Senior DevOps Engineer: Kubernetes & Python

HCL Technologies Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Technical Specialist to lead DevOps initiatives. You will deploy cloud-native apps on Kubernetes/OpenShift, architect container-based microservices, and enforce security and compliance across the stack.

Expect hands-on work with GitOps, CI/CD, and observability tools to maintain high performance in production. The role emphasizes troubleshooting complex container workloads, optimizing resilience, and collaborating with

Qualifications

• Strong experience in containerization using Docker.
• Deploying cloud-native applications on Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms.
• Building and managing container-based microservices architectures.
• Knowledge of container security, image scanning, secrets management, and compliance controls.
• Hands-on experience with GitOps, CI/CD integration, and observability tools.
• Ability to troubleshoot containerized workloads in production environments and optimize performance, scalability, and resilience.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud-native deployments on Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms and drive container-based microservices architectures.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows across cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Implement IaC with Terraform, Bicep, ARM, or CloudFormation.
• Strengthen container security, image scanning, secrets management, and compliance controls.
• Build and sustain observability with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or Dynatrace.
• Troubleshoot production container workloads, optimize performance, scalability, and reliability.

Skills

Cloud Platforms

CI/CD Tools

Containerization

Container Orchestration

Infrastructure as Code

Configuration Management

Source Control

Scripting & Automation

Operating Systems

Monitoring & Observability

DevSecOps

Artifact Management

Networking

API & Integration

Database Exposure

Release & Deployment

SRE Practices

Security & Compliance

Agile Delivery

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Job description

HCL Technologies Limited in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Technical Specialist to lead DevOps initiatives. You will deploy cloud-native apps on Kubernetes/OpenShift, architect container-based microservices, and enforce security and compliance across the stack.

Expect hands-on work with GitOps, CI/CD, and observability tools to maintain high performance in production. The role emphasizes troubleshooting complex container workloads, optimizing resilience, and collaborating with