DevOps Lead - 12 Months - Hybrid - Inside IR35
Morson Group
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Job summary
Morson Group in the UK is seeking an experienced Digital DevOps Lead to drive strategy, engineering excellence and operational stability across a major government digital programme. You will own the DevOps capability for multiple products, shaping cloud strategy and automation while leading a team of DevOps Engineers.
Working with Engineering and Architecture leadership, you’ll ensure platforms are secure, scalable and highly available, with a focus on quality, resilience and continuous
Qualifications
- Strong DevOps leadership experience within large-scale digital environments.
- Proven experience working with AWS and/or Azure.
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric.
- Strong stakeholder management and engagement skills.
- Experience driving DevOps adoption, automation and engineering best practices.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of DevOps Engineers, providing coaching, mentoring and technical guidance.
- Define and implement DevOps strategy, standards and best practices across products and teams.
- Drive automation initiatives and promote a strong DevOps culture.
- Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, platform reliability and operational performance.
- Design and manage reusable libraries, templates, tooling and services.
- Work closely with Engineering, Architecture and Product stakeholders to deliver strategic objectives.
- Support delivery teams by breaking down complex requirements into actionable technical solutions.
- Champion knowledge sharing, documentation and engineering best practice across the wider community.
- Provide technical advice and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Contribute to medium and long-term technology strategies and roadmaps.
Skills
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Job description
Locations: Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield (3 days per week onsite)
We’re seeking an experienced Digital DevOps Lead to drive DevOps strategy, engineering excellence and operational stability across a major government digital programme.
This is a leadership-focused position where you’ll own the DevOps capability for multiple products and services, helping shape engineering standards, cloud strategy and automation practices while providing technical leadership to a team of DevOps Engineers.
Working closely with Engineering and Architecture leadership, you’ll be responsible for ensuring platforms are secure, scalable, resilient and fit for purpose, with a strong focus on availability, quality and continuous improvement.
- Lead and develop a team of DevOps Engineers, providing coaching, mentoring and technical guidance
- Define and implement DevOps strategy, standards and best practices across products and teams
- Drive automation initiatives and promote a strong DevOps culture
- Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, platform reliability and operational performance
- Design and manage reusable libraries, templates, tooling and services
- Work closely with Engineering, Architecture and Product stakeholders to deliver strategic objectives
- Support delivery teams by breaking down complex requirements into actionable technical solutions
- Champion knowledge sharing, documentation and engineering best practice across the wider community
- Provide technical advice and recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Contribute to medium and long-term technology strategies and roadmaps
- Strong DevOps leadership experience within large-scale digital environments
- Proven experience working with AWS and/or Azure
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric
- Strong stakeholder management and engagement skills
- Experience driving DevOps adoption, automation and engineering best practices
- Ability to influence technical strategy and lead engineering teams
- Networking and infrastructure expertise
- Experience with GitLab
- Experience working within complex enterprise or public sector environments
- Opportunity to lead DevOps strategy on a high-profile government digital programme
- Long-term 12-month engagement
- Collaborative engineering environment with significant technical ownership
- Opportunity to shape engineering standards, automation practices and cloud strategy across multiple services
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