teams.
- Oversee integration builds, testing and deployment processes.
- Ensure system stability, availability, security and service quality.
- Promote knowledge sharing and DevOps best practices.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong experience in DevOps Engineering.
- Proven Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience.
- Hands-on Terraform experience.
- Experience developing and managing GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong engineering knowledge and technical leadership capabilities.
- Experience with release management and automated deployments.
Desirable Skills
- Cloud experience across AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Networking and infrastructure knowledge.
- Previous public sector experience.
- Relevant cloud computing qualifications.
Contract Details
Contract Length: 12 months.
IR35 Status: Inside IR35.
Working Pattern: Hybrid – 60% office-based.
Locations: Leeds, Manchester, Blackpool, Newcastle, Sheffield or Birmingham.
Security Clearance: SC preferred. BPSS candidates will be considered initially, provided they are eligible for SC clearance.
Rate:
£87/hour
Location:
Birmingham
IR35 Status:
Inside
Remote Status:
Hybrid
Industry:
IT
Seniority Level:
Senior