DevOps Lead - CI/CD & Test Automation

ASSA ABLOY Sicherheitstechnik GmbH; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual leave

Inclusive culture

Career development

Global organization

Job summary

HID Global in Cardiff, UK is seeking an Associate Manager DevOps to drive CI/CD implementation and maintenance. You will lead the DevOps framework, bridging DevTest and Development teams to accelerate release cycles and improve delivery.

You will establish scalable CI/CD environments and mentor staff across multiple disciplines. The role emphasizes leadership, architecture, and hands‑on tooling across Jenkins, GitLab, Terraform, Docker, and AWS DevOps Services within a global security software

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent, or suitable experience.
• +7 years of related industry experience.
• Familiarity with infrastructure management and monitoring tools.
• Knowledge of developer operations platform tooling such as Jenkins, GitLab, Gradle, Snyk, SonarQube, DefectDojo, Ansible, Yocto‑Cooker, Ant, Maven, NPM, Nexus, Docker, Terraform, AWS DevOps Services.
• Familiarity with documentation standards and practices with a developer operations focus.
• Strong presenting and communication skills, good judgment, analytical ability.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a wide range of testing techniques to support a scalable and automated CI/CD environment.
• Monitor and triage CI/CD pipeline test failures.
• Design, build, and document new CI/CD infrastructure for new features.
• Identify and liaise with teams to uncover test gaps.
• Communicate test results to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Project manage and provide technical leadership to achieve team results.
• Contribute to project and product planning discussions.
• Understand how the product under test operates within a wider system.
• Coordinate with the Program team prior to feature development to clarify required test requirements.
• Plan and scope new functionality test requirements.
• Make decisions regarding the Test Environment.
• Coach and mentor team members at a technical level.
• Raise defects with the business and help prioritize them based on severity.
• Research, plan, and train others within the team.
• Deliver technical reports and actively contribute to customer escalations.
• Champion TDD methodology and lead stakeholders in its implementation.

Skills

CI/CD

DevOps leadership

Automation testing

Agile

Communication

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

Gradle

Snyk

SonarQube

Ansible

Yocto-Cooker

Ant

Maven

NPM

Nexus

Docker

Terraform

AWS DevOps Services

Job description

HID Global in Cardiff, UK is seeking an Associate Manager DevOps to drive CI/CD implementation and maintenance. You will lead the DevOps framework, bridging DevTest and Development teams to accelerate release cycles and improve delivery.

You will establish scalable CI/CD environments and mentor staff across multiple disciplines. The role emphasizes leadership, architecture, and hands‑on tooling across Jenkins, GitLab, Terraform, Docker, and AWS DevOps Services within a global security software