Lead DevOps Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative software company is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to spearhead their R&D efforts and enhance their SaaS product deployment. In this pivotal role, you will lead a dedicated team to foster a culture of cloud excellence, automate workflows, and implement robust CI/CD processes. This position is ideal for a proactive individual with a strong AWS background who is passionate about mentoring others and driving efficiency across the software delivery lifecycle. Join a forward-thinking organization and make a significant impact on their development processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in a lead DevOps role with AWS Certification.
• Strong experience in CI/CD pipeline design and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team to enhance collaboration and automate workflows.
• Design, build, and maintain solutions for improved developer experience.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Team Leadership

Automation

Mentoring

Education

Degree in Software Engineering

Tools

CircleCI

Jenkins

Travis CI

GitHub Actions

Job description

Job Description

Lead DevOps Engineer - AWS

Remote

£90,000

My client, a leading software company is looking to hire an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer to support their R&D department as well as the deployment and maintenance of their SaaS product. Leading a small team, you will be responsible for Developer Experience systems, enhancing collaboration, automating workflows and accelerate delivery cycles whilst fostering a culture of cloud excellence. You will also design, build and maintain solutions, reviewing the current environment, and improve my clients build systems for automated building and publishing of their products. This is an opportunity to take ownership of DevOps within development teams, champion best practices, and drive a culture of automation and efficiency across the software delivery life cycle. You will be helping them implement a strong CI/CD process for a fully automated release process.

The ideal candidate will possess a degree in software engineering or related disciplines, offer several years’ experience in a similar 'lead’ DevOps role with an AWS Certification in one or more disciplines, especially related to DevOps or Cloud architecture. You must also possess strong experience in designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as CircleCI, Jenkins, Travis CI, GitHub Actions, or similar. You will also have previous experience managing direct reports with a focus on mentoring and coaching team members for career development.

This role requires an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer, with previous and proven work experience in a similar role alongside the AWS technical skills needed to design, build and maintain solutions to improve the developer experience.