Principal & Senior DevOps Engineers

JR United Kingdom; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Birmingham is seeking Principal & Senior DevOps Engineers to establish and scale DevOps initiatives. The successful candidate will lead, mentor, and drive CI/CD and best practices while managing production systems in a dynamic environment. This role offers an opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and offers benefits such as unlimited PTO and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Unlimited PTO

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Income Protection (75% of salary)

Qualifications

• 6-8 years in DevOps practices, including CI/CD solution design and cloud computing.
• Proficient in Docker and Packer.
• Experience with Linux/Windows operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead DevOps initiatives, mentoring junior team members.
• Build, release, and configure production systems, troubleshooting across platforms.
• Evaluate new technologies and provide architectural guidance for improvements.

Skills

CI/CD

DevOps tool expertise

Cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Version control (GitHub/GitLab)

Docker

Agile methodologies

Detail-oriented

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Artifactory

Elastic

Splunk

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Client:

Realtime Recruitment

Location:

birmingham, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

26.06.2025

Expiry Date:

10.08.2025

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Job Description:

As a player-coach, you will establish, scale, and lead our DevOps initiatives, mentoring junior & mid level team members and driving the adoption of best practices. You'll provide CI/CD and DevOps tool expertise to development teams, focusing on building reusable, automated pipelines with integrated quality and security.

You'll be instrumental in eliminating manual steps in application build and deployment, advocating for a "push-button deploy" vision. This includes guiding technical teams on operational best practices and understanding product development requirements to integrate DevOps principles.

A strong understanding of cloud services (AWS, Azure or GCP) for large-scale production deployments is essential. You'll be responsible for building, releasing, and configuring production systems, troubleshooting issues across platforms, and staying current with new technologies. This role also involves evaluating new tech, ensuring system security, documenting processes, and providing architectural guidance for DevOps improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 6 - 8 years in DevOps practices, including CI/CD solution design and cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Expertise in version control (GitHub/GitLab) and build/release tools (e.g., Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Artifactory).
• Proficient in Docker and Packer.
• Familiarity with cloud architecture, networking, and build management tools (Nuget, Maven).
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Jira), monitoring tools (Elastic/Splunk), and Linux/Windows operating systems.
• A proactive, self-motivated, and detail-oriented individual with excellent communication skills.
• Unlimited PTO
• Private Medical Insurance, including optical and dental, for the employee (assuming UK residency)
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Income Protection (75% of salary until state retirement age)