DevOps Engineer

National Highways; Devon and Torbay; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transportation agency based in the UK is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join their Digital Technical Competence team. This hybrid position requires two days a week in the office and involves building sustainable digital solutions for operational environments. Candidates should have experience with CI/CD tools, modern programming languages like Python and TypeScript, and experience in troubleshooting technology stacks. The role offers opportunities to contribute to continuous improvement while fostering a diverse work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with DevOps & Engineering Practices.
• Ability to plan and coordinate system and acceptance testing.
• Experience in troubleshooting across diverse technology stacks.
• Design systems with appropriate levels of risk and complexity.
• Relevant academic and industry-recognized qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Integrate systems and solutions with continuous improvement.
• Develop and document solutions using DevOps processes.
• Manage live test environments for new software trials.
• Deliver projects using DevOps processes to meet business needs.
• Support services and software to agreed KPIs.
• Support services, software and components to agreed KPIs and business objectives.

Skills

CI/CD tools

Python

TypeScript

Troubleshooting across diverse technology stacks

Process improvements

Planning & coordination

Education

Degree in software engineering, cyber security, digital forensics or related field

Industry certifications such as AWS, GIAC, or OSCP

Tools

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Open-source software

Job description

As part of the development of our Digital Services function, we are recruiting to strengthen internal digital capability within the Digital Technical Competence team. These roles are central to building sustainable in-house expertise that supports the design, development, and delivery of digital solutions across the transport network.

A key focus of this campaign is creating new opportunities. As a result, we are recruiting DevOps Engineers, and building a brand-new practice. This is a pivotal role in shaping and delivering technological solutions that support one of the country's most complex and nationally important operational environments while strengthening our DevOps capability.

You will work across complex projects to enable faster, more reliable software delivery through automation, infrastructure as code, and modern deployment practices. Acting as a bridge between development and operations, you will help drive better, faster outcomes as National Highways continues to build and evolve its own technology solutions.

This is a hybrid role, requiring two days per week in the office, based at any National Highways office location.

• Integrate systems and solutions at a low to medium level of complexity as required to deliver solutions and projects bringing value to the business through continuous improvement
• Develop, design and document solutions and systems to a low to medium level of complexity using DevOps processes as part of continuous improvement and delivery.
• Program and build (software engineering) software to a low to medium level of complexity as required for continuous improvement and delivery.
• Manage live test environments so we can trial new software and solutions efficiently.
• Deliver projects at a low level of complexity using DevOps processes to meet our business needs, continuous improvement and delivery.
• Support our services, software and components to agreed KPIs and meet our business goals.

About you.

• You have experience with DevOps & Engineering Practices, such as experience with CI/CD tools, modern programming languages (e.g. Python, TypeScript), and experienced in identifying process improvements
• You can plan and coordinate system and acceptance testing, covering both functional and non-functional specifications.
• You bring experience in troubleshooting across diverse technology stacks: compute, storage, networking, COTS, and open-source software.
• You design systems with appropriate levels of risk, impact, and complexity, applying suitable standards, methods, and tools effectively.
• You bring academic and industry-recognised qualifications that demonstrate your expertise and credibility, including a degree in software engineering, cyber security, digital forensics (or a related field), and/or relevant industry certifications such as AWS, GIAC, or OSCP.

About us.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

The Digital Services Directorate is helping to reshape the way National Highways operates by delivering digital, data, and technology services across all areas, from frontline to back office, in a modern and efficient manner. Our vision is to develop integrated information and technology that empowers our colleagues and provides real-time information to our customers, as well as integrating with intelligent vehicle and transport systems as they evolve, to enhance journey safety and reliability.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.