Senior DevOps Engineer - 12 Months - Inside IR35 - Hyrbid

Morson Group; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Group is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer for a 12-month contract in a hybrid role (60% on-site). You will help to design and operate cloud-based infrastructure, lead DevOps practices, and advance automation across large-scale services used by millions of users.

The role emphasizes leadership in DevOps, IaC, and CI/CD, with collaboration across engineering and delivery teams to define strategic solutions and drive operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code principles and practices.
• Hands-on Terraform proficiency in large-scale environments.
• Proven ability to design and improve CI/CD pipelines (GitLab).
• Strong DevOps background in complex enterprise settings.

Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps activities across multiple products and services.
• Design, build and maintain IaC solutions.
• Develop and optimise CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Drive platform stability, availability and operational excellence.
• Mentor DevOps engineers and guide technical discussions.

Skills

IaC

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

DevOps Leadership

Cloud infrastructure

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Job description

Senior DevOps Engineer
Contract Opportunity | 12 Months | Hybrid (60% On-Site)

Were looking for experienced Senior DevOps Engineers to join a major digital transformation programme, helping to build, maintain and improve large-scale cloud-based services used by millions of users.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping DevOps practices, driving automation, and providing technical leadership within a high-performing engineering environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps engineering activities across multiple products and services.
• Design, build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
• Develop and optimise CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Drive engineering best practices, platform stability, service availability and operational excellence.
• Mentor and support DevOps Engineers, providing technical leadership and guidance.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, architecture and delivery teams to define and implement strategic solutions.
• Champion knowledge sharing, documentation and continuous improvement across the wider engineering community.
• Support release planning, deployment processes, risk assessment and rollout strategies.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Hands-on expertise with Terraform.
• Experience building and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong DevOps engineering background within complex enterprise environments.
• Experience designing, deploying and supporting cloud-based infrastructure.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and provide mentoring to engineering teams.

Desirable Skills

• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud).
• Strong networking knowledge.
• Experience working within large-scale public sector or regulated environments.
• Experience deploying and supporting solutions across public cloud platforms.

This role would suit a senior-level DevOps professional with a strong automation mindset, excellent cloud infrastructure experience, and a passion for building resilient, scalable platforms.