Head, DevOps (hands-on)

LinuxRecruit; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity startup seeks a DevOps lead to optimize AWS cloud infrastructure and drive team performance. The role entails managing a small team, overseeing CI/CD processes, and fostering innovation within the organization. Candidates should have strong leadership qualities and hands-on experience in cloud technologies and DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• Experience managing DevOps teams and practices in a leadership role is ideal.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes required.
• Strong communication skills and a passion for industry trends are essential.

Responsibilities

• Optimizing cloud infrastructure on AWS for security and performance.
• Leading a DevOps team to design CI/CD pipelines and automate workflows.
• Championing best practices and ensuring system stability for 24/7 availability.

Skills

Leadership

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Automation

Job description

Right hand to the CTO in a thriving Cybersecurity start-up…

… Some would say it doesn’t get better than that when it comes to DevOps.

A fast-paced environment where you have ownership of strategy, road-mapping, and driving innovation while having a hand in engineering as and when you’re needed.

Your team will develop and maintain everything infrastructure, automation, and DevOps, ensuring seamless integration, reliability, and scalability across platforms. Additionally, you’ll shape technology planning, build scalable environments and creating strategy to empower your team in deploying new features swiftly.

Your responsibilities include optimizing cloud infrastructure on AWS to ensure high performance, security, and cost-effectiveness. You’ll lead a small team of DevOps engineers, designing advanced CI/CD pipelines, automating workflows, and championing best practices. By fostering innovation with tools like Terraform and Kubernetes, you’ll maintain system stability and proactively address issues to ensure 24/7 availability.

You’ll be coming from a leadership role ideally with experience managing DevOps practices/teams. You should have hands-on experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code tools, and CI/CD systems like Jenkins and GitHub Actions. Strong leadership skills, excellent communication, and a passion for staying updated with industry trends are essential for aligning our DevOps practices with company objectives.

If you’re looking to be part of a journey, have a real impact at both technical and C-levels, and shape a start-up which is already making waves in its industry, let’s chat!