DevOps Engineer

Infinity Quest; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Infinity Quest in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for our External Marketplace platform and API ecosystem.

You will lead IaC, automation, and security practices, partner with engineering and product teams, and drive reliability and scalable deployment across GCP and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in DevOps, platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure roles.
• 2+ years leading enterprise-scale cloud initiatives.
• Experience with cloud-native services and IaC.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform.
• Develop IaC and reusable infrastructure modules with Terraform.
• Build self-service platform capabilities for provisioning infrastructure.
• Implement governance and automation across environments.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

OpenTelemetry

GitOps

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

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:

• Cloud Functions
• Pub/Sub
• VPC Networking
• IAM
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Expert-level knowledge of Terraform.
• Experience building reusable infrastructure modules and automation frameworks.
• Experience with policy-as-code and infrastructure governance.

Strong experience with:

• Docker
• Container security
• Service mesh technologies
• Experience operating production Kubernetes environments.
• CI/CD & Release Management

Experience with:

• GitHub Actions
• Jenkins

Strong understanding of:

• GitOps
• Deployment strategies
• Release automation
• Configuration management
• API & Integration Technologies

Experience working with API Gateway technologies such as:

• REST APIs
• OpenAPI Specifications
• OAuth2
• JWT
• API Security Standards
• Observability & Monitoring

Experience with:

• Grafana
• ELK Stack
• OpenTelemetry
• Scripting & Automation

Proficiency in one or more of:

• Python [optional]
• Bash
• Go
• PowerShell
• Networking & Security

You'll thrive in this role if you:

• Have a passion for automation and engineering excellence.
• Are comfortable working in complex enterprise-scale environments.
• Enjoy troubleshooting challenging technical problems.
• Focus on continuous improvement and operational resilience.
• Can communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Take ownership of outcomes and drive delivery through collaboration and influence.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a strategic platform powering our Customer’s digital transformation.
• Work on cutting-edge cloud-native technologies and large-scale API ecosystems.
• Influence the future direction of our DevOps and Platform Engineering practices.
• Collaborate with talented engineers, architects, and technology leaders.
• Access industry-leading learning, certification, and development opportunities.
• Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package and strong commitment to work-life balance.
• Make a real impact on services used by millions of customers across the UK.