Digital Experience - Lead DevOps Engineer

CACI Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking consultancy as a Lead DevOps Engineer, where you'll leverage your expertise in cloud infrastructure and open-source technologies to drive innovation. In this pivotal role, you will lead a talented team, ensuring effective project delivery while establishing best practices that enhance performance and security. Your strategic input will shape the future of technology solutions, fostering a collaborative environment that values diversity and creativity. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in a similar role with strong technical leadership.
• Experience with cloud technologies and open-source tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discussions and manage a high-performing engineering team.
• Establish best practices and ensure project delivery aligns with standards.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Git

Docker

Terraform

Open Source Technologies

Problem-Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Laravel

Drupal

NextJS

Red Hat Linux

Amazon Linux

Debian

nginx

apache

Job description

Digital Experience - Lead DevOps Engineer

20 March 2025

Headquartered in London, CACI Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of CACI International Inc., a publicly listed company on the NYSE with annual revenue in excess of US $6.2bn and employing approx. 22,000 people worldwide.

CACI Ltd is an international data and technology consultancy with £154m turnover and 1200 employees. We are passionate, progressive and unafraid of challenge; our mission is to use technology and data-driven insight to make a commercial difference.

We provide expert advice and hands-on system management to help our national and global clients get the most from technology and data. We use innovation wisely to deliver well thought-out digital solutions and software.

CACI's Consumer & Market Intelligence and Experience & Transformation groups provide data, software and consulting services to improve our clients’ sales and marketing programmes.

We help clients find, retain and grow profitable customers through our understanding of consumer characteristics and behaviour. And we help commercial property developers and retailers plan retail provision in the UK and overseas.

C&MI and E&T Groups help clients shape the vision, define the strategy and deliver a truly integrated customer experience. Our services are based on in-depth understanding of individual consumer behaviour and marketing technology which influence the way consumers buy products and services through a combination of data, technology and consultancy.

As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for providing leadership and technical expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining our Cloud Infrastructure practices. You will play a critical role in shaping the infrastructure, deployment processes, and automation strategies for our web-based projects (mainly websites, web platforms and API middleware solutions using open-source frameworks). This position requires a combination of technical prowess and strategic thinking, and effective team management. We manage a variety of applications on different stacks which includes AWS, Azure, Git, Docker, Cloudflare and Terraform. Experience with these technologies is required and considered a valuable asset for this role .

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership and Delivery Oversight

• Collaborate with project managers to ensure accountable and efficient technical delivery across various projects in terms of quality and efficiency.
• Lead technical discussions during client calls, ensuring clear specifications are captured, and projects are delivered within the agreed commercial parameters.

Team Management and Development

• Manage and cultivate a high-performing team of engineers, actively participating in their growth and development.
• Coach team members alongside other leads and senior engineers, contributing to skill enhancement and career progression.
• Collaborate with project managers to plan team schedules, participate in recruitment activities, and manage team performance through KPIs.

Project Oversight and Escalation Handling

• Monitor the efficiency of engineers within the team and projects, proactively identifying and addressing issues.
• Act as an escalation point on projects, providing technical guidance, addressing scope creep, and collaborating with the PMO to ensure project delivery stays on track.
• Define and support teams with scoping, cloud architecture design, and overall project delivery.

Standards and Best Practices

• Establish and enforce best practices (i.e. “Well-Architected”), setting high standards for engineering across the business.
• Responsible for the infrastructure security through our ISO27001 and security policies.
• Collaborate with the QA and PMO teams to assess risks, understand delivery impacts, and formulate plans to mitigate these risks.

Long-Term Planning and Technical Strategy

• Create technical plans and roadmaps for long-term clients, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and client expectations.
• Support pitches and collaborate with the New Business team to win technical projects.
• Assist the CTO, Head of engineering and other tech leads in defining and establishing quality and security standards.
• Identify skill gaps and training needs within the team, reporting these to the head of the department for appropriate action.
• Actively contribute to the team's well-being, fostering a positive and collaborative working environment.

Experience and skills

• We’re looking for applicants with skills and experience in the following areas:
• At least 2-3 years of experience in a similar role.
• Experience with technology stacks such as AWS, Azure, Git, Docker, Cloudflare and Terraform.
• Experience deploying and maintaining solutions mostly utilising the Laravel, Drupal and NextJS.
• Experience building and optimising high performance technology at scale.
• Passion as an open source technologist, with good working knowledge of common open source technologies. (E.g. Red Hat Linux, Amazon Linux, Debian, git, SSH, rsync, nginx, apache, etc)
• Familiarity and experience with core Information Security principles and ISO 27001 accreditation (E.g. threat modelling, compartmentalisation, separation of concerns, principle of least privilege, etc)
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK.