DevOps Engineer - Kubernetes & Cloud Automation

Halian | Managed Services, Recruitment Agency & Contract Staffing; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian Group is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design and support a highly available SaaS platform for healthcare teams across the UK. The role focuses on automated deployments, security, and proactive incident prevention within a hybrid work model (3 days in office, 2 days remote).

You will work with Kubernetes, Linux, Bash, and IaC tools like Terraform and Ansible, while leveraging ArgoCD, Grafana, and Prometheus to monitor and improve system performance.

Qualifications

• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, Linux and Bash scripting.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, Google Cloud or OpenStack.
• Proven experience developing and supporting Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience creating, managing and testing backup and recovery plans.
• Solid background in DevOps practices, GitOps, CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of ArgoCD.
• Experience using Grafana and Prometheus.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test and improve automated deployment, configuration and upgrade processes across infrastructure, applications and supporting services.
• Ensure platform security, scalability and high availability, with a focus on zero downtime.
• Proactively monitor and maintain Kubernetes clusters, identifying and resolving issues before they impact service.
• Investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis and implement preventative measures.
• Plan, test and deliver infrastructure and application upgrades.
• Develop, test and maintain backup and disaster recovery solutions.
• Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to troubleshoot issues and improve platform performance.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Bash scripting

GitOps

CI/CD

ArgoCD

Grafana

Prometheus

Backup & recovery planning

DevOps practices

Education

BSc in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Halian Group is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design and support a highly available SaaS platform for healthcare teams across the UK. The role focuses on automated deployments, security, and proactive incident prevention within a hybrid work model (3 days in office, 2 days remote).

You will work with Kubernetes, Linux, Bash, and IaC tools like Terraform and Ansible, while leveraging ArgoCD, Grafana, and Prometheus to monitor and improve system performance.