DevOps Infrastructure Engineer

Sterling Bridge Limited; Southampton; On-site; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work Southampton

Competitive salary

Excellent benefits

Career progression

Autonomy

Modern tech stack

Job summary

Sterling Bridge Limited is seeking a skilled DevOps professional to design, build, and scale production Kubernetes environments in a hybrid Southampton setting.

The role emphasizes automation with Terraform and Ansible, Linux administration, and ownership of mission-critical infrastructure across both physical and virtual environments.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure, or Platform Engineering.
• Strong production Kubernetes experience.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform/Ansible.
• Excellent Linux administration skills.
• Based in the UK and able to commute to Southampton.

Responsibilities

• Design, manage, and scale production Kubernetes environments.
• Build fully automated infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and modern DevOps tooling.
• Drive reliability, resilience, and observability across the platform.
• Administer Linux infrastructure across physical and virtual environments.
• Work directly with talented engineers in a collaborative, fast-moving team.
• Own projects from concept through to production.
• Build and optimise production infrastructure supporting mission-critical services.
• Improve architecture and help shape the future of the platform.

Skills

DevOps

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Linux

Production platforms

Tools

Ceph

Job description

Salary: £90,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure, or Platform Engineering.
• Strong commercial Kubernetes experience in production environments.
• Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
• Excellent Linux administration skills.
• Experience supporting highly available production platforms.
• Based in the UK and able to commute to Southampton.

Responsibilities

• Design, manage, and scale production Kubernetes environments.
• Build fully automated infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and modern DevOps tooling.
• Drive reliability, resilience, and observability across the platform.
• Administer Linux infrastructure across physical and virtual environments.
• Work directly with talented engineers in a collaborative, fast-moving team.
• Own projects from concept through to production.
• Build and optimise production infrastructure supporting mission-critical services.
• Improve architecture and help shape the future of the platform.

Technologies

• Ansible
• DevOps
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Terraform
• Ceph
• Security

More

We are a highly ambitious technology business investing heavily in our engineering team. We offer a hybrid working model in Southampton, a competitive salary of £70,000-£90,000, an excellent benefits package, long-term career progression, and the opportunity to work with modern technologies in a small, highly skilled team. Our environment offers high levels of autonomy and technical ownership, with engineering driving the product and your ideas being heard.

last updated 33 week of 2026