Lead DevOps Platforms Engineer

Overview

In this role, you will lead the design, delivery, and operation of cloud-based, enterprise-grade platforms for high-profile clients. You’ll drive platform modernization, automation, and security, collaborating with a forward-thinking engineering community. You’ll mentor teams, align DevOps best practices with business goals, and ensure resilient, scalable services. This is a hands-on leadership role at a fast-growing tech services company focused on transformational IT delivery.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days’ holiday
• Private medical health care via Vitality
• Pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Professional certifications supported
• Retail discounts

Responsibilities

• Lead technical initiatives and DevOps strategy
• Design, build, and operate cloud-native platforms for Azure and/or AWS
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible)
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
• Advance automation, security, and observability across platforms
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with stakeholders across teams
• Design for high availability, disaster recovery, and multi-cloud/hybrid-cloud
• Implement DevSecOps principles and self-service developer platforms

Key requirements

• Proven experience designing, building, and operating cloud-native platforms in Azure and/or AWS
• Strong knowledge of cloud security, networking, and IAM
• Hands-on IaC experience (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible)
• Kubernetes and containerization expertise
• CI/CD pipeline expertise (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
• Scripting/automation skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash, Go)
• Monitoring/observability experience (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, ELK/EFK)
• HA/DR design experience
• Multi-cloud/hybrid-cloud experience
• Knowledge of FinOps and cloud cost optimization
• DevSecOps in CI/CD pipelines
• Developer platforms and self-service capabilities
• Right to work in the UK; ability to obtain UK Security Clearance; willingness to travel within the UK

• Leadership
• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Mentoring and team collaboration
• Azure and/or AWS cloud architecture
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible)
• Kubernetes and container orchestration

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