Principal & Senior DevOps Engineers

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

Job summary

A leading company in the UK is seeking Principal & Senior DevOps Engineers to establish and lead DevOps initiatives in Luton. The role involves mentoring junior team members, managing CI/CD tool expertise, and advocating best practices while leveraging cloud technologies. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree, extensive experience in DevOps practices, and familiarity with tools like Jenkins and Docker, along with excellent communication skills. Benefits include unlimited PTO and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Unlimited PTO

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance (4x salary)

Income Protection (75% of salary until state retirement age)

Qualifications

• 6 - 8 years in DevOps practices.
• Strong understanding of cloud services (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Proficient in Docker and Packer.

Responsibilities

• Establish, scale, and lead DevOps initiatives.
• Build, release, and configure production systems.
• Guide technical teams on operational best practices.

Skills

DevOps practices

CI/CD solution design

version control (GitHub/GitLab)

Docker

Agile methodologies

Linux/Windows

communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Artifactory

Job description

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Principal & Senior DevOps Engineers, Luton, Bedfordshire

Client: Realtime Recruitment

Location:

Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

4

Posted:

26.06.2025

Expiry Date:

10.08.2025

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)