Lead DevOps Engineer

Enso Recruitment; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology-driven organisation is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to join their collaborative team. This role focuses on maintaining and evolving a cloud environment, guiding DevOps practices, and driving infrastructure improvements within a scalable SaaS platform. Candidates should bring a solid background in AWS, strong leadership skills, and a pragmatic approach to technical challenges, all while enjoying a flexible working arrangement with competitive benefits.

Benefits

Private health coverage

Long-term incentive scheme

Wellness support

Qualifications

• Experience leading DevOps efforts in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong expertise in AWS services including EC2, RDS, S3.
• Ability to manage production systems and resolve incidents.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership while involved in hands-on engineering work.
• Manage AWS-based infrastructure using Kubernetes and Terraform.
• Oversee CI/CD processes and support multiple daily releases.

Skills

Leadership

AWS services

Technical problem-solving

Infrastructure management

DevOps practices

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Media

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