Lead DevOps & Automation Engineer

Sopra Steria Limited; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sopra Steria Limited is seeking a Lead DevOps & Automation Engineer in the United Kingdom to own DevOps and automation capabilities. You will lead a team, shape ways of working, and drive innovation across secure, enterprise-scale environments while mentoring others.

You will use tools like Ansible, Terraform, GitLab and Kubernetes to deliver end-to-end automation and CI/CD pipelines, in a flexible working setup that supports work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Strong DevOps and automation background with hands-on experience in enterprise environments.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor teams, drive best practices, and deliver automation initiatives end-to-end.
• Experience across on-prem, hybrid and multi-cloud environments with emphasis on security and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of DevOps engineers; shape ways of working and foster growth.
• Design and implement automation and IaC solutions across the account.
• Develop services and configurations supporting an infrastructure as code strategy.
• Provide technical support and mentoring during project phases; resolve faults.
• Support pre-sales by understanding client problems and defining technical requirements.

Skills

DevOps leadership

Automation

Ansible

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Networking TCP/IP

Tools

GitLab

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

We are looking for a Lead DevOps & Automation Engineer to take ownership of all aspects of our DevOps and Automation capabilities. You will lead a team, shape ways of working, and play a key role in driving innovation and continuous improvement. With a strong focus on automation, infrastructure as code and best practice, this role offers the opportunity to work across secure, enterprise-scale environments while supporting the growth and development of others. What you'll be doing:

• Leading a transformative team to build, develop and embed DevOps practices and ways of working.
• Leading a team of DevOps Engineers, supporting their growth and helping build their skills and competencies.
• Designing and implementing solutions that leverage DevOps and automation capabilities across the account.
• Developing services, scripts and or configurations that support an infrastructure as code strategy.
• Provide technical support, mentoring and fault resolution during project phases.
• Support our sales teams in a pre-sales function to understand user problems and assist with the definition of technical requirements and potential opportunities.

What you'll bring:

• Has strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure, automation pipelines, and systems integration.
• Has proactive approach to identifying risks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
• Can take end-to-end ownership of automation initiatives from concept to delivery.
• Production experience working with primarily Microsoft but also Linux technologies across secure and highly available enterprise scale environments.
• Strong working knowledge and hands-on experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform etc.
• Competent with multiple scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, Python. Strong working knowledge of Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code (Iac). Including supporting tooling such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Experience supporting the design of complex systems and contributing to high quality design documentation.
• Experience building Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. Along with supporting tooling such as GitLab.
• Experience using container technologies like Kubernetes or Tanzu.
• Working knowledge of Network Security and TCP/IP networking.
• On-Prem, Hybrid and multi-cloud experience Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.