Senior DevOps engineer

Berkeley Square IT; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic consultancy in Bristol is on the lookout for a skilled DevOps engineer to enhance their growing team. This role involves deploying and maintaining an innovative cross-domain system built on event-driven microservices architecture. You will be responsible for maintaining a continuous deployment pipeline, ensuring all releases are production-ready, and applying configuration management tools to uphold deployment consistency. The ideal candidate will possess strong coding skills in languages like Java, Go, or Python, alongside experience with modern CI/CD tools and container orchestration. If you're passionate about DevOps and eager to contribute to exciting projects, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Eligible for SC clearance is mandatory for applicants.
• Experience in writing well-tested code in Java, Go, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Maintain continuous deployment pipeline and promote component releases.
• Apply configuration management tools for consistent deployments.

Skills

SC clearance eligibility

Configuration management tools

CI/CD tools

Writing well-tested code

Docker containers

Linux

AWS

Tools

Ansible

Chef

Jenkins

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Docker Swarm

Job description

My Bristol based consultancy client is seeking an experienced DevOps engineer for their growing team. Candidates must be eligible for SC clearance or already SC cleared.

They are looking for engineers to join a team that will deploy and maintain an established cross-domain system. The system uses event-driven microservices architecture. You will be maintaining a continuous deployment pipeline, promoting component releases into production, and applying configuration management tools to ensure all deployments are consistent and correctly configured.

Requirements:

• Modern configuration management tools (such as Ansible, Chef, or similar)
• Experience using and maintaining CI / CD tools (such as Jenkins or similar)
• Industry experience in writing well-tested code in one of our platform languages (Java, Go, Python, or similar)
• Experience working with docker containers & container orchestration tools (such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Docker Swarm)
• In-depth knowledge of Linux and AWS

Applicants must be eligible for SC clearance to be considered for this role.