DevOps Engineer

IQGeo; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days of paid holiday

Shine employee ownership program

Company-matched pension contributions

Private medical insurance (Bupa)

Life assurance (4x gross salary)

Enhanced maternity leave

EV company car scheme

Cycle-to-work scheme

charity scheme & volunteering day

Career development opportunities

Home office support

Job summary

IQGeo in Cambridge, UK, is seeking a DevOps Engineer to help design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and internal tooling across the software development lifecycle. You will implement IaC for development environments and collaborate with distributed engineering teams to improve release velocity.

You will work on automation, AI-assisted coding, security scanning, and on-call rotations, supporting a dynamic, global engineering function from the Cambridge office.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and IaC tooling.
• Strong scripting and automation skills across Linux environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for builds, tests, and releases.
• Build and maintain internal tooling to support the SDLC (code quality, dependency management, tests).
• Automate manual processes to reduce cognitive load and improve efficiency.
• Implement and maintain IaC for internal development environments.
• Troubleshoot build/test/deploy issues and optimize pipelines.
• Coordinate security scanning and vulnerability management across pipelines.
• Monitor application and environment performance via log tools.
• Collaborate with Product Engineering for alignment and best practices.
• Evaluate new tools/technologies to improve developer experience and release velocity.
• Utilize AI coding assistants to accelerate CI/CD and IaC scripting.

Skills

Python

BASH

JavaScript

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Git

SAST

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

SonarQube

Snyk

Maven

Gradle

NPM

PIP

Job description

About the Role

IQGeo is seeking a DevOps Engineer to play an integral role in supporting our global Engineering teams from our Cambridge, UK office. This role joins a dynamic team focused on building and maintaining tools and automation to streamline the software development lifecycle, reduce cognitive load for engineering teams, and improve release velocity.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate software builds, testing, and releases.
• Build and maintain internal tooling to support the software development lifecycle (e.g., code quality analysis, dependency management, automated testing).
• Collaborate with engineering teams to identify and automate manual processes, reducing cognitive load and improving efficiency.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) for internal development environments.
• Work closely with development teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues related to build processes, testing, and deployments.
• Coordinate penetration testing, code/virus scanning, and disseminate findings to the engineering team for resolution.
• Measure performance and environment of applications with system and application log tools.
• Work with Product Engineering to ensure technical alignment and best practice approaches are used.
• Evaluate and implement new tools and technologies to improve developer experience and release velocity.
• Use AI coding assistants to accelerate authoring of CI/CD pipeline configurations, IaC scripts, and automation tooling.
• Apply AI-assisted security scanning (SAST) as an automated merge gate across engineering pipelines.
• Support delivery teams and partners to reduce the complexity of implementing IQGeo solutions.
• Participate in an on-call rotation.

Mandatory AI Engineering Competencies

Candidates must demonstrate the ability to work effectively in an AI-First Software Development Lifecycle.

• Proficient in AI-assisted software development using modern coding assistants to accelerate design, implementation, testing and documentation.
• Ability to translate business requirements into structured specifications prior to implementation (Spec-Driven Development).
• Strong prompt engineering skills for software engineering tasks including code generation, test generation, debugging, documentation and architecture.
• Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated outputs for correctness, security, performance and maintainability.
• Experience using AI to generate and maintain automated unit, API and integration tests.
• Demonstrated ability to work with AI agents while retaining full engineering ownership and accountability.

What You’ll Bring

Essential skills & experience:

• Proficient scripting skills (Python, BASH, JavaScript).
• Strong knowledge of Linux operating systems.
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform).
• Experience using Git or other distributed version control systems.
• Experience with bug tracking tools and code repositories.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively in a distributed remote team environment.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Nice to have:

• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Experience with code quality analysis tools (e.g., SonarQube, Snyk).
• Experience with dependency management tools (e.g., Maven, Gradle, npm, pip).
• Experience with automated testing frameworks.
• Experience with Node.js design and development.
• Experience working in an Agile software engineering environment.

Your Background

• Degree from an accredited university in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent industry experience.

What’s in It for You?

• 25 days of paid holiday, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days (total 30)
• SHINE employee ownership program
• Company-matched pension contributions up to 6% of base salary
• Private medical insurance (Bupa) & health cash plan
• Life assurance (4x gross salary) & incapacity benefit
• Enhanced maternity leave policy
• EV company car scheme (salary sacrifice) & cycle-to-work scheme (salary sacrifice)
• Give as you earn charity scheme & paid volunteering day each year
• Career development opportunities (mentorship program, training, etc.)
• Home office support for remote workers

Flexibility & Work-Life Balance

We support hybrid and flexible working arrangements for all employees. We understand that life for many people involves school runs, care giving, or exercising!

Work Permits & Visas

You must already have the right to work permanently in the UK.

IQGeo is not able to sponsor work permits.

Diversity & Inclusion

At IQGeo, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to who we are and how we work. Guided by our values, we know that People Matter, and we are committed to building a team that reflects a wide range of nationalities, backgrounds, skills, viewpoints, and abilities.

We create an environment where everyone can bring their authentic selves with confidence, knowing they are respected, supported, and empowered to Deliver with Purpose. By embracing different perspectives, we Pioneer the Future together — shaping innovative solutions for our customers and our industry.

About IQGeo

At IQGeo, we help telecommunications and utility companies around the world “build better networks.” Our award-winning geospatial software empowers more than 500 organizations to plan, design, build, and maintain the fibre and energy networks that are essential to our connected, sustainable future.

Headquartered in Cambridge, UK with regional offices across North America, Europe, and Asia, we’re proud to be a carbon-neutral software company tackling two of society’s biggest challenges: universal broadband access and the transition to net zero. By joining IQGeo, you’ll be part of a global team shaping the networks that power our businesses, communities, and planet for the long term.