Junior DevOps Engineer — Hybrid in Manchester

Arm; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Arm is seeking a Junior DevOps Engineer to join our Manchester team on a 12-month contract inside IR35. Hybrid working requires 2-3 days onsite to support Kubernetes and OpenShift operations in a banking environment.

You will contribute to infrastructure as code, manage Terraform configurations, and help build internal platforms and CI/CD pipelines, while learning from senior engineers and following defined runbooks.

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.
• Clear communication and a willingness to ask for help early.

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

Terraform

CI/CD

Bash

Python

Linux

Git

Scripting

Communication

Education

Degree or equivalent in a technical subject

Tools

Backstage

Terraform

Job description

Arm is seeking a Junior DevOps Engineer to join our Manchester team on a 12-month contract inside IR35. Hybrid working requires 2-3 days onsite to support Kubernetes and OpenShift operations in a banking environment.

You will contribute to infrastructure as code, manage Terraform configurations, and help build internal platforms and CI/CD pipelines, while learning from senior engineers and following defined runbooks.