Senior DevOps Engineer | Remote | GDS Discovery

DevOps Engineer | GDS Discovery | Remote
Infrastructure Mapping | Cloud Environments | Dev Tooling | Sandbox Services | Platform Readiness
SR2 is supporting a digital consultancy delivering an 12-week GDS-aligned Discovery for a public sector department. We’re looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join the multidisciplinary Discovery team, helping shape the future of the cloud-based development environment.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in early-phase project work — comfortable analysing infrastructure, defining access and support models, and identifying technical constraints that will shape the foundation of a future Alpha build.
Key Responsibilities:

• Audit and map the existing digital estate to assess current dev environments, infrastructure, and tooling
• Define what’s technically possible within DBT’s infrastructure, including capabilities and limitations
• Evaluate access, support, commissioning/decommissioning workflows, and sandbox requirements
• Provide DevOps input into the Discovery report, including technical feasibility, security guardrails, and future-state architecture
• Support identification of 3rd-party integration requirements (e.g. OKTA, OneLogin, Notify, etc.)
• Contribute to recommendations on platform design, delivery timelines, and indicative costs for Alpha

Experience:

• Strong background in DevOps or platform engineering within cloud environments (AWS, Azure, etc.)
• Experience working on Discovery or Alpha projects in the public sector, ideally aligned to GDS standards
• Skilled in platform architecture, CI/CD workflows, and infrastructure-as-code
• Familiar with developer tooling, sandbox environments, and infrastructure access control models
• Comfortable producing clear documentation and contributing to early-stage architecture planning
• Collaborative team member, able to work closely with user researchers, designers, and delivery leads

The Details:

• Inside IR35
• Start date: ASAP, subject to clearance
• £500-£525p/d
• 12-week Discovery
• Remote-first, with potential occasional onsite sessions

If you’re a DevOps or platform engineer who enjoys mapping infrastructure, assessing capability, and helping set the foundations for modern cloud services — apply now for immediate consideration.