Senior DevOps Engineer

Deerfoot IT Resources Limited; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension with employer contribution

Private healthcare

Generous holiday allowance

Hybrid working

Job summary

Deerfoot IT Resources Limited in Oxfordshire is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to own the cloud infrastructure strategy and implementation. You will design secure multi‑account AWS environments defined as code, manage container platforms with GitOps deployments, and drive security reviews across the estate.

Hybrid role (2 days in the office) with a competitive salary (£85,000–£110,000 DOE) and benefits including pension, private healthcare and generous holidays.

Qualifications

• Strong DevOps or SRE background with hands-on AWS experience.
• Deep Kubernetes experience, including on-premises clusters.
• Experience with Helm, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines and GitOps tooling, with Docker and Linux.
• Scripting in Bash and Python or Go, and security testing integrated into pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and run secure multi-account AWS environments defined entirely as code.
• Manage container platforms in the cloud and on-premises with automated GitOps deployments.
• Lead security reviews and hardening across the estate.
• Own monitoring, alerting and resilience, including backups and recovery testing.
• Keep cloud spend under control and support compliance audits.
• Handle incidents and coach developers on secure delivery.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Tools

Docker

Helm

Job description

Senior DevOps Engineer

AWS / Kubernetes / Terraform / CI/CD / Infrastructure as Code

Oxfordshire (Hybrid - 2 days a week in the office)

£85,000 - £110,000 DOE

Want to be the senior voice on infrastructure, with real say over how software reaches production?

This Senior DevOps Engineer role is with a growing UK technology company building AI-led products for customers who work in high-stakes sectors. You'll be the most experienced platform engineer in a small team, with direct influence over the tools, standards and priorities the engineering group works to.

It's a permanent role in Oxfordshire, hybrid, with 2 days a week in the office.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing and running secure multi-account AWS environments, defined entirely as code
• Managing container platforms in the cloud and on-premises, with automated GitOps‑style deployments
• Leading security reviews and hardening across the estate
• Owning monitoring, alerting and resilience, including regular backup and recovery testing
• Keeping cloud spend and capacity under control, and supporting compliance audits
• Handling incidents and coaching developers on secure delivery

• A strong DevOps or SRE background, with recent hands‑on AWS experience
• Deep Kubernetes experience, ideally including on‑premises clusters, plus Helm Terraform, CI/CD pipelines and GitOps tooling, with Docker and Linux
• Experience managing artifact repositories and integrating single sign‑on
• Scripting in Bash and Python or Go, and security testing built into pipelinesDesirable: MLOps experience, Prometheus‑style observability, security frameworks such as ISO 27001, active SC clearance

What’s On Offer

• Pension with employer contribution
• Private healthcare
• Generous holiday allowance
• Hybrid working, 2 days a week in the officePlease note: You must be eligible for UK security clearance (BPSS and SC), which requires a UK passport and 5 years of continuous UK residency. Clearance can be sponsored for the right candidate.

This role may suit candidates who have held roles including: Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Cloud Platform Engineer, Senior AWS Engineer, DevSecOps Engineer, Kubernetes Engineer, Platform Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer