Senior DevOps Engineers - #2196572

We are looking for 2 experienced Senior DevOps Engineers to join an exciting digital engineering programme.

This is a fantastic opportunity for experienced DevOps professionals to take ownership of DevOps processes, drive automation and engineering best practices, and provide technical leadership across a range of digital products and services.

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.

Apply Now

If you are a Senior DevOps Engineer with strong Terraform, IaC and GitLab CI/CD experience and are looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.

Send over your latest CV to be considered!