DevOps Engineer

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to enhance their technical team. In this role, you will collaborate with software engineers and product owners to build and deploy a comprehensive DevOps toolchain. Your expertise will be vital in establishing robust CI/CD processes and ensuring smooth transitions from development to production. This position offers a unique opportunity to work with modern scripting tools and cloud platforms, while championing software quality and performance. If you're passionate about DevOps and eager to contribute fresh ideas, this role could be your next career step.

Qualifications

• Hands-on DevOps or software delivery background.
• Proven track record designing and operating CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate deployments and system provisioning.
• Produce clear documentation and maintain issue tracking.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD Pipelines

Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell)

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Agile Methodologies

Documentation

Collaboration

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

DevOps Engineer | £45,000 - £55,000 | Cardiff (1 day per month in office)

Role Overview

We're looking for a talented DevOps Engineer to join a growing technical team. You'll collaborate closely with software engineers, product owners, QA and infrastructure colleagues to build, release and deploy an end‑to‑end DevOps toolchain. You'll be instrumental in putting in place robust CI/CD processes across multiple product streams, ensuring seamless progression from development through to live production.

Key Responsibilities

• Work within the DevOps squad to design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines in line with our DevOps strategy.
• Collaborate with the Senior DevOps Lead and cross‑functional teams to align solution design and delivery, adopting an agile mindset.
• Automate deployments and system provisioning using modern scripting and orchestration tools.
• Participate in daily stand‑ups, sprint planning, retrospectives and other agile ceremonies to support delivery goals.
• Identify project milestones and risks, contributing to estimation, prioritisation and risk‑mitigation activities.
• Stay up to date with emerging DevOps tools and best practice, bringing fresh ideas to the team.
• Produce clear, detailed documentation (e.g. Confluence) and maintain issue tracking in tools such as Jira.
• Champion software quality, security and performance, and continuously hone your own skills.
• Undertake ad hoc duties as required.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Hands‑on DevOps or software delivery background.
• Proven track record designing, building and operating CI/CD pipelines (ideally within Azure).
• Strong scripting/automation skills (e.g. Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Solid grasp of software development practices-version control, testing and deployment.
• Experience containerising applications (Docker) and deploying to Kubernetes (Helm/helmfile).
• Familiar with integrating automated testing and security tooling into pipelines.
• Comfortable with Git‑based source control platforms (GitHub, Bitbucket, etc.).
• Excellent communication, documentation and collaboration skills.
• Agile software delivery experience (Jira/Kanban, sprint ceremonies).

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Exposure to at least one high‑level language or framework (e.g. React, Node.js, C#, .NET, Java, Ruby).
• Familiarity with other cloud platforms (AWS, GCP).
• Experience with BI/reporting tools (Power BI, Looker, Izenda, etc.).
• Building dashboards for Kubernetes health monitoring.
• Knowledge of authentication/authorisation tools (Keycloak, etc.).