Lead DevOps Engineer - Hybrid, Platform Transformation

Reed Technology; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined Benefit Pension scheme with 28

Pluralsight access

Microsoft ESI training suite

Hybrid working model

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Reed Technology in Newport is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to lead a Platform Engineering group during a digital transformation. You will mentor 3-4 engineers, own DevOps practices, and ensure fast, reliable software delivery while maintaining stability.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong CI/CD, IaC, and Azure experience, with a hybrid onsite pattern (Wed and last Tuesday monthly). A dynamic, growing civil-service-aligned team awaits.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of DevOps principles and iterative development.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines design and administration (Azure DevOps preferred).
• IaC experience with OpenTofu or Terraform.
• Cloud deployment and management on Microsoft Azure.
• Proficiency in Python, C#, Next.js/Node and scripting.
• Docker and AKS containerisation experience.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership, guiding and mentoring DevOps engineers.
• Lead knowledge sharing and promote best practices within the team.
• Act as a technical product owner when applicable for product lines.
• Manage line duties for 3-4 DevOps engineers and lead project teams.
• Produce and assure DevOps designs with justification of decisions.
• Provide deep DevOps expertise across the software delivery lifecycle.
• Contribute to the DevOps Community of Practice and uplift team capabilities.
• Analyse impact of technical choices on business processes and align with strategy.
• Mentor DevOps engineers to support their development and decision-making.
• Develop, implement and manage DevOps practices across the department.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Azure DevOps Pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform/OpenTofu

Microsoft Azure

Python

C#/.NET Core

Next.js/Node

Docker

AKS

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Docker

AKS

Terraform

OpenTofu

Azure DevOps

Job description

Reed Technology in Newport is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to lead a Platform Engineering group during a digital transformation. You will mentor 3-4 engineers, own DevOps practices, and ensure fast, reliable software delivery while maintaining stability.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong CI/CD, IaC, and Azure experience, with a hybrid onsite pattern (Wed and last Tuesday monthly). A dynamic, growing civil-service-aligned team awaits.