DevOps Engineer

Proactive.IT Appointments; Crawley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing technology company in Crawley is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer. The ideal candidate will design, automate, and operate modern infrastructure and delivery pipelines across complex environments. The role requires strong hands-on experience with CI/CD tools, Docker, Kubernetes, and a commitment to continuous improvement. If you enjoy solving technical problems and driving best practices, this position is ideal for you. The company values innovation and offers an opportunity to work on resilient cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience across modern DevOps tooling and practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Containerising applications using Docker and managing workloads on Kubernetes.
• Supporting asynchronous architectures using message queues.

Skills

Modern DevOps tooling

Problem-solving skills

Continuous improvement mindset

Git version control

Infrastructure as code (Terraform)

Containerisation (Docker)

Orchestration (Kubernetes)

Server-side scripting (PowerShell, Bash)

Observability tools (Grafana, Datadog, etc.)

Job description

We’re working with a fast growing organisation that’s building resilient, scalable, and secure cloud platforms. They’re looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to play a key role in designing, automating and operating modern infrastructure and delivery pipelines across complex environments.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving challenging technical problems, process driven, improving developer experience, and driving best practices across CI/CD, cloud infrastructure and observability.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be responsible for designing, building and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines, enabling rapid and reliable delivery using tools such as Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions or GitLab Runners. You’ll work extensively with Git-based version control, implementing effective branching strategies and automation.

Infrastructure will be defined and managed using Terraform, supporting consistent and repeatable deployments. You’ll containerise applications using Docker and manage workloads on Kubernetes, with a strong focus on Red Hat OpenShift environments.

You’ll also support asynchronous architectures using message queues (RabbitMQ), develop automation and batch processes using PowerShell and Bash and ensure platforms are observable and perform using tools such as Grafana, Datadog etc.

Security is a core focus, and you’ll work with modern authentication and authorisation standards including OAuth and SAML.

What we’re looking for

• Strong hands‑on experience across modern DevOps tooling and practices
• Excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills
• A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement
• Commitment to staying up to date with emerging technologies, tools, and ways of working

Git version control and branching strategies

Infrastructure as code (Terraform)

Containerisation (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes), especially Red Hat OpenShift.

Server‑side scripting, automation and batch processes (PowerShell and Bash scripting)

Observability (Grafana, DataDog, Prometheus, Dynatrace, or similar tool set)

Due to the volume of applications received for positions, it will not be possible to respond to all applications and only applicants who are considered suitable for interview will be contacted.

Proactive Appointments Limited operates as an employment agency and employment business and is an equal opportunities organisation.