Lead DevOps Engineer

Collinson Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Collinson Group is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to own the end-to-end reliability and security of a modern AWS platform at scale. You will oversee multi-region deployments, incident response, and cost optimization while guiding a growing team of engineers.

You will drive IaC and CI/CD standards using Terraform, Terragrunt and ArgoCD, and champion AI-assisted operations across CI/CD and runbooks. A strong emphasis on security, compliance and observability is required.

Qualifications

• Experience building and operating large-scale AWS platforms.
• Track record of end-to-end DevOps ownership and multi-region deployments.
• Strong CI/CD automation and fast, secure release cycles.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end reliability, stability, performance, security posture and resilience of production platform.
• Enforce platform SLAs across availability, security posture and resilience, define incident response standards.
• Run and maintain multi-region, zero-downtime platform with deployment strategies and failover patterns.
• Own platform security controls including networking, IAM, KMS, secrets management, vulnerability management and compliance.
• Drive disaster recovery strategy, automation, execution and continuous improvement.
• Lead cost visibility, rightsizing, tagging and architecture decisions for TCO.
• Set and maintain Infra as Code and CI/CD standards using Terraform and Terragrunt.
• Own observability strategy using Datadog with SLO/SLA dashboards and alerting.
• Lead DevOps engineers through design reviews, mentoring and development.
• Lead adoption of AI-assisted operations across CI/CD, runbook automation and tooling.

Skills

AWS at scale

CI/CD automation

Python

Bash

Terraform

Terragrunt

ArgoCD

Istio

Kubernetes

Security & compliance

Datadog

GitHub Actions

Tools

Terraform

Terragrunt

ArgoCD

Istio

Ansible

Helm

GitHub Actions

Datadog

CrowdStrike

Rapid7

Kubernetes

Job description

Salary: £47,000 - 87,000 per year

Requirements:

• We have deep expertise with AWS at scale, including EKS (Automode), Lambda, EC2, RDS/Aurora, multi-region networking, and security services such as IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, SCPs, Security Hub, and GuardDuty.
• We have proven ownership of a production-grade EKS platform with zero-downtime deployments, including ArgoCD, Istio, blue/green, and canary strategies.
• We are Terraform experts who have set IaC standards for a team.
• We have strong CI/CD expertise, with a focus on automating fast, secure, seamless deployments and improving developer experience.
• We have experience embedding AI into SDLC workflows.
• We have hands-on disaster recovery experience, including automated backup, multi-region or multi-AZ failover, AWS FIS testing, and formal DR exercises with defined RTO/RPO targets.
• We are familiar with working in compliant environments and are comfortable with security audits, risk conversations, and tools such as CrowdStrike, Rapid7, and SIEM/SOC platforms.
• We have observability ownership experience with Datadog or equivalent, including defining SLOs, dashboards, and alerting culture.
• We have experience leading or mentoring a DevOps team and growing engineers.
• We are comfortable with Python, Bash, Ansible, Helm, and GitHub Actions.

Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end reliability, stability, performance, security posture, and resilience of our production platform.
• Enforce platform SLAs across availability, security posture, and resilience, and define incident response standards.
• Run and maintain our multi-region, zero-downtime platform, including deployment strategies, traffic management, and failover patterns.
• Own our platform security controls end to end, including networking, IAM, KMS, secrets management, vulnerability management, and compliance.
• Participate in disaster recovery strategy, automation, execution, and continuous improvement.
• Drive our platform total cost of ownership strategy, including cost visibility, rightsizing, tagging, and architecture decisions.
• Set and maintain our Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD standards using Terraform and Terragrunt.
• Own our observability strategy using Datadog, including SLO/SLA dashboards, alerting thresholds, runbooks, and feedback loops.
• Lead and grow our DevOps engineers through technical direction, design reviews, mentoring, and development.
• Lead our adoption of AI-assisted operations across CI/CD, runbook automation, incident response, and developer tooling.

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• Lambda
• Ansible
• ArgoCD
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Datadog
• DevOps
• EC2
• GitHub
• Helm
• IAM
• Istio
• Network
• Python
• Security
• Terraform
• Cloud
• API
• Architect
• Firewall
• Support
• Kubernetes
• LESS
• Serverless
• WAF

More:

We are Collinson, a global privately owned company helping the world travel with ease and confidence. We provide airport experiences, loyalty and customer engagement, and insurance solutions to over 400 million consumers, and we operate Priority Pass, the worlds leading airport experiences programme. Our network includes 1,500+ lounges and travel experiences across more than 650 airports in 148 countries, and we work with leading payment networks, banks, airlines, and hotel groups worldwide. We have a strong culture of innovation, purpose-driven impact, and continuous improvement, supported by a diverse global team of over 2,200 colleagues. We are hiring a Lead DevOps Engineer for a hands-on leadership role focused on a modern AWS platform at scale, and we are committed to an inclusive workplace, strong values, and meaningful work.

last updated 36 week of 2026