Lead DevOps Engineer

Aker Systems; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Company paid medical insurance andLife

Pension scheme

Annual training allowance

Wellbeing allowance

Virtual GP

Employee Assistance plan

Job summary

Aker Systems is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to shape secure cloud environments hosting data and real-time analytics for public and private sectors. You will drive automated deployments via CI/CD and IaC, mentor a team, and ensure reliable production support across Linux/Windows systems.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree or higher and 5+ years in DevOps, with strong experience in AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and automation scripting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher required.
• 5+ years' DevOps experience.
• Experience deploying and operating infrastructure on AWS and other clouds.
• Proficient with CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker in production.

Responsibilities

• Build, test and deploy cloud infrastructure and applications using CI/CD and IaC.
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks and scripts.
• Maintain environments for testing and production.
• Contribute to incident investigation and production support.
• Lead and mentor team members on key decisions.
• Document changes to modules and test activities/results.

Skills

Leadership

CI/CD

Automation

Mentoring

Cloud architectures

Security

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub/GitLab

RDS

Kafka

Python

Bash

Job description

As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will help lead the development and implementation of secure cloud environments hosting data and batch/real-time analytical platforms for public and private sector clients, leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies and techniques. This also involves building automated deployments using configuration management technology, deploying new modules, upgrades and fixes to test and production environments. You will:

• Build, test and deploy cloud-based infrastructure and applications using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code
• Contribute to the coding of custom test automation frameworks
• Perform script maintenance and updates due to changes in requirements or implementations
• Assist with setup/maintenance of environments for both manual and automated testing
• Assist in production support through the investigation and resolution of incidents
• Perform ongoing routine application maintenance tasks
• Assist in conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications
• Participate in the contingency planning, including reliable backup and restore procedures
• Document functions and changes to new or modified modules and test activities/results
• Mentoring and driving the team to deliver to the start our customer's require, At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion.
  The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree or greater. An equivalent of at least 5 plus years' of working experience in a DevOps capacity is also required for this position.

You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role:

• Commercial Experience in deploying and operating infrastructure (network, servers, services) and applications on AWS and other cloud environments
• Developing and operating using open source and commercial software within a cloud-centric environment
• Server build and administration, Linux and Windows
• GitHub/GitLab for source control and performing code reviews as part of the build and deployment cycle
• CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies, e.g. Terraform and Ansible
• Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks
• Experience of cloud orchestration and containerisation technologies, such as Kubernetes and Docker
• Knowledge of large-scale databases and distributed technologies, such as RDS
• Knowledge of distributed event streaming technologies, such as Kafka
• Write/maintain automation script using Bash/Shell or python scripting languages
• Experience of mentoring and leading people around you and taking point on key decisions

Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations.

In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work., Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.

• competitive salary
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• company paid medical insurance and life assurance
• pension scheme
• annual training allowance
• wellbeing allowance
• virtual GP
• Employee Assistance plan
• more