DevOps Engineer

_nology; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days holiday

Company pension

Relocation funding up to £1,500

On-site role in Newcastle

Job summary

Nology is seeking a DevOps Engineer for a 12 Month FTC conversion to permanent role in Newcastle. The position requires on-site work three days per week and relocation support up to £1,500. There are two salary bands depending on experience, with 23 days holiday and a company pension.

Eligibility for SC is needed. The role focuses on designing, automating and supporting cloud-native platforms and delivery pipelines, with strong emphasis on CI/CD, IaC, containers and automation.

Qualifications

• Experience across cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Hands-on CI/CD tooling with GitLab/Jenkins/GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps.
• Strong IaC skills using Terraform, CloudFormation or CDK.
• Experience with configuration management and container tooling.
• Scripting in Python/Node/PowerShell and Linux/Windows admin.

Responsibilities

• Work within DevOps and Platform Engineering teams to provision and optimise environments.
• Design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test and release.
• Configure tooling including GitLab, Jenkins, SonarQube, Artifactory, Nexus and testing platforms.
• Develop automation to improve deployment reliability and velocity.
• Manage cloud-native infrastructure with IaC principles and tooling.
• Automate integration via APIs, event-driven and serverless approaches.
• Support environment management, release management and operational readiness.
• Collaborate with software engineers and product teams to support end-to-end delivery.
• Implement monitoring, logging and observability for operational excellence.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud platforms

Infrastructure as Code

Containers

Scripting

Linux/Windows admin

Monitoring/Observability

Security/DevSecOps

Tools

GitLab

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

AWS CodeBuild

Terraform

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Bicep

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Docker Compose

CloudWatch

ELK/Grafana/Prometheus/Splunk

Job description

DevOps Engineer 12 Month FTC Conversion to Perm Opportunity

3 Days on site in Newcastle

Relocation is funded by Nology (up to £1,500)

2 salary bands depending on experience- With 23 days holiday & company pension.

SC Eligibility is needed

This role sits with our sister company, Nology, which is an award winning consultancy that creates and finds great talent for organisations, for long-term opportunities. We also contract with clients, so our people work on client projects as Nology consultants.

Role Description

Nology are looking for DevOps Engineers with experience designing, automating and supporting cloud-native platforms and delivery pipelines. Strong expertise in CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, containers, cloud platforms and operational automation, working closely with engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable and resilient technology solutions.

Core Responsibilities

• Work within multidisciplinary DevOps, Platform Engineering and Agile delivery teams to provision, maintain and optimise environments that support software development, testing and production operations.
• Design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable automated build, test, deployment and release processes.
• Configure and support tooling including GitLab, Jenkins, SonarQube, Artifactory, Nexus and security, resilience and performance testing platforms.
• Develop automation solutions to improve deployment reliability, reduce manual effort and increase delivery velocity.
• Provision and manage cloud-native infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code principles and tooling.
• Automate the integration of applications, services and platforms through APIs, event-driven architectures and serverless technologies.
• Support environment management, release management, configuration management and operational readiness activities.
• Collaborate closely with Software Engineers, Architects, Test Engineers and Product Teams to support end-to-end delivery.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, observability and alerting solutions to support operational excellence.

Core Skills & Experience

• Experience with one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Strong CI/CD knowledge with hands‑on experience using tools such as GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or AWS CodeBuild
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Bicep)
• Configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Containerisation and orchestration technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift and Docker Compose
• Scripting and automation using Python, Node.js, TypeScript, Bash or PowerShell
• Source control and branching strategies using Git
• Monitoring, logging and observability tooling (e.g. CloudWatch, ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk)
• Security, vulnerability management and DevSecOps practices
• Linux and/or Windows server administration

Additionally, for the higher level of experience, someone who provides technical leadership across DevOps and platform engineering activities, shaping engineering practices, mentoring teams and advising stakeholders on cloud, automation and delivery strategy.

• Lead DevOps and Platform Engineering activities across products, programmes or delivery teams
• Define and promote DevOps, automation and cloud engineering best practices.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on cloud architecture, operational resilience and deployment strategies.
• Mentor, coach and support the development of engineers within the wider team.
• Influence stakeholders and delivery teams on tooling, engineering standards and platform strategy.
• Lead complex troubleshooting, incident management and root cause analysis activities.
• Drive adoption of DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code and platform engineering principles across the organisation.

Unfortunately there is no sponsorship offered for this role