Senior DevOps Engineer

Experis; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead OpenShift IaC and Azure automation in Derby, with hybrid work (2 days onsite) for Oct 2026 to May 2027.

You will own governance, design secure platform automation, and drive CI/CD pipelines across OpenShift, Kubernetes, and Azure. Several enterprise-scale initiatives require robust automation and observability expertise.

BPSS is required to start; SC clearance can be processed during onboarding. Competitive market rates offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in Azure environments and OpenShift platforms.
• Proven IaC development and automation expertise.
• Strong Kubernetes/OpenShift troubleshooting and secure delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead OpenShift IaC development and automation initiatives.
• Design and implement Azure platform automation solutions.
• Develop and maintain reusable deployment patterns and standards.
• Own technical governance and best practices across the DevOps function.
• Drive OpenShift architecture, platform automation, and infrastructure delivery.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment orchestration.
• Support Kubernetes and OpenShift platform troubleshooting and optimisation.
• Deliver secure and compliant infrastructure solutions.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability tooling across environments.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and delivery teams to improve deployment efficiency and platform reliability.
• Champion automation-first approaches to infrastructure and application deployment.

Skills

Azure administration

ARO/OpenShift

IaC development

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Security practices

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

OpenShift Container Platform

Job description

Senior DevOps Engineer Location: Derby (Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite) Contract Length: October 2026 - May 2027 Security Clearance: BPSS required to start. SC Clearance can be processed concurrently during onboarding. Rate: Competitive Market Rates

Key Responsibilities

• Lead OpenShift Infrastructure as Code (IaC) development and automation initiatives.
• Design and implement Azure platform automation solutions.
• Develop and maintain reusable deployment patterns and standards.
• Own technical governance and best practices across the DevOps function.
• Drive OpenShift architecture, platform automation, and infrastructure delivery.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment orchestration.
• Support Kubernetes and OpenShift platform troubleshooting and optimisation.
• Deliver secure and compliant infrastructure solutions.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability tooling across environments.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and delivery teams to improve deployment efficiency and platform reliability.
• Champion automation-first approaches to infrastructure and application deployment.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong experience administering Microsoft Azure environments.
• Extensive experience with Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) and/or OpenShift Container Platform .
• Proven expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) development.
• Strong Kubernetes and OpenShift troubleshooting skills.
• Experience designing and maintaining enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines .
• Strong understanding of cloud security and secure delivery practices.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
• Ability to define technical standards, governance, and reusable deployment frameworks.
• Experience working within large-scale enterprise transformation programmes.

Desirable Skills

• Experience within highly regulated environments.
• Knowledge of enterprise asset management platforms such as Maximo .
• Experience supporting international deployments and multi-region cloud environments.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps principles and tooling.
• Previous experience working within engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, or defence sectors.

Technologies

• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO)
• OpenShift Container Platform
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps
• CI/CD Tooling
• Monitoring & Logging Solutions
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• DevSecOps Tooling