Lead DevOps Engineer

Peregrine; Derry/Londonderry; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading resourcing company in Northern Ireland is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to enhance their data collection platforms. You'll collaborate with a diverse team, contribute to technology improvements, and engage in mentoring junior engineers. Ideal candidates will have practical experience with GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Azure, alongside a security-first mindset and strong communication skills. This position comes with competitive benefits and opportunities for growth in a culturally diverse environment.

Benefits

Flexible solutions for resourcing needs

Professional development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Practical experience with GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Azure.
• Experience with PowerShell for automation.
• Strong communication skills and a willingness to mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to technology stack improvement, including cloud-hosted and traditional systems.
• Lead and mentor your team while collaborating with other teams.
• Document and present your work for team understanding.

Skills

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Azure

PowerShell

git for source control

automated testing

communication skills

clear documentation

security-first mindset

ability to manage a demanding workload

Tools

C#

SQL Server

Job description

Join us as a Lead DevOps Engineer at Peregrine Resourcing.

How Specialist Talent Works:

At Peregrine, we find the best talent for our clients. As a permanent employee of Peregrine, with access to all our standard benefits, you will be deployed across our portfolio of clients as a specialist consultant, working on a wide array of complex projects across multiple industries.

The Role: Lead DevOps Engineer

This is a lead role within the Data Collection Platforms team, responsible for the strategic data collection platform and other critical systems. We do not expect new joiners to have skills across our entire technology stack; we will support you to fill technical gaps.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the continual improvement of our technology stack, including cloud-hosted applications with IaC and CI/CD automation, as well as traditional VM-based on-premises systems.
• Lead, mentor, and collaborate with your immediate team and other Technology teams.
• Document and showcase your work to enable team understanding and support.

Skills & Experience:

• Practical experience with GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Azure.
• Practical experience with PowerShell.
• Experience with git for source control.
• Willing to mentor junior engineers.
• Open to experimentation and learning from failures.
• Security-first mindset.
• Experience with automated testing.
• Professionalism, organization, self-motivation, and desire for self-improvement.
• Ability to produce clear documentation.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to manage a demanding workload.

Desirable criteria:

• Experience deploying and configuring Windows systems in Azure using GitHub Actions and Terraform.
• Knowledge of SQL.
• Experience with Azure Monitoring.
• Development experience with C# and SQL Server.

About us:

We build lasting partnerships with clients, delivering flexible solutions for resourcing needs and helping develop workforce skills. We offer a range of benefits alongside your salary.

Our culture:

We embrace new ideas, value fast learning, and rely on openness and honesty. We aim to benefit society through our work, including fostering digital talent and social mobility.

Our commitment to diversity:

We champion diversity and inclusion through initiatives that promote social mobility and environmental responsibility. Our teams are culturally diverse, with over 20 nationalities, and we recruit from varied backgrounds. We partner with charities to improve our practices continually.