DevOps Lead (IaC Automation) Manchester/Hybrid - Outside IR35

Akkodis; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Manchester is seeking an experienced DevOps Lead to support a large-scale cloud automation project. You will drive the design and delivery of automated infrastructure pipelines across AWS and Azure, enhancing existing DevOps practices while working closely with internal teams. This position offers an Outside IR35 contract for an initial 3-month term with potential for extension.

Qualifications

• Solid DevOps/Cloud Engineering across AWS & Azure.
• Strong IaC and CI/CD expertise.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, security, and infrastructure patterns.
• Experience in agile environments.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and mentoring capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of automated IaC pipelines.
• Assess current DevOps maturity and automation opportunities.
• Develop reusable modules using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Build CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Integrate configuration management and monitoring solutions.

Skills

DevOps/Cloud Engineering

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) expertise

CI/CD pipeline development

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Job description

Overview

I'm on the hunt for a cracking DevOps Lead to support a large-scale Workspaces IaC Automation project, driving the design and delivery of automated cloud infrastructure pipelines across AWS and Azure. My client operates a complex multi-cloud environment and is expanding its DevOps capability to standardise and automate infrastructure provisioning across multiple digital workspaces and services. Joining at initial discovery stage, you will then lead key workstreams to assess and enhance existing DevOps practices, implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) pipelines, and enable internal teams to adopt sustainable DevOps ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of automated IaC pipelines and repositories.
• Assess current DevOps maturity, toolchains, and automation opportunities.
• Develop reusable modules using Terraform, CloudFormation, and ARM templates.
• Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and AWS CodePipeline.
• Integrate configuration management (Ansible) and monitoring solutions.
• Produce detailed documentation and deliver knowledge transfer to internal teams.

Qualifications

• Solid DevOps/Cloud Engineering across AWS & Azure.
• Strong IaC and CI/CD expertise (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, Ansible).
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, security, and infrastructure patterns.
• Experience in agile, product-aligned environments (Jira preferred).
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and mentoring capability.

This is an Outside IR35 Contract working on a project for an extremely prestigious client - 3 months (initial term, with extension potential).

If you're passionate about enabling DevOps transformation and cloud automation at scale - I want to talk today!

Contact Laura on LinkedIn for immediate consideration.

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