Lead DevOps Engineer

Assa Abloy Ab; Solihull Lodge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

Wellbeing support

Salary sacrifice pension

24 days leave

Job summary

ASSA ABLOY Biosite in Solihull is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to shape the DevOps practice and mentor the engineering team. You will own cloud platforms, automation, security, and platform reliability, collaborating with software and product teams to deliver scalable services.

You will drive architecture decisions across IaC, CI/CD, observability and cost management, ensuring secure-by-design principles and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Leads DevOps standards and architecture across cloud infrastructure.
• Drives automation, observability and platform security.
• Guides reliability, performance and cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction of the DevOps function.
• Define standards for cloud infrastructure, IaC and CI/CD.
• Mentor engineers and support recruitment and onboarding.
• Collaborate with software engineers, product teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps leadership

Linux administration

Security practices

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

AWS

Docker

Monitoring tools

Job description

Can you bring your DevOps leadership and cloud engineering expertise to our team at ASSA ABLOY Biosite? Join our team in Solihull and enjoy a collaborative culture that empowers you to build a career you can be proud of.

What you would do as our Lead DevOps Engineer Reporting to the Head of Software, you will play a key role in shaping and evolving our DevOps capability, leading both the technical direction of the function and the development of the engineers within it.

You will work closely with software engineering and product teams to build secure, scalable and reliable platforms that enable the delivery of innovative products and services. You will be responsible for defining DevOps standards, driving automation and operational excellence, and ensuring our cloud infrastructure, security practices and engineering tooling support the continued growth of the business.

You would also be responsable for:

• Leading the technical direction of the DevOps function, defining standards and architecture across cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, observability and platform security.
• Designing, delivering and continuously improving scalable, secure and cost-effective cloud platforms that support development, testing and production environments.
• Driving operational excellence through improved reliability, performance, security, governance, monitoring and cloud cost optimization.
• Providing technical leadership and mentorship to the DevOps team, supporting career development, promoting engineering best practices and contributing to recruitment and onboarding activities.
• Collaborating with software engineers, product teams and business stakeholders to deliver technical solutions, manage improvement initiatives and act as an escalation point for complex technical challenges.

The skills and experience you need

• Has strong hands-on experience designing and implementing cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, containerized platforms and modern DevOps toolchains.
• Has a deep technical background in DevOps, cloud operations and cloud security, with the ability to drive secure-by-design practices and operational maturity.
• Has strong Linux administration and troubleshooting experience within complex production environments.
• Experience leading, mentoring and developing engineers, with the ability to foster a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture.
• Experience delivering technical projects and platform improvements while working effectively with cross-functional engineering and product teams.

Nice to have

• Experience evaluating, developing or deploying AI-powered tools and solutions to improve engineering productivity, operational efficiency or platform capabilities.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools, Large Language Models (LLMs) and modern AI frameworks relevant to DevOps and platform engineering.

We’re passionate about providing amazing opportunities and benefits, so you can continue and progress a lifelong career with us – here’s what we have to offer:

What we offer

• Continous learning and career development opportunities to help you reach your full potential
• Comprehensive benefits package, including life assurance, wellbeing support and a salary sacrifice pension scheme
• 24 days leave, increasing with length of service.

We are building diverse, inclusive teams, and encourage applications from everyone who can see themselves working with us.

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access. As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences. #LI-WGIE