Senior DevOps Engineer - Hybrid Cloud & Automation

Clayton Black; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Clayton Black is seeking a Senior DevOps Systems Administrator to lead automation, design hybrid cloud infrastructure, and shape our deployment practices. You’ll work with AWS, VMware/Proxmox, Terraform, Ansible and Kubernetes to deliver reliable platforms.

You’ll mentor others, own critical infrastructure projects, participate in on-call rotations, and help build scalable, secure systems with GitHub Actions and observability tools like Grafana and Prometheus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of DevOps experience with hands-on AWS.
• Strong Linux networking and cloud security knowledge.
• Proficient in Bash, Python or Go scripting.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and support infrastructure across AWS and private cloud — shape scalable solutions that support real growth.
• Automate infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible — reduce manual tasks and free up time for innovation.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions — deliver faster and more reliable deployments.
• Implement observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch) — gain full visibility and improve system performance.
• Work across teams to improve reliability and security — be the go-to expert others rely on.
• Manage hybrid networks, IAM, firewalls and VPNs — grow your cloud networking knowledge.
• Join the on-call rota and respond to incidents — build resilience and problem-solving experience.
• Create and maintain documentation — help others learn from your work and establish best practice.

Skills

5+ years of DevOps experience

Linux networking & security

Scripting (Bash, Python, Go)

Tools

AWS

VMware/Proxmox

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes / EKS

GitHub Actions

Grafana

Prometheus

CloudWatch

Job description

Clayton Black is seeking a Senior DevOps Systems Administrator to lead automation, design hybrid cloud infrastructure, and shape our deployment practices. You’ll work with AWS, VMware/Proxmox, Terraform, Ansible and Kubernetes to deliver reliable platforms.

You’ll mentor others, own critical infrastructure projects, participate in on-call rotations, and help build scalable, secure systems with GitHub Actions and observability tools like Grafana and Prometheus.