Senior DevOps Engineer

IBM Computing; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in the UK seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead DevOps efforts, guide junior engineers, and streamline software delivery pipelines. The ideal candidate has proven experience in CI/CD pipeline development, strong scripting skills, and exposure to cloud platforms. The role emphasizes automation using modern DevOps tools. The company fosters professional development and a culture of diversity and inclusion, offering extensive benefits including training and flexible work options.

Benefits

Training opportunities

Promotion opportunities

Work-life balance support

Health insurance

Pension plan

25 days holiday

Qualifications

• Proven experience in DevOps practices and CI/CD pipeline development.
• Strong scripting and programming skills (e.g., Bash, Python, PowerShell).
• Exposure to containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Excellent knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Experience with detecting and resolving security vulnerabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead smaller projects and guide junior engineers in DevOps practices.
• Automate and streamline software delivery pipelines using modern tools.
• Set up and maintain monitoring and alerting tools.
• Manage log aggregation and monitoring tools effectively.
• Implement CI/CD processes and ensure security best practices.

Skills

DevOps practices

CI/CD pipeline development

Scripting skills (Bash, Python, PowerShell)

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

Version control systems (Git)

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Splunk

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

CircleCI

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Job description

Introduction

At IBM CIC, we provide technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients in the UK.

A career in IBM CIC means you'll have the opportunity to work with leading professionals across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. You will get the chance to deliver effective solutions, driving meaningful business change for our clients, using some of the latest technology platforms.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success here. You'll be encouraged and supported to constantly reinvent yourself, focusing on skills in demand in an ever changing market. You'll be working with diverse teams, coming up with creative solutions which impact a wide network of clients, who may be at their site or one of our CIC or IBM locations. Our culture of evolution centres on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

We offer:

• Many training opportunities from classroom to e-learning, mentoring and coaching programs and the chance to gain industry recognized certifications
• Regular and frequent promotion opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us
• Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year
• Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks
• A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome
• Internal recognition programs for peer‑to‑peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees
• Tools and policies to support your work‑life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.

Your role and responsibilities

We're seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to significantly contribute to our DevOps efforts. In this role, you'll lead smaller projects, guide junior engineers, and shape our technical direction in DevOps practices. You will also actively participate in the entire DevOps lifecycle, focusing on automating and streamlining software delivery pipelines using modern DevOps tools and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Working with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Setting up and maintaining monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios).
• Managing log management and aggregation tools (e.g., ELK Stack, Splunk).
• Understand and implement security best practices in accordance with DevOps principles.
• Implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) processes.

Required technical and professional expertise

• Proven experience in DevOps practices and CI/CD pipeline development.
• Strong scripting and programming skills (e.g., Bash, Python, PowerShell).
• Exposure to containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Excellent knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Experience with detecting and resolving security vulnerabilities

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI).
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, ELK Stack, Datadog).
• Passion for continuous learning and professional development.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.