Senior DevOps Engineer — Cloud Platforms & CI/CD

Xpertise Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Xpertise Recruitment is partnering with a leading technology consultancy to recruit a Senior DevOps Engineer. The role focuses on delivering cloud-native platforms, scalable architectures and robust CI/CD pipelines for complex programmes.

You will design and implement AWS-based solutions, apply IaC with Terraform, and manage containerised environments using Docker and Kubernetes. Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing delivery experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of commercial technology experience.
• Strong AWS engineering and cloud platform experience.
• Hands-on Terraform and Infrastructure as Code expertise.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub or CircleCI.
• Docker and Kubernetes experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Eligible for UK Security Clearance.
• Consultancy or client-facing delivery experience.
• Public sector or regulated environment experience.
• Large-scale cloud transformation programmes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and support AWS-based cloud platforms.
• Develop and optimise CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using modern automation tooling.
• Build and maintain containerised environments.
• Support platform reliability, scalability and operational performance.
• Work closely with software engineering teams to improve delivery practices.
• Contribute to architecture discussions and technical decision-making.
• Engage directly with stakeholders and client teams.

Skills

AWS

Cloud platforms

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Automation

Stakeholder management

Communication

Consultancy experience

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

CircleCI

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Xpertise Recruitment is partnering with a leading technology consultancy to recruit a Senior DevOps Engineer. The role focuses on delivering cloud-native platforms, scalable architectures and robust CI/CD pipelines for complex programmes.

You will design and implement AWS-based solutions, apply IaC with Terraform, and manage containerised environments using Docker and Kubernetes. Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing delivery experience are essential.