About this role
Senior DevOps Engineer AWS / Kubernetes / Terraform / CI/CD / Infrastructure as Code Oxfordshire (Hybrid - 2 days a week in the office) £85,000 - £110,000 DOE
Want to be the senior voice on infrastructure, with real say over how software reaches production?
This Senior DevOps Engineer role is with a growing UK technology company building AI-led products for customers who work in high-stakes sectors. You'll be the most experienced platform engineer in a small team, with direct influence over the tools, standards and priorities the engineering group works to.
It's a permanent role in Oxfordshire, hybrid, with 2 days a week in the office.
What You'll Be Doing
Designing and running secure multi-account AWS environments, defined entirely as codeManaging container platforms in the cloud and on-premises, with automated GitOps-style deploymentsLeading security reviews and hardening across the estateOwning monitoring, alerting and resilience, including regular backup and recovery testingKeeping cloud spend and capacity under control, and supporting compliance auditsHandling incidents and coaching developers on secure delivery What You'll Bring
A strong DevOps or SRE background, with recent hands-on AWS experienceDeep Kubernetes experience, ideally including on-premises clusters, plus Helm Terraform, CI/CD pipelines and GitOps tooling, with Docker and LinuxExperience managing artifact repositories and integrating single sign-onScripting in Bash and Python or Go, and security testing built into pipelines Desirable: MLOps experience, Prometheus-style observability, security frameworks such as ISO 27001, active SC clearance
What's On Offer
Pension with employer contributionPrivate healthcareGenerous holiday allowanceHybrid working, 2 days a week in the office Please note: You must be eligible for UK security clearance (BPSS and SC), which requires a UK passport and 5 years of continuous UK residency. Clearance can be sponsored for the right candidate.
Apply today with your CV for this Senior DevOps Engineer role and we'll be in touch.
This role may suit candidates who have held roles including: Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Cloud Platform Engineer, Senior AWS Engineer, DevSecOps Engineer, Kubernetes Engineer, Platform Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer
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