Lead DevOps Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global business is seeking a hands-on Lead DevOps Engineer in Leeds to build and grow a small team. This role involves influencing technical direction, modernising infrastructure, and mentoring talent in a fast-paced, agile environment. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits, including hybrid working and opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus scheme

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Healthcare and wellbeing support

Career growth in a global tech environment

Exposure to cutting-edge tools and practices

Qualifications

• Proven technical and leadership experience required.
• Cloud expertise with any provider (GCP, AWS, Azure).

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of scalable CI/CD pipelines.
• Mentor and lead a small team of engineers.
• Drive platform modernisation.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud expertise

Scripting

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Lead DevOps Engineer
Location: Leeds/Hybrid, c. once per month
Salary: £75,000 - £90,000 + bonus + benefits

Why Apply?

Fruition are partnering with a truly Global business who are expanding on their services and operations and looking to expand their DevOps team and bring in a hands-on Lead DevOps Engineer in Leeds to build and grow out a small team. This permanent opportunity sits within a high-performing technology function, driving excellence across DevOps. You'll influence technical direction, modernise infrastructure, and mentor engineering talent in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Lead DevOps Engineer Responsibilities

• Lead the design of scalable CI/CD pipelines
• Drive platform modernisation
• Mentor and lead a small team of engineers
• Align DevOps capabilities with the wider business
• Champion DevEx, reliability, and security
• Embed operational excellence and incident response
• Promote observability and performance optimisation

Lead DevOps Engineer Requirements

• Proven technical and some leader/mentoring experience
• Cloud- expertise (any cloud provider is fine: GCP, AWS or Azure)
• Knowledge of GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible
• Experience in Kubernetes, Docker, SRE and IaC principles
• Monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana etc
• Any Scripting experience will be a bonus

What's in it for me?

• Competitive salary up to £90k + bonus
• Hybrid working (1 day onsite per month)
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Healthcare and wellbeing support
• Career growth in a global tech environment
• Opportunities to shape modern platform strategy
• Exposure to cutting-edge tools and practices
• A collaborative, agile and learning-focused culture

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their , , , /belief, or .