Lead DevOps Engineer

N-able; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity company is seeking a Staff DevOps Engineer to join their operations team in Edinburgh. This hybrid role involves defining and improving processes, promoting standards, and guiding the implementation of DevOps practices within the team. Candidates should have a positive mindset, extensive experience in SaaS products, and expertise in cloud platforms like AWS or Azure. The position offers attractive benefits including medical coverage and generous PTO.

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Generous PTO and observed holidays

2 Paid VoluNteer Days per year

Employee Stock Purchase Program

FuN‑raising opportunities

Custom learning experience

Qualifications

• Proven track record designing high-availability SaaS products.
• Practical understanding of enterprise build and deployment architectures.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and secrets management tools.

Responsibilities

• Define and improve processes for efficiency and security.
• Promote common standards across products.
• Develop prototypes for technical solutions.

Skills

Agile development methodologies

High-availability SaaS products

Enterprise build and deployment architectures

REST, SOA, Microservices

CI/CD best practices

Message Queue Systems (Rabbit MQ, Kafka)

NoSQL Solutions (Cassandra, Amazon DynamoDB, Elasticsearch)

Programming (ECMAScript, Java, Go, C#, C++)

AWS and Kubernetes

Asymmetric and symmetric cryptography

Tools

HashiCorp Vault

AWS Secrets Server

Job description

Why N‑able

At N‑able, we’re not just helping businesses be secure —we’re redefining what it means to be cyber resilient. Our end‑to‑end platform blends AI‑powered capabilities and flexible tech stacks, so customers can manage, secure, and recover with confidence. But the real power behind it all? Our people. We’re a global crew of N‑ablites, who love solving complex problems, sharing knowledge, and delivering solutions that actually make a difference. If you're into meaningful work, fast growth, and a team that’s got your back, you’ll besurrounded by people who believe in what they do—and in you.

We are looking to hire a Staff DevOps Engineer to join the operations Engineering Architecture team based in our Edinburgh. The role is hybrid requiring 2 days a week in the brand new top floor office in Edinburgh.

What You’ll Do

• Define, refine, automate, and improve our processes so that as a company we’re more efficient, effective, safe, and secure
• Define, refine, implement, and promote common standards across our products so that as a company we’re more efficient, effective, safe, and secure
• Develop prototypes to evaluate technical solutions
• Perform research necessary to solve complicated technical issues
• Be a champion for technology and innovation within N‑able, as well as the wider community
• Work directly with DevOps and Engineering teams guiding implementation to DevOps process and standards

What You’ll Bring

• Positive and solution‑oriented mindset coupled with a proven track record designing and overseeing the implementation of high‑availability, high volume SaaS products, Knowledge of Agile development methodologies
• Practical understanding and application of enterprise build and deployment architectures and patterns
• Understand the pros and cons of various architectural approaches to building software, understanding of REST, SOA and Microservices and the challenges imposed by each of these architecture patterns
• Familiarity with best practices of CI/CD, Secrets management such as HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Server
• Message Queue Systems (Rabbit MQ, Kafka) and other Integration Patterns, NoSQL Solutions (Cassandra, Amazon DynamoDB, Elasticsearch)
• Expert knowledge of programming in at least one of ECMAScript, Java, Go, C#, or C++. and of Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure platforms
• Hands‑on experience with AWS and Kubernetes designing Cloud Native applications, Understanding of asymmetric and symmetric cryptography

Purple Perks

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Generous PTO and observed holidays
• 2 Paid VoluNteer Days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• FuN‑raising opportunities as part of our giving program
• N‑ablite Learning – custom learning experience as part of our investment in you
• The Way We Work – our hybrid working model based on trust and flexibility

About N‑able

At N‑able, our mission is to protect businesses against evolving cyberthreats with an end‑to‑end cyber resilience platform to manage, secure, and recover. Our scalable technology infrastructure includes AI‑powered capabilities, market‑leading third‑party integrations, and the flexibility to employ technologies of choice—to transform workflows and deliver critical security outcomes. Our partner‑first approach combines our products with experts, training, and peer‑led events that empower our customers to be secure, resilient, and successful.

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