Environments & Release Engineer

Pharmacy2U; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An online pharmacy provider based in Leeds is seeking an Environments & Release Engineer to manage non-production environments. The ideal candidate will have strong scripting skills and experience with CI/CD tools, as well as knowledge of Kubernetes and cloud technologies. This hybrid role offers extensive benefits and an opportunity to work in a collaborative tech environment.

Benefits

Occupational sick pay

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Contributory pension

Employee discounts

Health and wellbeing initiatives

25 days annual leave plus benefits

Qualifications

• Strong scripting ability in at least one programming language.
• Proficient in troubleshooting with an automation mindset.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling and branching strategies.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain platforms using hybrid cloud technologies.
• Manage and sync non-production environments with production.
• Monitor environments for health and reliability.
• Drive automation to reduce manual work.
• Document processes and maintain clear runbooks.

Skills

Scripting ability in Bash, Python, or PowerShell

Troubleshooting skills

Familiarity with CI/CD tooling

Clear communication skills

Ability to manage multiple environments

Understanding of Kubernetes concepts

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Helm

Azure DevOps

Job description

Role: Environments & Release Engineer

Location: We operate a hybrid schedule, meaning 2-3 days a week in the office based at Thorpe Park, Leeds.

Salary: DOE plus extensive benefits

Contract type: Permanent

Employment type: Full time

Working hours: We work on a core hours principle. Our core hours are 09:30 - 16:00; you can work around these to suit you!

Do you want to work for the nation’s largest online pharmacy ensuring excellence for all our patients? We’re a market leader in the pharmacy world, with 25 years’ experience, helping over 1.6 million patients in England manage their NHS prescriptions from request through to delivery. We are Great Place to Work certified as we consider colleague experience a top priority every day. Our people are fundamental to our success and ensuring we achieve our vision to be a world leading, patient‑centric digital healthcare provider. We are committed to continuing to develop a positive, open and honest working environment for all.

Our growing Tech team is looking for a technically astute Environments & Release Engineer. This role will take ownership of our non‑production environments, ensuring they remain healthy, consistent, and ready for change. You’ll keep lower environments aligned with Production through regular code and data copy‑backs, enabling development and testing teams to work with realistic, reliable datasets. This includes managing environment configurations and variables, ensuring they are secure, controlled, and traceable across the estate.

Beyond technical expertise, If you’re someone who thrives on collaboration, communicates clearly with both technical and non‑technical colleagues, and takes real ownership of their environments, then we would be keen to speak with you!

Our tech teams keep us running 24/7 to make sure all our patients get world class service. To support that, this role may include participation in an out‑of‑hours rota as required by the business. We operate fair scheduling process as well as additional compensation for all on call periods.

What’s in it for you?

• Occupational sick pay
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Contributory pension
• Discounted insurance (Aviva)
• Employee discount site
• Discounted gyms (via our blue light card and benefits schemes)
• Employee assistance programme
• In‑house mental health support
• Free onsite parking
• Health and wellbeing initiatives
• Social events throughout the year
• Cycle to work scheme
• Green car scheme* (subject to minimum earnings)
• Registration fees paid (GPhC, NMC, CIPD etc)
• Long service bonus
• Refer a friend bonus
• Blue light card
• Hybrid working
• Commitment to CPD/training
• 25 days annual leave increasing with service
• Annual leave buy and sell scheme
• Discounts & Exclusive offers at The Springs, Leeds
• 25% Discount & health & beauty purchases
• 25% Discount on Pharmacy2U Private Online Doctor Services

What you’ll be doing?

• Build and maintain robust, secure and scalable platforms in a hybrid cloud environment using technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform and Helm.
• Keep non‑production environments baselined and in sync with Production, including regular code and data copy‑backs.
• Manage environment configuration, variables and secrets in line with security and compliance standards.
• Support the sprint and release cycle by ensuring lower environments are up to date, available and fit for purpose ahead of test and release activities.
• Monitor environment health, reliability and performance, and proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact delivery.
• Spin up, configure and, where appropriate, decommission environments to support projects, test phases and experiments.
• Drive automation and tooling to reduce manual toil across Azure environments and CI/CD pipelines.
• Partner with Development, Architecture and Infrastructure teams to align infrastructure initiatives and promote standardisation and best practice.
• Create and maintain clear documentation, runbooks and environment diagrams to support repeatable, reliable operations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of our route‑to‑live processes, including feedback into release management, testing and observability.

Who are we looking for?

• Strong scripting ability in at least one language (e.g. Bash, Python, PowerShell).
• Strong troubleshooting skills with a logical, automation‑first mindset.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tooling (ideally Azure DevOps) and modern branching strategies (Git).
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills, including documentation.
• Ability to manage multiple environments and priorities in a structured, organised way.
• High‑level understanding of Kubernetes concepts (pods, deployments, services, ingress).

What happens next?

Please click apply and if we think you are a good match, we will be in touch to arrange an interview.

Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK.

All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.

Unsolicited agency applications will be treated as a gift.