Global DataOps & DevOps Engineer

SKA Observatory; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa support

Relocation assistance

30 days annual leave + holidays

Generous pension

Job summary

SKA Observatory is looking for a skilled DevOps engineer to join the SRCNet Operations Group at the SKAO Global HQ in the UK. You will manage production web services, containerised deployments and data pipelines for the SRCNet data products.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in DevOps, a postgraduate science/ CS background, and hands-on experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitOps and cloud automation. The role requires cross‑time-zone collaboration and occasional travel.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years in a professional Software/DevOps engineering role.
• Postgraduate qualification in Astronomy, Physics, CS or related field.
• Proficiency in Python and modern CI/CD practices with GitOps workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own deployment and day-to-day operation of SRCNet services in production.
• Maintain Kubernetes platform layer, incidents and resolutions for stability.
• Plan upgrades of platform components and deployed services.
• Improve CI/CD and GitOps processes for reliable releases.

Skills

DevOps

Python

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitOps

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Education

Postgraduate degree in Astronomy/Physics/CS

Tools

Helm

ArgoCD

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

Elastic Stack

Docker

Job description

SKA Observatory is looking for a skilled DevOps engineer to join the SRCNet Operations Group at the SKAO Global HQ in the UK. You will manage production web services, containerised deployments and data pipelines for the SRCNet data products.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in DevOps, a postgraduate science/ CS background, and hands-on experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitOps and cloud automation. The role requires cross‑time-zone collaboration and occasional travel.