DevOps Architect / Head of DevOps

TN United Kingdom; Middlesbrough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Middlesbrough is seeking a DevOps Architect to provide architectural direction and lead a team of DevOps engineers. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, ensuring compliance, and driving quality improvements. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in AWS, CI/CD, and scalable system design, along with strong leadership skills. The position offers a range of benefits including flexible working arrangements and additional holidays.

Benefits

Length of Service Holidays

Option to Purchase Additional Holidays

Birthday Off

Quarterly Company Wide Recharge Day

Flexible Working Arrangements

Flexi-Friday

Employee Assistance Programme

Company Pension Scheme

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Policies

Life Assurance Policy

Qualifications

• Experience in AWS and Cloud, DevOps engineering, and team leadership.
• Background in SaaS is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the DevOps function and manage a team of engineers.
• Collaborate on solution architecture and ensure compliance.
• Drive quality improvements and manage budgets.

Skills

AWS Expertise

Infrastructure as code

CI/CD Proficiency

Scalable System Design

NoSQL Expertise

Design Patterns

Education

8+ years of experience working with AWS & Cloud

8+ years’ experience as a DevOps Engineer

3+ years’ experience leading a team

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DevOps Architect / Head of DevOps, Middlesbrough

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Client:

Amplience

Location:

Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

3

Posted:

14.05.2025

Expiry Date:

28.06.2025

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Job Description:

Description

In this role, you’ll provide architectural direction, hands-on support, and people leadership to a small, distributed group of DevOps engineers embedded across cross-functional teams. Working closely with technical architects and operations, you will lead the Amplience DevOps function, facilitating the smooth integration of DevOps practices into the product team's day to day.

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Architecture - Collaborate with various teams as part of the Architect Group to design and implement solutions that meet business requirements.
• Line Management - Manage a group of embedded DevOps engineers across teams, providing mentorship, coaching, and performance management to foster professional growth and development.
• Driving Quality and Standards - Work with the Architect Group to identify opportunities to improve quality and work with teams to effect change, promoting reliability, security, performance, observability etc.
• Security and Compliance - Ensure systems remain compliant with relevant controls. Look to work across DevOps/Operations to identify and funnel critical infrastructure security and compliance issues into product backlog.
• Cost Management – Manage the budget for development environments / software and help teams track and manage spending against budgetary constraints.
• Hands-On Development - Lead by example, demonstrating technical proficiency and contributing directly to team project deliverables where needed.
• Reporting, Stakeholder Communication & Align - Provide regular updates on team performance, initiatives, and challenges to leadership and stakeholders.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• AWS Expertise– Deep understanding of a wide range of AWS services, their applications and constraints.
• Infrastructure as code: Proficient with AWS eco-system IaC tooling such as CDK/TypeScript/CloudFormation.
• CI/CD Proficiency – Deep knowledge of the software development lifecycle, including automation best practices and CI/CD tools such as Github actions.
• Scalable System Design – Experience building and maintaining scalable, highly available systems, employing industry-standard patterns and methodologies, SLAs/SLOs.
• NoSQL Expertise – Familiarity with NoSQL principles, having used at least one commercially (e.g. DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra).
• Design Patterns – Familiarity with modern infrastructure design patterns, e.g. Serverless computing, Containerization, Gateways, Event Brokers.

Education & Experience

• 8+ years of experience working with AWS & Cloud.
• 8+ years’ experience as a DevOps Engineer.
• 3+ years’ experience leading a team
• Prior background in a SaaS is a plus.

So what’s in it for you? Aside from using some great technologies and working with smart friendly people who are very generous with their knowledge, we have a great set of benefits to recognise everybody’s individual needs.

• Length of Service Holidays
• Option to Purchase Additional Holidays
• Birthday Off
• Quarterly Company Wide Recharge Day
• Flexible Working Arrangements
• Flexi-Friday
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Company Pension Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Policies
• Life Assurance Policy
• Ride to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Advance Loans
• Employee Discount Programme

Amplience UK Ltd. / Amplience, Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Amplience fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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