Principal & Senior DevOps Engineers

JR United Kingdom; Colchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK is seeking Principal & Senior DevOps Engineers to join their team in Colchester. In this role, you will lead DevOps initiatives, mentor team members, and focus on building automated solutions while managing cloud services. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree and 6-8 years of experience in DevOps practices, including CI/CD solution design and cloud deployments. Competitive benefits include unlimited PTO and comprehensive medical insurance.

Benefits

Unlimited PTO

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Qualifications

• 6-8 years in DevOps, with expertise in CI/CD and cloud services.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and various monitoring tools.
• Proactive and detail-oriented with excellent communication.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead DevOps initiatives, mentoring junior team members.
• Build reusable, automated pipelines and eliminate manual deployment steps.
• Evaluate new tech and provide architectural guidance for improvements.

Skills

DevOps practices

CI/CD solution design

cloud computing

version control

Docker

proficient communication

Agile methodologies

monitoring tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

GitHub

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Artifactory

Docker

Packer

Linux

Windows

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Client:

Realtime Recruitment

Location:

colchester, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Views:

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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)