DevOps Engineer (United Kingdom)

DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer

Location: Remote (United Kingdom)

Contract: Inside IR35

About the Role

We’re looking for a hands-on DevOps Engineer or Site Reliability Engineer with a solid foundation in cloud infrastructure and software development, and a strong emphasis on TypeScript , GitHub , and Terraform . You’ll be joining a growing Cloud Engineering team dedicated to building scalable internal platforms and tools that empower DevOps teams across the organization.

You’ll be instrumental in designing and operating high-availability, multi-cloud systems, collaborating across security, strategy, and architecture teams to deliver robust infrastructure and automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage internal cloud platforms (AWS and Azure) used by engineering teams
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions primarily using Terraform
• Build, deploy, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and other tooling
• Implement and support systems for secrets management , observability , and service meshes
• Collaborate with InfoSec, Architecture, and Product Strategy teams to ensure platform alignment with business and security needs
• Write and maintain TypeScript code, including custom GitHub Actions
• Troubleshoot and support production systems at scale
• Drive operational excellence and uphold best practices for security, scalability, and resilience

Core Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Systems Administration
• 3+ years of experience with cloud computing (AWS and/or Azure in a production environment)
• Expertise in Terraform and a strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles
• Real-world experience developing TypeScript applications (both backend and automation scripts)
• Proficient with GitHub workflows, GitHub Actions (especially custom-written in TypeScript)
• Strong Unix/Linux system administration background
• Experience with high-traffic, high-availability web systems
• Scripting and automation using TypeScript , Go, Python, or Ruby
• Strong understanding of CI/CD practices , with experience in systems like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK
• Familiarity with secrets management and service mesh technologies
• NoSQL experience (e.g., Cassandra is a plus)

Cloud & DevOps Tooling

• AWS services, including:
• API Gateway
• AppSync (preferred)
• Azure cloud tools and networking fundamentals
• GitHub & GitHub Actions (must be proficient)
• IaC: Terraform (primary), Puppet, or CloudFormation
• Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI
• Security tooling, firewalls, ACLs, and compliance workflows
• Collaboration with security/compliance teams (e.g. InfoSec)

Software Development Skills

• Strong hands-on development with TypeScript (backend and DevOps tooling)
• RESTful API and GraphQL API design and implementation
• OpenAPI specification knowledge
• Python experience is a plus