DevOps Engineer

Dexter Talent; Chorley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic DevOps professional to lead the transformation of their growing DevOps function. In this exciting role, you'll collaborate with skilled engineers to shape cloud infrastructure, ensuring security and availability while utilizing cutting-edge technologies like Kubernetes and Terraform. With a focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence, you'll have the opportunity to impact the future of cloud services. Enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid working model and access to tailored training and development opportunities to advance your career in this innovative environment. Ready to make your mark?

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in a DevOps or Cloud Engineering role.
• Expertise in cloud platforms and strong knowledge of Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Evolve and refine the DevOps landscape for cloud infrastructure.
• Transition on-premises systems to cloud-native solutions.

Skills

DevOps

Cloud Engineering

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Python

Go

Java

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Are you ready to take the lead in shaping a growing DevOps function?

This is more than just a job - it's a chance to be one of the first cogs in a technical function that is looking to treble in size over the coming years.

With a DevOps function still in its early stages, you'll have a real say in its direction, working with cutting-edge technologies and best practices to shape the future of cloud infrastructure.

You'll be instrumental in evolving and refining the DevOps landscape, ensuring that cloud-based infrastructure is secure, accessible, and highly available. Working closely with a team of skilled engineers, you'll help transition on-premises systems to cloud-native solutions, optimising performance, reliability, and security. Your day-to-day will involve container orchestration, automation, and monitoring using Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS services.

Beyond technical expertise, you'll collaborate with teams across the business, ensuring operational excellence and continuous improvement. Whether it's supporting incident response, optimising cloud costs or driving infrastructure automation your work will be at the core of innovation and progress.

What You'll Bring

• Hands-on experience in a DevOps or Cloud Engineering role (2+ years preferred)
• Expertise in cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and containerisation
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins
• Programming skills in Python, Go, or Java
• A proactive mindset, always looking for ways to improve and innovate

This is your chance to be at the forefront of a DevOps transformation, where your ideas and expertise will help shape the function from the ground up. You'll have the flexibility of a hybrid working model - the team get together 1/2 times a week for collaboration.

Career growth is a priority here. Whether you want to develop your skills further in DevOps, cloud engineering or security you'll have access to training and development opportunities tailored to your ambitions.

Ready to make an impact?

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Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology
• Staffing and Recruiting