DevOps Engineer

BBC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company in Greater London is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to manage AWS infrastructure and automate delivery processes. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Terraform and CI/CD practices, ensuring efficient and secure deployments. This hybrid role encourages collaboration within a supportive team focused on delivering global content. A competitive salary is offered, along with flexibility in work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Terraform and strong understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code principles.
• Expertise in CI / CD practices including GitHub Actions.
• Proven ability to operate and manage AWS cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage CI / CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform.
• Provision and manage infrastructure on AWS.

Skills

Terraform

CI / CD practices

AWS cloud infrastructure

Scripting languages (Bash, Python)

Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic)

Job description

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: C

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-time

DEPARTMENT: BBC Studios Engineering team

LOCATION: London TVC

PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 53000 - 59000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. Plus London Weighting Allowance of 5441. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Were happy to discuss flexible working. If youd like to please indicate your preference in the application though theres no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the worlds most sought-after TV audio and digital content.

Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful entertaining and inspiring stories for people all around the world.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

This will be a hybrid working role spending time at the office vs home.

The DevOps Engineer role is Software Engineering role with a DevOps specialisation. It involves building and looking after infrastructure as well as automating the systems which enable the efficient delivery of our products and components. It will include the likes of - maintenance of CI / CD pipelines automations managing cloud infrastructure (AWS) and making sure that everything is scalable secure and monitored. There will be a lot of collaboration across the team(s) and with other DevOps Engineers to help reduce and remove bottlenecks and to increase the speed and cadence of deliveries.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This role sits within the worldwide team focused on delivering solutions and content for our global (non-UK) audience. The platform is supported by three teams: front-end CMS / tooling and back-end systems. Were currently undergoing a transformation to strengthen our agile and engineering practices with a constant drive to improve. The team is known for being friendly open and supportive. is part of the wider Studios.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Design and manage CI / CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to enable fast reliable and secure deployments workflows.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform for consistent scalable environments across all stages.
• Provision and manage infrastructure on AWS including but not limited to EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudFront, IAM, VPCs and networking configurations.
• Automate deployment processes for cloud-native applications and services.
• Implement observability practices logging metrics and alerting with Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog or New Relic.
• Ensure security and compliance through secrets management, access control and network configuration.
• Collaborate with Developers / QA and product and maintain documentation supporting incident response and continuous improvement.
• Monitor and optimise the performance reliability and scalability of production systems.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for infrastructure pipelines and operational runbooks and support incident response and post-incident reviews helping teams learn and improve.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Hands‑on experience with Terraform and strong understanding of Infrastructure‑as‑Code principles.
• Expertise in CI / CD practices including GitHub Actions, Git workflows and automation tools.
• Proven ability to operate and manage AWS cloud infrastructure ensuring scalability and reliability.
• Operational experience with modern observability tools including Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic and CloudWatch.
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash, Python and for automation and tooling.
• Good technical knowledge across cloud automation and infrastructure domains.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED

• Experience working in Agile environments e.g. Scrum, Kanban.

If you can bring some of these skills and experience along with transferable strengths wed love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

NEXT STEPS

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.