Hybrid Junior DevOps Engineer – Kubernetes & Terraform

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd. seeks a Junior DevOps Engineer for a 12-month contract in Manchester with hybrid working (2-3 days onsite).

The role focuses on Kubernetes/OpenShift engineering, Terraform-based infrastructure as code, and contributing to the internal developer platform to support product teams. You will help build delivery pipelines, implement observability, and assist with governance and security controls.

Qualifications

• A degree or equivalent in a technical subject, or demonstrable practical experience through projects, apprenticeships, bootcamps, internships or placements.
• Basic experience of Linux, Git and scripting in Bash or Python.
• Understanding of containers and Kubernetes concepts, through study, projects or work.
• Understanding of CI/CD and infrastructure as code concepts.

Responsibilities

• Carries out defined tasks on Kubernetes and OpenShift, such as namespace setup, deployments, resource quotas, upgrades and troubleshooting, following runbooks.
• Writes and updates Terraform modules and configurations, with peer review, and applies changes through the team's pipelines.
• Adds and maintains Backstage catalogue entries, software templates and docs, and helps product teams to use them.
• Builds and maintains stages of CI/CD pipelines, including build, test, security scanning, artefact management and deployment.
• Supports releases of core banking services, and checks that deployments work as expected.
• Writes scripts in Bash or Python to remove manual steps.
• Raises and updates tickets, and keeps documentation, handover notes and runbooks accurate.

Skills

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Linux

Git

Scripting (Bash or Python)

Education

Degree in a technical subject

Tools

Terraform

Backstage

CI/CD

Job description

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd. seeks a Junior DevOps Engineer for a 12-month contract in Manchester with hybrid working (2-3 days onsite).

The role focuses on Kubernetes/OpenShift engineering, Terraform-based infrastructure as code, and contributing to the internal developer platform to support product teams. You will help build delivery pipelines, implement observability, and assist with governance and security controls.