Senior Dev Ops Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer

Duration: 12 Months

Maximum Day Rate – £750.00 inside IR35

Hybrid – 3 day on site - Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield

My client is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to lead and support the delivery of cloud-based environments and application deployments. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving DevOps culture, implementing automation best practices, and supporting the development, testing, and operational needs of engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, build, deployment, and support of cloud infrastructure and services using automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.

• Promote and embed DevOps best practices across teams, encouraging continuous improvement and operational excellence.

• Build, improve, deploy, and maintain reliable, scalable, and secure services and environments.

• Identify areas where processes, tooling, or practices can be improved and provide guidance on implementing best-practice solutions.

• Take ownership of large and complex technical workstreams, ensuring successful delivery and alignment with organisational objectives.

• Produce and maintain technical documentation, including operational procedures, architecture diagrams, and deployment guides.

• Support development and testing teams by providing stable, well-managed environments and deployment pipelines.

• Coach, mentor, and support colleagues, fostering knowledge sharing and capability development within the team.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve system reliability, performance, security, and operational efficiency.

• Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and application issues, implementing sustainable solutions.

Skills and Experience

• Strong experience in DevOps engineering, cloud infrastructure, and automation.

• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent.

• Experience with CI/CD pipeline design, implementation, and optimisation.

• Strong understanding of configuration management, monitoring, logging, and deployment automation.

• Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

• Ability to lead technical initiatives and manage complex workstreams.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to mentor, coach, and share knowledge effectively.

• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

• Excellent problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.

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