Lead DevOps Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Colchester; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Une entreprise technologique dynamique recherche un Lead DevOps Engineer pour diriger une équipe dans l'entretien d'un environnement cloud évolutif. Le candidat idéal jouera un rôle clé dans l'amélioration des pratiques DevOps, tout en collaborant avec des équipes de développement et de sécurité pour assurer la robustesse et la sécurité des systèmes.

Benefits

Private health coverage

Wellness support including gym discounts

Long-term incentive scheme participation

Qualifications

• Expérience en leadership DevOps dans un environnement dynamique.
• Expertise forte en services AWS, notamment networking, EC2, RDS, S3.
• Capacité à gérer des systèmes de production et à résoudre des incidents.

Responsibilities

• Fournir un leadership technique tout en participant à des travaux d'ingénierie.
• Gérer et optimiser l'infrastructure AWS avec Kubernetes et Terraform.
• Surveiller les processus CI/CD et soutenir plusieurs releases par jour.

Skills

Technical leadership

AWS services

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD processes

Job description

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Enso Recruitment is partnering with a leading technology-driven organisation to find a talented Lead DevOps Engineer. This role offers the chance to take a hands-on leadership position within a collaborative team responsible for maintaining and evolving a highly available, scalable cloud environment.

The successful candidate will play a key role in guiding DevOps practices, supporting rapid deployment cycles, and driving infrastructure improvements across a growing SaaS platform with a global reach.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to the DevOps function while remaining actively involved in hands-on engineering work.
• Manage and optimise AWS-based infrastructure with tools like Kubernetes and Terraform.
• Partner with development, product, and security teams to deliver robust, secure, and scalable systems.
• Oversee CI/CD processes and support multiple daily releases with minimal disruption.
• Shape infrastructure strategy, influencing best practices and architectural decisions.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience leading DevOps efforts or teams in a dynamic, fast-paced setting.
• Strong expertise in AWS services including networking, IAM, EC2, RDS, S3, and container orchestration with EKS.
• Demonstrated ability to manage production systems, resolve incidents, and implement effective change controls.
• A pragmatic approach to balancing technical, security, and operational priorities.

Bonus Skills (Nice to Have)

• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code using Terraform.
• Experience setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with observability tools and techniques.
• Fully remote role or hybrid option from Belfast.
• Long-term incentive scheme participation.
• Private health coverage, including critical illness and life insurance.
• Wellness support including gym discounts and other benefits.