DevOps Engineer

Smartedge It Solution PVT LTD

City of Edinburgh

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

26 hours ago

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Job summary

Smartedge It Solution PVT LTD in the United Kingdom, Scotland, City of Edinburgh, seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, implement and operate cloud infrastructure, automation tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and platform services for our External Marketplace platform and API ecosystem.

You will collaborate with engineering, security and product stakeholders to establish infrastructure standards, drive automation, and improve resilience, enabling fast and safe software delivery at scale.

Qualifications

Proven experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE or Cloud Infrastructure.
Hands-on with large-scale production environments in enterprise settings.
Strong expertise in GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes and CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure and automation tooling (GCP-focused).
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions and reusable modules.
Build self-service platform capabilities for provisioning and managing infrastructure.
Lead governance, automation frameworks, and security practices across environments.
Drive incident management, observability, and reliability improvements.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

GitOps

CI/CD

Automation

Platform Engineering

Security

Tools

Terraform

OpenTelemetry

ELK

Grafana

Job description

We are seeking an accomplished and highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to join our growing engineering team.

In this pivotal role, you will help design, implement, and operate the cloud infrastructure, automation tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and platform services that support our External Marketplace platform and API ecosystem. You will work closely with engineering teams, architects, security specialists, and product stakeholders to build reliable and secure cloud-native solutions.

You will play a key role in establishing infrastructure standards, driving automation initiatives, improving operational resilience, and enabling engineering teams to deliver software quickly and safely. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced DevOps professional who thrives in complex enterprise environments and enjoys solving large-scale engineering challenges.

What You'll Do

Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure primarily on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and reusable infrastructure modules.
Build self-service platform capabilities that enable engineering teams to provision and manage infrastructure efficiently.
Implement infrastructure standards, governance controls, and automation frameworks across multiple environments.

CI/CD & Release Engineering

Design, build, and optimize enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using tools such as:

GitHub Actions
Jenkins

Drive deployment automation, release management, environment provisioning, and configuration management practices.

Improve deployment reliability through progressive delivery approaches, automated testing, and deployment guardrails.

Champion GitOps and Infrastructure-as-Code practices across the engineering landscape.

Cloud Architecture & Operations

Provide technical leadership and guidance on cloud architecture, best practices, and operational excellence.

Support cloud-native services including:

Cloud Functions
Pub/Sub
VPC Networking
IAM

Design resilient and observable systems aligned to enterprise security and reliability standards.

API Platform & Marketplace Enablement

Build and maintain infrastructure supporting enterprise API platforms and external marketplace services.
Enable secure onboarding of internal and external API consumers.
Establish standardized deployment and operational processes for API products and services.
Support API gateway technologies such as Apigee and enterprise integration platforms.
Drive incident management, root cause analysis, and post-incident reviews.
Improve platform availability, scalability, and performance through automation and engineering improvements.

Monitoring & Observability

Implement enterprise monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability solutions.
Grafana
ELK/Elastic Stack
OpenTelemetry

Proactively identify issues before they impact customers and engineering teams.

Develop dashboards and operational reporting for platform health and reliability.

DevSecOps & Security

Embed security best practices throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
Integrate automated vulnerability scanning, code analysis, policy enforcement, and compliance controls into CI/CD pipelines.
Partner with Cyber Security teams to ensure compliance with internal and regulatory requirements.
Support implementation of secure identity and access management controls across cloud platforms.

Operational Excellence:

Lead resolution of complex production incidents and service disruptions.
Continuously improve operational procedures, runbooks, and platform support processes.
Drive automation initiatives that reduce manual effort and improve service reliability.
Identify opportunities for cloud cost optimization while maintaining performance and resilience.
Mentor junior engineers and promote DevOps best practices across the engineering community.
Collaborate with architects, developers, testers, platform teams, and product owners.
Drive engineering excellence through knowledge sharing, technical leadership, and continuous learning.

What You'll Need

Proven experience (10+ years) in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or Cloud Infrastructure roles.
Significant experience operating highly available production systems at enterprise scale.

Strong hands-on experience with: